How to do counter-UI/UX design
Interfaces help manipulate your sense of reality. As a designer/developer who is part of the plural "user" being manipulated, you need a better curriculum than "Design Thinking"
https://khattamicah.xyz/counter-design/
How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
I explore IIIF as a web-standard to host large scale media archive that are backed by IIIF
https://khattamicah.xyz/iiif-images/
Maps of Hyderabad Cinema History
This was a project to create print-ready maps of the cinema halls that existed in Hyderabad from 1936 to 2018.
https://khattamicah.xyz/mapping-history-of-cinema/
Speculative Storytelling in Wayanad
This was the output of a 5-week course in Wayanad in Kerala, India in the aftermath of the floods of 2018. The Intervention is an educational tool that asks, How it is possible to build aspirations fo…
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Portfolio - Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications
A list of the Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications that I organized, spoke, wrote
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Papad - Community Audio Knowledge Archives
Papad is designed to be used by community-based practitioners to store and access knowledge bases. We were running it over a decentralised community network of workstations for health and research applications.
https://khattamicah.xyz/papad/
Art that I make
Posters and painting I did for different projects
https://khattamicah.xyz/my-art/
Publications
A list of the pieces that I wrote, co-wrote and edited
https://khattamicah.xyz/list-of-publications/
How I use speculative design
I use Speculative design methods to inquire different questions.
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Seeing, Being, Doing: design
I, co-taught a four month course on responding as a creative practitioner to places where humans and non-humans gather through place-based design research methods.
https://khattamicah.xyz/facilitating-a-design-studio/
Establishing a community network
I created a speculative framework to imagine a long-term sustainable community network and its stakeholders
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The Lived Experience Project
Explore the journey of creating a robust knowledge infrastructure to enhance the livelihoods of persons with disabilities through the Lived Experience Project.
https://khattamicah.xyz/enableindia-le/
Pune Covid Relief
Website deployed for dissemination of covid-19 resources
https://khattamicah.xyz/pune-covid-relief/
Milli - Connect and Annotate your Archives
Milli was an open-source platform designed to make archives more democratic in the described and annotated ways. The core was to achieve this using the W3C Web Annotation Standard and to see how different archival descripti…
https://khattamicah.xyz/milli/
Feeling through the Cities - Koramangala
A poetic reflection on the hidden rhythms and overlooked details of daily life in Koramangala, Bangalore.
https://khattamicah.xyz/koramangala/
Selecting tools for Indian Collectives
When selecting tools for use by the collectives I worked with in India, we had to consider the following factors due to the unique context and limited resources available
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The Imposter Among Us
This is a reading list from a discussion on "How do platforms compel/enable the manufacturing of "truth" and "ignorance"? And what does that mean in the context of live-streaming politicians"
https://khattamicah.xyz/the-imposter-among-us/
Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
I explore the intricate relationship between care, collaboration, and networks within various collectives, delving into my experiences in Team YUVAA, Living Labs Network and Forum…
khattamicah.xyz/carefull-collectives-and...
Caste and Education Geospatially in Rural Bihar
A transdisciplinary research project in collaboration with Project Potential Trust, Kishanganj, delving into the impact of the caste system on education and societal structures in rural Bihar.
https://khattamicah.xyz/caste-and-education/
Antarsam: Speculative Fiction about a different Internet
The Antarsam project is a speculative exploration into alternate histories and potential futures, inspired by ecological systems, technological artifacts, cultural …
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The Disenfranchisement of Paniyas in Kerala
By studying the literature around the Paniya tribe, I cover topics such as population, caste names and structures in Wayanad, periods of Paniya history, inter-tribal disparity, work a…
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Habba
In my internship with Habba in 2018, I undertook the task of redesigning their website to improve user experience and highlight the unique aspects of their platform. The goal was to create an engaging interface that effectively communicated the values…
https://khattamicah.xyz/habba-redesign/
Carpooling Unalone - Karwaan
A classroom project doing user research about Carpooling in India leading to a design
https://khattamicah.xyz/carpooling-unalone-karwaan/
Designers Ace
A set of 101 cards aimed at fostering design thinking among budding designers.
https://khattamicah.xyz/designers-ace/
Establishing a community network
A speculative framework for imagining a long-term sustainable community-owned wifi mesh network, mapping the roles of its stakeholders and the actions that sustain its generative character.
khattamicah.xyz/establishing-a-community...
Journeys, Dreams, and Everything In Between
Documentation of a collaborative initiative to empower young women in underserved communities in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, through technology and skill development.With smart devices being so commonly available, it is now p…
https://khattamicah.xyz/index/
Milli Platform at International Archives Week
Presented the designs for the Milli platform at International Archives Week, demonstrating its capabilities for collaborative discovery, annotation, and re-narration of archival knowl…
khattamicah.xyz/milli-platform-internati...
Alternatives and Demands in Network Ruins
Participated in a panel talk discussing Servelots/Janastu's experiments with Community Networks, focusing on innovative solutions and challenges in sustaining community-driven networking models.
https://khattamicah.xyz/index/
Selecting tools for Indian Collectives
A practical checklist for selecting digital tools for collectives in India, shaped by the unique context of limited resources, diverse literacy levels, and the need for sovereignty over data a…
khattamicah.xyz/checklist-for-selecting-...
Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
I explore the intricate relationship between care, collaboration, and networks within various collectives, delving into my experiences in Team YUVAA, Living Labs Network and Forum…
khattamicah.xyz/carefull-collectives-and...