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.
https://khattamicah.xyz/establishing-a-community-based-generative-wifi/
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…
https://khattamicah.xyz/milli-platform-international-archives-week/
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…
https://khattamicah.xyz/checklist-for-selecting-tools-for-indian/
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…
https://khattamicah.xyz/carefull-collectives-and-their-care-practices/
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 …
https://khattamicah.xyz/antarsam-exploring-alternate-histories-and-futures/
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…
https://khattamicah.xyz/the-disenfranchisement-of-adivasis-in-kerala/
Website Development - IIHS
Developed a WordPress web experience for the Tamil Nadu Government Sustainable Habitats program, incorporating interactive navigation and data visualization.
https://khattamicah.xyz/website-development-iihs/
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/
South Asian Digital History
A curated collection of web content exploring the history of the digital in South Asia and the digitization of South Asian cultural and historical artifacts.
https://khattamicah.xyz/south-asian-digital-history/
Technofutures from Bidar
This piece is a group reflection of a project run in Bidar, India, to set up a community mesh network facilitated by Living Labs Network and Forum, Team YUVAA and Janastu Servelots. This local mesh n…
https://khattamicah.xyz/technofutures-from-bidar/
The Case for a Webinar Pi
Advocacy for developing Webinar Pi, a platform built on Raspberry Pi technology to foster digital literacy and empowerment among low-literate rural communities.
https://khattamicah.xyz/case-for-a-webinar-pi/
Speculative Storytelling in Wayanad
The output of a 5-week course in Wayanad, Kerala, in the aftermath of the 2018 floods. We designed a speculative storytelling tool that asks how communities can build aspirations for the future throu…
https://khattamicah.xyz/speculative-storytelling-in-wayanad/
Portfolio - Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications
A portfolio of workshops, classes, panels, and publications that I have organized, spoken at, and written for.
https://khattamicah.xyz/portfolio-workshops-classes-panels-and-publications/
Art that I make
A collection of posters, paintings, and visual work created across different projects and personal explorations.
https://khattamicah.xyz/my-art/
How I use speculative design
An overview of how I use speculative design methods to question dominant systems and envision alternative futures, drawing on hauntology, community networks, and critical engagement with digital cult…
https://khattamicah.xyz/how-i-use-speculative-design-in-my-practice/
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, using place-based design research methods at Srishti Manipal Institute.
https://khattamicah.xyz/facilitating-a-design-studio/
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/
Jingle Tales
We describe a project that we did in Mirzapur, India where we sent laptops made of Raspberry Pis to young women; that they could play with, reconfigure and use to explore their interests. The problem…
https://khattamicah.xyz/jingle-tales/
Mapping Migratory Routes of Pastoralists across India
Documentation of a project to collect, visualize, and integrate data about seasonal migratory routes of pastoralist communities across India.
https://khattamicah.xyz/mapping-migratory-routes-of-pastoralists/
Pune Covid Relief
A rapid-response website and app built during the Covid-19 crisis to aggregate and disseminate essential resources- hospitals, pharmacies, volunteers, and relief information- for Pune residents.
https://khattamicah.xyz/pune-covid-relief/
Wikipedia Editathon - Dalit History Month
Contributed a total of 24.5K words across 27 edited articles, including the creation of 2 new articles. Added 167 references, made 2 Commons uploads, and achieved 105k article views.
https://khattamicah.xyz/wikipedia-editathon-dalit-history-month/
Kishori Film Festival
Designed and facilitated 8-week long media-literacy classes for 11th grade young women from rural UP. Utilized reconfigured tools and devices, including Inshot for video-making and Aamne Samne Pi, a …
https://khattamicah.xyz/kishori-film-festival/
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 diff…
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/
Climate Resource Center
Interviewed farmers, seed distributors, agrarian scientists, and published pieces about local agrarian practices, mythic narratives and heuristics used by farming practitioners to care for their envi…
https://khattamicah.xyz/climate-resource-center/
Learning from COWs: Community Owned Wifi-Mesh
A reflection on facilitating community network spaces and developing principles for open climate networks through community practices and local engagement.
https://khattamicah.xyz/learning-from-cows/
The Imposter Among Us
A curated reading list and presentation from a discussion on how platforms compel and enable the manufacturing of 'truth' and 'ignorance', examined through the lens of Twitch culture and live-streami…
https://khattamicah.xyz/the-imposter-among-us/
Community Networks Stories: Experiences from Co-creating a Local Knowledge Network
Insights on co-creating local knowledge networks to support communities in establishing and maintaining their digital infrastructure.
https://khattamicah.xyz/community-networks-stories/
