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In Conversation: Payal Arora on Tech Optimism in the Global South

In Conversation: Payal Arora on Tech Optimism in the Global South

Update: 2025-04-29
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PhD Researcher Anuradha Ganapathy interviews Payal Arora, Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and co-founder of two initiatives, Inclusive AI Lab for Debiasing Tech and Fem Lab. The pair discuss Payal's recent book, From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech (MIT Press), digging into the role of academia in discussing Big Tech, the positive potential in technologies such as AI, especially in the Global South, and how to bridge the gap between critique and constructive engagement. 


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In Conversation: Payal Arora on Tech Optimism in the Global South

In Conversation: Payal Arora on Tech Optimism in the Global South

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