---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Madeline Sanabria <mms2@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 09:55 Subject: [dub] MONDAY: iSchool Research Conversation: 'Technology and Disability in the Developing World' Speaker: Joyojeet Pal **BROWN BAG MONDAY: Please bring your lunch with you to this conversation** WHEN: Monday, November 30, 2009; 12:00-1:20pm WHERE: Mary Gates Hall 420 WHO: Joyojeet Pal is an NSF Computing Innovation fellow at the ATLAS institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also a research affiliate with the TASCHA group of the University of Washington Information School. WHAT: Technology and Disability in the Developing World ABSTRACT In the past decades, advances in technology and the growth of a rights based movement around disability has led to an increasing interest in issues of accessibility from scholars and practitioners, technologists and social scientists alike. However, much research and practice in this space is located in the industrialized world. This talk discusses the need for developing an agenda on issues of accessibility in the developing world in view of the importance of technology tools for social and economic inclusion. This talk discusses the need for broadening work in this space, especially in information schools. DISCUSSION-QUESTIONS 1. Around technological/medical issues in disability: issues in the development of low-cost tools and interfaces for access technologies 2. Around social issues in disability: issues in participatory research on the impacts of the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities BIO Joyojeet Pal is an NSF Computing Innovation fellow at the ATLAS institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His work primarily looks at issues around technology and development. He is also a research affiliate with the TASCHA group at UW's iSchool. His webpage is available at: <http://faculty.washington.edu/joyojeet/>