Whose Global Village Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World Ramesh Srinivasan by Ramesh Srinivasan 9781479862962, 1479862967 instant download after payment.

Yet while we think of platforms such as Twitter & Facebook as open & accessible to all, in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by & for the Western world. Considering how new technologies increasingly shape labor, economics, & politics, these tools often reinforce the inequalities of globalization, rarely reflecting the perspectives of those at the bottom of the digital divide. 

This book asks us to re-consider ‘whose global village’ we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today. Sharing stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California & New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, & others across the world, Ramesh Srinivasan urges us to re-imagine what the Internet, mobile phones, or social media platforms may look like when considered from the perspective of diverse cultures. Such collaborations can pave the way for a people-first approach toward designing & working with new technology worldwide. 

Whose Global Village seeks to inspire professionals, activists, & scholars alike to think about technology in a way that embraces the realities of communities too often relegated to the margins. We can then start to visualize a world where technologies serve diverse communities rather than just the Western consumer.

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