This week's show features technology of the oppressed in equity and the digital mundane in fivellas of brazil. David nemmer is an assistant professor in the department of media udies at the university of virginia. We discuss how these technologies are entering a space that is often quite different from the one they were imagined to be used in. And we also talk about what this means for people who live on pavellos, as well as their ability to use them.
Paris Marx is joined by David Nemer to discuss how residents of Brazil’s favelas reshape technologies developed in the Global North to serve their needs, and how technology alone does not solve social oppression.
David Nemer is an assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies and in the Latin American Studies program at the University of Virginia. He’s also the author of Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil. Follow David on Twitter at @DavidNemer.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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