Announcing the Partnership for Finance in a Digital Africa. An update on our work. New Identities research in India with the Omidyar Network. Expert Opinions on the new Internet Access market. Read more posts on our blog.

Friday, 8 September 2017. Human-less customer interaction might never fly in cultures where personal contact is king. Multinationals will have to adjust expectations in markets such as China where trust is all important in commercial dealings. Friday, 21 October 2016.

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This is a blog about my research in cultural anthropology, new media and technology. It is about my ongoing, future and past research as well as thoughts about interesting phenomena related to the broad field of culturally oriented study of technology. All suggestions and comments are warmly welcomed! REFLECTIONS ON AN INDIAN SAINT AND A MOBILE PHONE. A frigging cell phone! And not just any kind of cell phone, but a shiny new one with a large screen and all! But why on eart.

My areas of research, writing and presentations revolve around diffusion of mobile devices in teaching and learning, Mobile Learning, Design for Mobile Devices, Indigenous knowledge, Comparative International Education, and the role of culture in the development and evaluation of learning technologies.

Conference in NYC watching hours of character art and design, from the rampantly hallucinogenic visions of David Oreilly. To the simplified forms of Akinori Oishi. And the prodigious output of Studio AKA.