Dhanyashri Kamalakannan
Dhanyashri is the Design research and Governance Lead at The Pranava Institute. Her work revolves around ethical design practices, consumer behaviour and technology informed by care ethics. An orthodontist by training, Dhanyashri brings a unique perspective to her design and research work, currently focussed on ethics in technology.
Background
Dhanyashri holds a Master’s in Human-Centered Design from the Srishti School of Design, Bangalore. Her work revolves around ethical design practices, consumer behaviour and technology informed by care ethics. An orthodontist by training, Dhanyashri brings a unique perspective to her design and research work, currently focussed on ethics in technology.
Work at a glance
Dhanyashri co-organised the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report on Technology in Education Consultation 2024
Dhanyashri spoke at the Careables meet-up organised by Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) on the theme 'Where Tech meets healthcare' and shared a brief overview about her care ethics project on online grief spaces and mutual aid network for caregivers
Dhanyashri Co- Authored, Designed and Launched a manual for practitioners to tackle deceptive design titled, 'Design Beyond Deception' at the Internet Governance Forum 2023- Kyoto, Japan
Spoke at the UN Asia -Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF 2023) held in Brisbane, Australia. about The Unboxing Tech Toolkit: The Materiality of a Smartphone in a session titled "Mines, Maps and Minerals: Trace the complex material flows of your smartphone to make more sustainable choice".
Dhanyashri worked on the designing and production of The Unboxing Tech Toolkit: The Materiality of the Smartphone. She also wrote blogs on selected topics for this project including rare earth minerals, planned and perceived obsolescence.
Projects
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#DarkPatterns #DeceptiveDesign #Privacy #ConsumerAutonomy #CulturallyResponsibleDesign #ValuesInDesign #TrustedDesign
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#PersuasiveDesign #SocioTechnicalSystems
#SustainableTech #SupplyChain #eWaste #DarkPatterns
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#DeceptiveDesign #GlobalSouth #EmergingTech #ConsumerSafety #Trust #VoiceInterfaces #FinTech #AntiCompetitiveHarms
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#IndianDigitalSectors #DarkPatternRegulation #CaseStudies #PublicReportingTools