“You may notice a stark disconnect between the favela and digital technologies used there. This is not due to lack of education in the slum, but rather to a lack of education of those who develop the technologies without knowing the favela.”

—  David Nemer

Source: Favela Digital- The other side of technology. (2013), p. 12

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