This Thursday at Change, Luis Baron, Aniruddh Nath, and Wayne Gerard will be leading a discussion about current research that looks at information access in rural areas of developing countries. They will be providing short overviews of three articles, and leading a discussion around questions inspired by this work. The articles covered will include:

• Public Access to the Internet and Social Change: An experience in Colombia, between silence and hope (UW)
• Content Creation and Dissemination by-and-for Users in Rural Areas (IBM India Research Lab)
• Evaluating the Accuracy of Data Collection on Mobile Phones: A Study of Forms, SMS, and Voice (MIT, MSR India)

Please join us for sandwiches, and to discuss current research in ICTD and information access!

What: Discussion on Information Access in Developing Countries
When: Thursday, December 9th at noon
Where: Paul Allen Center, Room 203