Welcome to I181: Technology & Poverty
Time: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 2-4.30 Place: 210 South Hall Instructors: Neha Kumar & Elisa Oreglia In this course, we encourage students to examine the interplay between technological...
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In this introductory class, we will lay out some of the important themes and concepts of this course. We will focus on discussions about the role of technology in poverty alleviation, examining the...
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Technology: A Brief History and Key Concepts In today’s lecture, we will ask what constitutes technology. While development institutions frequently refer to technology and ICTs as an entity with...
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Thinking Small: A Bottom-Up Approach to Development From the “top-down” approaches of the cases discussed so far, in this class we will shift to taking a “bottom-up” approach to understanding both...
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The Digital Divide What is the “digital divide”, if at all there is such a thing? In this class, we will look at Keniston’s views regarding this divide, and the alternatives he offers for examining...
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In this class, we will review the concepts we have learned so far, organizing a Pub Quiz of sorts. We will also do a workshop on the composition and delivery of presentations.
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