Hi I am Yatharth,

A researcher-designer working on issues of platform design, audits of AI systems and caste in technology.

Work: Researcher @ Center for Internet & Society Past: Researcher & Designer @ Janastu Old Website : old.strangerobot.design

I use approaches from design research, design audits, feminist internet research & algorithmic auditing to interrogate issues of social justice on digital platforms in India.

My research looks at the Impact of platform design on gig workers, the experience of anti-caste publishers on social media, the Interaction of workers with gated-community management platforms & Auditability of Healthcare AI in India.

📝 Recent & Ongoing

• Anti-caste publishing on Indian social media. [Paper] [Report]
• Impact of Interface design on the rights platform gig workers. [Report]
• Auditing and Healthcare AI in India [Ongoing][Report]
• Module on politics, identity and personal futures in design. [Teaching]
• Roundtable on decoloniality, design and caste. [Roundtable]

📂 Past Work

• Relationships between craft, technology and future. (Bachelor Thesis)
• Understanding issues of participatory planning through design methods. (Classroom project)
• Curating a design graduation show through lens of Interdisplinary inquiries and curiosities.

Education  Communication Design @ NID Ahmedabad Interactive Media Design @ KABK, NL

Research Methods Qualitative Research Quantitative Research Design Research

Publications & Conferences Global Digital Intimacies, UvA 2024 AOIR 2023, Philadelphia 4S 2023, Honolulu PDC Place 2022, Ahmedabad

Residencies Sandbox Collective Futuress World Design Org

I work as curator, interaction designer, communication designer and creative coder for non-profits, artists and publications working on issues of digital rights and social justice. I have been trained in communication design, with focus on media arts and interaction design.

Digital Experiences

Misc Design Work

Clients Internet Freedom Foundation Mavelinadu Collective Media Arts South Asia Futura Tropica National Institute of Design Quicksand Design Studio Busride Labs National Center for Science and Museums

Design Services Design and UX Research Curation and Exhibitions Interactive Experiences Web Design and Development Design Education

Additional Work

Yatharths Space on the Internet

Strangerobot is an anti-disciplinary designer/artist/researcher exploring our relationship with emergent media technology, both as its users and makers; The future they might bring, and how they can become more accessible and equitable.

old.strangerobot.design

I also teach and talk about  Identity & positionality in design education and professional practice.

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Institutions National Institute of Design Shristi Institute of Arts & Technology Futuress.org