Reimagining Digital ID: Learning from the South

The symposium marks the end of the British Academy project 'Reimagining Digital Identity among Karen refugees in Thailand' (REDID https://www.redid.net/). REDID team members (Charlie Hill, Mirca Madianou and Hayso Thako) will share key findings in conversation with researchers studying Digital ID in Global South contexts where such systems have long been piloted. The UK government's recent announcement about the introduction of Digital ID is a call to learn from research in Global Majority contexts and consider the implications of such systems for migrants and refugees. The event will include roundtable discussions bringing together designers, academics and representatives from digital human rights groups, migrant advocacy groups and think tanks to discuss the implications of digital ID systems in the UK.

The event will also include the launch of the exhibition of drawings and poems by Karen Refugees from the Thai-Myanmar border. Through this artwork Karen people reimagine what a fair identity system…