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The Design Challenge: Meaningful Inclusion
Do we tend to focus more on the ‘things’ than the people when it comes to design for the Internet of Things (IoT)? It could be. In their book, Rowland et al. (2015) highlight that the label IoT is not perfect, as it says nothing about the people, who are also a fundamental part of… -
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OpenDoTT Studio Session 2: Localisation and Internationalisation
The second OpenDoTT Studio session on 31 August 2021 focused on localisation and internationalisation, and was co-hosted by Sarah Kiden (Marie Curie Research Fellow, Northumbria University) and Solana Larsen (Editor of the Internet Health Report, Mozilla). Our amazing panelists were Peiying Mo and Zibi Braniecki. At the start of the session, all attendees shared the… -
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Openness for Building Equity: Lessons from the growth of the Internet
"Openness isn’t the end. It’s the beginning." Margaret Heffernan The most interesting story about the history of the Internet was told by Dr. Steve Crocker at the 2020 Africa Internet Summit (AIS). He is the author of the first Request for Comments (RFCs) document titled “Host Software”, and a former Internet Corporation for Assigned Names… -
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Offline, Online and COVID-19: The Digital Divide
Online Education A common enough narrative from Uganda and other countries will revolve around a friend I will call Akoth. Education has been one of the most important things for her and every member of her family has repeated over and over again that it is the only way to get out of poverty. Akoth… -
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Rooted in Community
I finally landed at London Heathrow Airport, after a delayed flight on British Airways from Barcelona, Spain, where I was attending the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 63 meeting. By the time I found my way to the CitizenM Hotel through the London Underground, it was 01:03am. All I wanted to do…
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