by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Apr 25, 2016
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filed under:
Aakash,
Research,
Education Technology,
Internet Histories,
Researchers at Work
The low-cost Aakash tablet and its previous iterations in India have gone through several phases of technological changes and ideological experiments. Did the government prioritise familiarity and literacy about personal technological devices over the promise of quality mass education generated by low-cost devices? This article by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Jahnavi Phalkey (India Institute, King's College London) was published by EPW in the Web Exclusive section. Here is the unabridged version of the article.
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