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Tiger trackers used to spy on women

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4221 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Women in a forest in India found they were being followed and recorded by cameras which were meant to be for monitoring tigers and other wildlife. We speak to the researcher who interviewed hundreds of women in the community. We learn about how online shopping tries to influence your behaviour. And we visit an Arctic island which is turning to renewables.

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Presenter: Alasdair Keane Producer: Imran Rahman-Jones Editor: Monica Soriano

(Image: A tiger among green foliage looking at the camera. Credit: Getty Images.)

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You're listening to TechLife on the BBC World Service with me, Alastri Keen. In this episode,

0:44.5

we're going into the Himalayan foothills in India, where the Van Gujar people live. Traditionally,

0:49.9

the women in the community would go into the forest together to collect firewoods and other supplies.

0:55.9

For many, it's an important social space away from other villagers.

1:00.1

But since wildlife tracking cameras have come in, that has changed.

1:04.1

An autistic woman who came from a very marginalised section of the society.

1:07.9

She was a lower caste woman.

1:09.5

Her picture of relieving herself was

1:12.4

circulated on local WhatsApp and Facebook groups by members of the forest department, very lower

1:19.3

level functionaries of the forest department. We'll be speaking to the researcher who has

1:24.2

explored how wildlife technology has changed how people use the forests. And

1:29.1

later on TechLife, as we approach Black Friday, how online shopping designs websites and apps

1:34.7

to try to make you buy more. That whole entire holiday is designed around urgency, scarcity,

1:45.0

rarity,

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