Chaani.in: Helping artisans thrive in the digital economy

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Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Hand Bl...

March 11, 2025
This post examines the challenges faced by hand block printing artisans in the transition to the digital economy. Historically significant, this craft now struggles with data invisibility, algorithmic biases, and...

Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Hand Bl...

March 11, 2025
This post examines the challenges faced by hand block printing artisans in the transition to the digital economy. Historically significant, this craft now struggles with data invisibility, algorithmic biases, and...
Are financial needs of job workers & artisan en...

October 23, 2024
The answer lies in examining the social and economic context within which the artisan operates, the business models adopted, and their skill levels. Economic Context Crafts in India have evolved...

Are financial needs of job workers & artisan en...

October 23, 2024
The answer lies in examining the social and economic context within which the artisan operates, the business models adopted, and their skill levels. Economic Context Crafts in India have evolved...
Insights from creating artisan entrepreneurs

October 6, 2024
In 2005, I met Dhanasekhar in a town called Tharamangalam in Tamil Nadu. Back then, he was working at a power loom producing cloth, and earning about Rs. 6000 (~US$...

Insights from creating artisan entrepreneurs

October 6, 2024
In 2005, I met Dhanasekhar in a town called Tharamangalam in Tamil Nadu. Back then, he was working at a power loom producing cloth, and earning about Rs. 6000 (~US$...