Preeti Mudliar

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#2220

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Reselling Practices in a Textile Bazaar: Translating E-Commerce Platforms to WhatsApp

We examine WhatsApp-based reselling practices adopted by small garment sellers in Surat, a textile city in India, as a response to the challenges posed by high commission costs, confusing dashboards, and restrictive rules of global e-commerce platforms. Through interviews and observations, we show how sellers use What…

CHI '24CorrespondingMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Platforming PCOS Treatment Online: FemTech Logics of Care

This paper explores how FemTech platforms appropriate the term 'care' to create a collaborative, non-judgmental, and data-driven approach for a sexual and reproductive health condition like Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). In contrast, offline healthcare for PCOS is insufficient owing to disruptions in treatment, gyn…

CHI '21CorrespondingSTEM Education & Science Communication +2

Biographies of Biometric Devices: The POS Machine at Work in India’s PDS

The centrality of the biometric point of sale (POS) machine in the administration of food security in Indian’s public distribution system (PDS) invites scrutiny for its primacy as a non-negotiable artifact in the monthly PDS process. In this paper, I critically examine how the POS machine emerges as a site for varying…

CHI '20CorrespondingCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +1

Whither Humane-Computer Interaction? Adult and Child Value Conflicts in the Biometric Fingerprinting for Food

This paper reports on the value conflicts that beneficiaries experience when engaging in the monthly ritual of the biometric authentication of their fingerprints to claim state-sponsored food entitlements in India. Drawing on value-based orientations to HCI inquiry, the study locates the interactions around the biomet…

CSCW '18CorrespondingGenders

Public WiFi is for Men and Mobile Internet is for Women: Interrogating Politics of Space and Gender around WiFi hotspots

Public WiFi networks are increasingly viewed as last-mile Internet solutions for rural areas given the infrastructure intensive nature of fibre optic broadband connectivity, but how inclusive are they? This study reports on interviews, observations, and practices around WiFi access points in public spaces in a rural c…

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