Please join us for the first Change Seminar of the autumn quarter. Neha
Kumar will be presenting work she did over the summer in Uttar Pradesh
India working with the Projecting Health
<http://sites.path.org/mchn/our-projects/maternal-and-newborn-health/projecting-health/>
project.
*What*: Neha Kumar: Of Projectors, Mobiles, and Maternal Health
*When:* Tuesday, September 30 at 12pm
*Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203
*Abstract:*
Projecting Health is a maternal and neonatal health initiative that
was implemented in rural Uttar Pradesh (UP, India) almost two years ago
through a collaboration between PATH, UW, and local partner
organizations situated in UP. In Projecting Health, frontline workers
organize group screenings of locally crafted films using low-cost pico
projectors in order to teach pregnant women and new mothers about
various health-related issues. This talk will discuss the emerging
mobile media practices of the Projecting Health target audience, with a
view to examine whether mobile phones can play a role in the
dissemination of these videos and if yes, how.
*About the speaker:*
Neha is a postdoctoral researcher at UW CSE, where her research focuses
on the design, production, and dissemination of visual media to address
maternal and infant mortality in rural India. She recently completed her
Ph.D. from the School of Information at UC Berkeley, where she conducted
an ethnography of the adoption and self-guided uses of new media
technologies of Indian youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged
backgrounds. Her research objective is to contribute a deeper, more
grounded understanding of emerging uses and users to the field of ICTD
and its interventions.
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