List of Articles I wrote
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A list of the pieces that I wrote, co-wrote and edited
- Community Technology & Digital Infrastructure
- Community Networks & Local Knowledge
- Mapping & Geospatial Visualization
- Design & Speculative Practice
- Collective Practices & Care
- Edited Work
Community Technology & Digital Infrastructure
Jingle Tales
Documentation of a project in Mirzapur, India, where refurbished laptops built from Raspberry Pis were distributed to young women for exploration and skill-building.
Learning from COWs: Community Owned Wifi-Mesh
A reflection on facilitating community network spaces and developing principles for open climate networks through community practices and local engagement.
The Case for a Webinar Pi
Advocacy for developing Webinar Pi, a platform built on Raspberry Pi technology to foster digital literacy and empowerment among low-literate rural communities.
Journeys, Dreams, and Everything In Between
Documentation of a collaborative initiative to empower young women in underserved communities in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, through technology and skill development.
Community Networks & Local Knowledge
Technofutures from Bidar
A collaborative reflection on setting up a community mesh network in Bidar, India to foster a local creative economy through archival and annotation practices.
Community Networks Stories: Experiences from Co-creating a Local Knowledge Network
Insights on co-creating local knowledge networks to support communities in establishing and maintaining their digital infrastructure.
Establishing a Community-Based Generative Wifi-Mesh Network
A speculative framework exploring contributors to a community network, imagining ways to develop local digital infrastructures.
Mapping & Geospatial Visualization
Mapping Migratory Routes of Pastoralists across India
Documentation of a project to collect, visualize, and integrate data about seasonal migratory routes of pastoralist communities across India.
Design & Speculative Practice
How I Use Speculative Design in My Practice
An exploration of how speculative design methods can be applied to question existing systems and imagine alternative technological futures.
Designing for an Archival Interface
Reflections on creating democratic interfaces for archival access, considering annotation, accessibility, and cross-institutional knowledge sharing.
Collective Practices & Care
Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
Exploration of care, collaboration, and network practices in various collectives, proposing alternative organizational structures rooted in mutual aid.
Checklist for Selecting Tools for Indian Collectives
A framework for evaluating digital tools for use by collectives in India, considering context, accessibility, maintainability, and sovereignty.
Edited Work
Untold Bidar
Co-edited a local journal featuring articles on long-time collaborators and placemakers in Bidar, focusing on their practices and lives. Including interviews with farmers, seed distributors, and agrarian scientists about traditional practices and knowledge systems.
Learning from COWs Community Owned Wifi-Mesh
Journeys, Dreams, and Everything In Between
