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Datafication, value and power in developing countries: Big data in two Indian public service organizations
ARTICLE Richard Heeks Corresponding Author E-mail address: richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK Correspondence Richard Heeks, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK. Email: richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk Search for more papers by this author Abstract Motivation Datafication—the growing presence, use and impact of data in social processes—is spreading to all sectors in developing countries.
Buying into the Aakash Dream : A Tablet’s Tale of Mass Education
The low-cost Aakash tablet and its previous iterations in India have gone through several phases of technological changes and ideological experiments. Did the government prioritise familiarity and literacy about personal technological devices over the promise of quality mass education generated by low-cost devices? Introduction The Aakash tablet, hailed as the vanguard of India's “tablet revolution,” was unveiled at the United Nations.
Before Geospatial Bill: A Long History of Killing the Map in Order to Protect the Territory
The global history of cartography is intimately linked with political needs and economic interests, from the public depiction of sovereign territories to navigating treacherous seas to (wrongly) ‘discover’ the land of spices. In India, the politics of making and using maps has taken a sudden and complex turn with the publication of the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016.
The Last Chance for a Welfare State Doesn’t Rest in the Aadhaar System
Once upon a time, a king desired that his parrot should be taught all the ancient knowledge of the kingdom. The priests started feeding the pages of the great books to the parrot with much enthusiasm. One day, the king asked the priests if the parrot’s education has completed. The priests poked the belly of the parrot but it made no sound. Only the rustle of undigested pages inside the belly could be heard. The priests declared that the parrot is indeed a learned one now.
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