Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World

Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World

by Ramesh Srinivasan
Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World

Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World

by Ramesh Srinivasan

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Overview

A call to action to include marginalized, non-western communities in the continuously expanding digital revolution

In the digital age, technology has shrunk the physical world into a “global village,” where we all seem to be connected as an online community as information travels to the farthest reaches of the planet with the click of a mouse. Yet while we think of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as open and accessible to all, in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by and for the Western world. Considering how new technologies increasingly shape labor, economics, and 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 and New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, and 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 and working with new technology worldwide. Whose Global Village seeks to inspire professionals, activists, and 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781479821204
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 11/21/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Ramesh Srinivasan isthe Director of the Digital Cultures Lab and Associate Professor of Information Studies and Design and Media Arts at UCLA. His work has been featured by Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, The Young Turks, National Public Radio, and The Huffington Post.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1 Technology Myths and Histories 17

2 Digital Stories from the Developing World 46

3 Native Americans, Networks, and Technology 114

4 Multiple Voices: Performing Technology and Knowledge 162

5 Taking Back Our Media 198

Notes 235

References 247

Index 271

About the Author 280

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