Micah Alex
I am a Designer, Researcher, and Artist exploring community, technology, archives, and alternative digital infrastructures.
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Writing
How to do counter-UI/UX design
Interfaces help manipulate your sense of reality. As a designer/developer who is part of the plural “user” being manipulated, you need a better curriculum than “Design Thinking” Continue reading How to do counter-UI/UX design
How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
… it felt wrong, that something like this wasn’t a native web standard, but could only easily be made in walled-garden platforms. Continue reading How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
Establishing a community network
I created a speculative framework to imagine a long-term sustainable community network and its stakeholders Continue reading Establishing a community network
Technofutures from Bidar
This piece is a group reflection of a project run in Bidar, India, to set up a community mesh network facilitated by Living Labs Network and Forum, and Janastu/Servelots. Continue reading Technofutures from Bidar
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The Lived Experience Project
Archiving and annotating collective experiences for peer learning Continue reading The Lived Experience Project
Technofutures from Bidar
This piece is a group reflection of a project run in Bidar, India, to set up a community mesh network facilitated by Living Labs Network and Forum, and Janastu/Servelots. Continue reading Technofutures from Bidar
Speculative Storytelling in Wayanad
This was the output of a 5-week course in Wayanad in Kerala, India in the aftermath of the floods of 2018. The Intervention is an educational tool that asks, How it is possible to build aspirations for the future using storytelling? Continue reading Speculative Storytelling in Wayanad
Caste and Education Geospatially in Rural Bihar
Research project about caste-based power structures and their implications on education, community life, and infrastructure Continue reading Caste and Education Geospatially in Rural Bihar