Peru: The Quipu Project

The New Internationalist has an article on Peru's Quipu Project, which brings together new technology and an old idea (the Inca mnemonic device of knotted strings known as the quipu).

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf

It involves using mobile and internet technology to record the testimony of victims of forced sterilization, who are largely women from isolated areas. What a great idea to allow their voices to be heard. 

Cellphone justice for sterilized women (New Internationalist)
Quipu Project

Cellphone justice for sterilized women

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf

Combining low-tech (mobile) phone and high-tech (VOIP) internet technology, survivors are able to record and listen to themselves and each other, and to connect with the rest of the world. - See more at: http://newint.org/sections/agenda/2013/12/01/peru-women-cellphone-justice/#sthash.pKOe2oTt.dpuf