Disability and Digital Self-Determination: What’s the Missing Link?
As we increasingly embrace digital tech, we’re also grappling with several new ideas, concepts and questions, including digital self-determination. Who are we as digital beings? How can we determine our ‘selves’ in a data-driven society? How do we re-imagine human autonomy, agency and sovereignty in digital spaces?
In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in India and with the support of the International Network on Digital Self-Determination (IDSD) and the Directorate of International Law at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), we have run a series of studios on disability and digital self-determination in India in 2023.
Over 4 studios in 3 cities, together with Point of View and Design Beku, we’ve explored these big questions with people with disabilities, designers, researchers and technologists. Landscapes of the Digital documents this exploration in a short documentary. Two reports on the studios are available on our website.
Link to Reports:
swissnex.org/india/nextrend/disability-and-digital-self-determination-reports/