Exploring Digital Spheres

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
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Join us on a journey into the realms of our digital society: In the new season of Exploring Digital Spheres our SET-project research team travels to five different countries on three continents in order to explore the intersection of sustainability and digitalisation and talk to local experts about their endeavours. In the first season of the podcast you got to know HIIG researchers and their diverse research backgrounds. We asked them how our digital society works and what its future might look like. Every other episode, the researchers entered into a dialogue with other digital mavericks!

  1. 08/26/2024

    S02 E06 (Français): Exploration des défis des femmes* dans le paysage numérique de la Mauritanie

    Cet épisode de "Exploring Digital Spheres" nous emmène en Mauritanie, un pays d'Afrique du Nord-Ouest, pour explorer l'intersection entre technologie, genre et migration. Au cours de ce séjour, nous avons eu la chance de rencontrer deux femmes réfugiées remarquables, Fadimata Aicha Walet Mohamed Issa et Moueny Abdoulwahab, qui nous ont parlé de leur expérience en tant que femmes dans l'industrie de la technologie en Mauritanie. Toutes deux racontent leurs histoires personnelles depuis le Mali et l'Afrique centrale vers la Mauritanie, soulignant les défis particuliers qu'elles affrontent en tant que femmes réfugiées naviguant au sein d’un environnement numérique nouveau. Malgré un accès à l'internet limité à WhatsApp, Facebook et Tiktok et la rareté de l'internet mobile, les femmes ont trouvé des moyens et approches innovants de créer des entreprises et de créer des communautés. Elles utilisent ces plateformes non seulement pour établir des connexions sociales, mais également pour gérer des commerces en ligne, démontrant une créativité remarquable malgré les contraintes. Découvrez leurs histoires et leurs expériences d'espoir, de courage, ainsi que de nombreux défis auxquels ces femmes sont confrontées et comment elles utilisent la technologie pour tenter d'atteindre leurs objectifs. Cette discussion fait partie du projet "Women in Tech" mené par l'Institut Alexander von Humboldt pour Internet et Société (HIIG), en collaboration avec la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) et le Centre de Transformation Digitale (DTC) en Mauritanie. Toutes les publications et informations relatives au projet „Women in Tech" sont disponibles sur le site du projet. Vous pouvez trouver Fadimata Aicha Walet Mohamed Issa sur TikTok et Moueny Abdoulwahab sur Facebook.

  2. 08/22/2024

    S02 E06: Exploring the challenges of women* in Mauritania's digital landscape

    This episode of Exploring Digital Spheres takes us to Mauritania, a country in Northwest Africa, to explore the intersection of technology, gender, and migration. It features in-depth interviews with two remarkable refugee women, Fadimata Aicha Walet Mohamed Issa and Moueny Abdoulwahab, who are talking about their experiences as women in the tech industry in Mauritania.

  3. 06/03/2024

    S02 Spezialfolge: Schule neu denken – mit dem Werkzeugkasten “Making sense of the future”

    In dieser Spezialfolge erkunden wir die Möglichkeiten von Open Educational Resources (OER) als neue Lehr- und Lernmethoden. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) entwickelte das Alexander von Humboldt Institut (HIIG) eine Toolbox, um Schulen, Universitäten und Organisationen einen Ansatzpunkt zur Auseinandersetzung mit möglichen Zukünften zu geben. Diese Folge thematisiert, wie OERs speziell an Schulen einsetzbar sind und wie Lehrkräfte so mit ihren Schüler*innen (Zukunfts-)Denken trainieren können.

  4. 05/17/2023

    S02 E05: Exploring Mexico’s sustainable entrepreneurs fight for climate change

    In the last episode of Season 2 we visit Mexico City to explore the potentials and challenges of sustainable digital entrepreneurship to mitigate climate change.

  5. 05/04/2023

    S02 E04: Exploring Indonesia's digital solution for rainforest protection

    How can digital skills and technologies be trained and implemented in remote regions where the rainforest is of particular importance for local development?

  6. 04/27/2023

    S02 E03: Exploring Kenya's gig work opportunities

    Digital platforms are fundamentally changing the world of work. While the platform economy opens immense opportunities for flexible, gainful and convenient entrepreneurship, the precarious livelihoods of workers and service providers often remain unaddressed.

  7. 04/24/2023

    S02 E02: Exploring Kosovo's sustainable spatial developments

    In this episode we shine a light on the transformation of a former military camp into the Innovation and Training Park (ITP) Prizren in Kosovo, an aspiring hub for innovation, economic development and digital transformation in the city and wider region. We discuss the connection between spatial development, innovation and digitalisation at the ITP with local experts.

  8. 04/04/2023

    S02 E01: Exploring Benin's rising digital economy

    At the SENIA, Benin’s first AI conference, our team had the opportunity to talk to local experts about the possibilities of digitalisation for the improvement of the agricultural sector and its working conditions. Christian Grauvogel, Marie Blüml and Georg von Richthofen travelled to Benin in July 2022 to discuss the opportunities and risks of applying Artificial Intelligence in sustainable entrepreneurship in Benin and Francophone West and Central Africa. They had the opportunity to interview Seth Ayim, operational manager of the international NGO TechnoServe, and Theodore Gboyou, data scientist and regional manager of the digital platform Digital Rice Africa in Benin.

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Join us on a journey into the realms of our digital society: In the new season of Exploring Digital Spheres our SET-project research team travels to five different countries on three continents in order to explore the intersection of sustainability and digitalisation and talk to local experts about their endeavours. In the first season of the podcast you got to know HIIG researchers and their diverse research backgrounds. We asked them how our digital society works and what its future might look like. Every other episode, the researchers entered into a dialogue with other digital mavericks!

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  • Creator
    Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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