Dhanyashri Kamalakannan
Dhanyashri is a design researcher 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