Aditya Dev Sood will be speaking at an Aula klubi event in Helsinki entitled 'Used in India' on April 12th, 2005 at 6.00 pm at Korjaamo. Aditya is director of the Center for Knowledge Societies, a research and design practice based in Bangalore and New Delhi. The event is free and open to the public. With foundational training in Design and Critical Theory at the University of Michigan, Aditya is now completing doctorates in socio-cultural anthropology and South Asian languages from the University of Chicago. This year he initiated the Learning Lab project which uses mobile phones for education. He is directing the Used in India media archeology installation and show, which opened at the India Habitat Center in March 2005 and will be shown at Kiasma, Helsinki in April. He is also co-producer with John Thackara of the Doors of Perception Conference in India. A former Fulbright scholar, he maintains a multidisciplinary interest in social research, technology and design.
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