Working Group on Low Tech Environments
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Classifying Variables of Low Tech Environments
We worked to better understand the variables and dynamics of what makes up a low tech environment so that we can better understand how to unpack responsible engagement and ownership with communities in human rights documentation.
Discussion Outline
User Variables
- Literacy
- Language
- Tech capacity
- Accessibility and availability of the tech
- Population density
- Inequities (gender, race, class, etc)
- Opportunity to engage (time, freedom, awareness)
Infrastructure Variables
- No internet (bandwidth)
- Cell network coverage
- Physical infrastructure (roads, cars, trains)
- Freedom of expression legally enabling environment
- Bandwidth
- Hardware
- Degree of electrification
Dynamics that get harder and easier depending on degree of techification of project
- Security
- Trust
- Verification of data
- Equity of access
- Safety/consequence
- Informed consent
- Follow-up (growing the community by continuing to engage with them)
User Personas
User Personas
Category A: Victim; Witness; Survivors of the Violations.
Category B: Perpetrators; Government (as a System).
Category C: Frontline Service Providers/Government Workers; First Responders to Human Rights Violations; Community Translators.
Category D: Investigators; Investigative Journalists; Advocacy Organizations as Fact-Finders.
Category E: Journalists (as Reporters); Professional Translators; Advocates/Advocacy Organizations; Data Encoders; Data Analysts; Data Verifiers.
