Technology for Developing Regions

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Morgan G. Ames

Morgan Ames

Alumni (MIMS 2006)
Assistant Professor of Practice
Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science
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Jenna Burrell

Adjunct Professor
how systematically excluded communities adopt technology and adapt it to their needs, human control over algorithms, ethnography
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John Chuang

Professor
Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy

Recent Publications

Technology for Developing Regions news

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New Blog Explores Ethnography and Technology
A new blog, “Ethnography Matters,” was launched this week by assistant professor Jenna Burrell and I School alumnae Heather Ford and Rachelle Annechino (MIMS ’11). The blog will focus on ethnography and technology, with practical advice for practicing ethnographers and other technology researchers.
Josh Blumenstock
New Grant Supports Josh Blumenstock's Research on "Mobile Money" and the 2008 Rwandan Earthquake
Blumenstock is analyzing a database of every interpersonal monetary transfer over Rwanda's primary telecom network from 2005-2009, including over 1 billion transfers and phone calls by 1 million individuals.