Event: Disability in the Developing World’ Speaker: Joyojeet Pal

I am headed over to UW at noon for talk that looks very interesting:

Research Conversation: ‘Technology and Disability in the Developing World’ Speaker: Joyojeet Pal
JOYOJEET PAL is an NSF Computing Innovation fellow at the ATLAS institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His work primarily looks at issues around technology and development. He is also a research affiliate with the TASCHA group at UW’s iSchool.

ABSTRACT
In the past decades, advances in technology and the growth of a rights based movement around disability has led to an increasing interest in issues of accessibility from scholars and practitioners, technologists and social scientists alike. However, much research and practice in this space is located in the industrialized world. This talk discusses the need for developing an agenda on issues of accessibility in the developing world in view of the importance of technology tools for social and economic inclusion. This talk discusses the need for broadening work in this space, especially in information schools.

Date: Monday, November 30, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Mary Gates Hall 420
More Info: Event Website

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