Jason Young to present on ICT use in the arctic at Change Seminar

February 12, 2018

Jason Young will give a presentation, “Knowledge Politics Across Digital Divides: Environmental Change, Indigeneity, and Technology Use in the Arctic ,” to the UW Change seminar. When: Tuesday, Feb 13th, 12-1pm, Lunch provided Where: EEB 003 Abstract: Scholarly excitement around ICTD projects has long been tempered by the recognition that digital divides prevent the effects of technologies from being equal…

Translating technology terms into Burmese

October 14, 2015

Earlier this summer, Thomas Fuller of the New York Times published a memo from Yangon lamenting the lack of political vocabulary in the Burmese language, in which words like “democracy,” “institution,” and “privacy” lack direct translations. Even more notable than Fuller’s nuanced sociolinguistic discussion is the way he ends it: with a conclusion that leaves…