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Resurrected tech : how discarded devices are recycled across the globe.

How are global innovators overcoming the inequality that is forged in the technologies of Silicon Valley? Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor at UCLA, points to examples of indigenous communities in Mexico that have created their own cell phone networks, as well as groups in Ghana and Nairobi that recycl...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Big Think, 2020.
Subjects:
Internet > Moral and ethical aspects.
Internet industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Internet > Aspect moral.
Internet > Industrie > Aspect moral.
Innovations > Aspect social.
Internet > Moral and ethical aspects
Technological innovations > Social aspects
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Educational films.
Short films.
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Summary:How are global innovators overcoming the inequality that is forged in the technologies of Silicon Valley? Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor at UCLA, points to examples of indigenous communities in Mexico that have created their own cell phone networks, as well as groups in Ghana and Nairobi that recycle discarded devices from the West to make entirely new technologies.These groups have successfully decentralized technology governance by using their resources and upping the ante on creativity and innovation.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed September 17, 2022).
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 minutes)
Playing Time:00:07:43