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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 …
How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
I explore IIIF as a web-standard to host large scale media archive that are backed by IIIF
Maps of Hyderabad Cinema History
This was a project to create print-ready maps of the cinema halls that existed in Hyderabad from 1936 to 2018.
Art that I make
Posters and painting I did for different projects
Establishing a community network
I created a speculative framework to imagine a long-term sustainable community network and its stakeholders
How I use speculative design
I use Speculative design methods to inquire different questions.
Papad - Community Audio Knowledge Archives
Papad is designed to be used by community-based practitioners to store and access knowledge bases. We were running it over a decentralised community network of …
Portfolio - Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications
A list of the Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications that I organized, spoke, wrote
Publications
A list of the pieces that I wrote, co-wrote and edited
Seeing, Being, Doing: design
I, co-taught a four month course on responding as a creative practitioner to places where humans and non-humans gather through place-based design research …
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, …
The Lived Experience Project
Explore the journey of creating a robust knowledge infrastructure to enhance the livelihoods of persons with disabilities through the Lived Experience Project.
Feeling through the Cities - Koramangala
A poetic reflection on the hidden rhythms and overlooked details of daily life in Koramangala, Bangalore.
Milli - Connect and Annotate your Archives
Milli was an open-source platform designed to make archives more democratic in the described and annotated ways. The core was to achieve this using the W3C Web …
Pune Covid Relief
Website deployed for dissemination of covid-19 resources
Selecting tools for Indian Collectives
When selecting tools for use by the collectives I worked with in India, we had to consider the following factors due to the unique context and limited resources …
Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
I explore the intricate relationship between care, collaboration, and networks within various collectives, delving into my experiences in Team YUVAA, Living …
The Imposter Among Us
This is a reading list from a discussion on "How do platforms compel/enable the manufacturing of "truth" and "ignorance"? And what does that mean in the context …
Antarsam: Speculative Fiction about a different Internet
The Antarsam project is a speculative exploration into alternate histories and potential futures, inspired by ecological systems, technological artifacts, …
Caste and Education Geospatially in Rural Bihar
A transdisciplinary research project in collaboration with Project Potential Trust, Kishanganj, delving into the impact of the caste system on education and …
Carpooling Unalone - Karwaan
A classroom project doing user research about Carpooling in India leading to a design
Habba
In my internship with Habba in 2018, I undertook the task of redesigning their website to improve user experience and highlight the unique aspects of their …
The Disenfranchisement of Paniyas in Kerala
By studying the literature around the Paniya tribe, I cover topics such as population, caste names and structures in Wayanad, periods of Paniya history, …
Designers Ace
A set of 101 cards aimed at fostering design thinking among budding designers.
About
Hi, My name is Micah I work with various collectives learning to nurture conversations, efforts and people. I do this through creative making and facilitating …
Articles
Essays and reflections on community technology, digital infrastructure, and collective practices.
Pedagogy
Workshops, design studios, and teaching experiments in design methods and community facilitation.
Research
Field research, platform analysis, and investigations into archives, caste, and community networks.
Résumé
Resume of Micah Alex - Designer, researcher, and facilitator interested in community technology, archives, novel interfaces, and tech histories.
Timeline of Work
A chronological view of my projects and contributions
UI/UX Design
Interface design, user research, and novel interactions for community-driven tools and platforms.
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