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        "msgid": "reading-the-indonesian-intellectual-perspective-in-responding-to-artificial-intelligence-advances-1783115448",
        "date": "2026-07-04 03:00:00",
        "title": "Reading the Indonesian Intellectual Perspective in Responding to Artificial Intelligence Advances",
        "author": "Nashih Nashrullah",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A new book, 'Digital Social Work Across Africa and Asia', offers an Indonesian intellectual perspective on the intersection of technology and social welfare. It challenges Western-dominated theories by centring the experiences of the Global South. The work analyses how digital systems increasingly determine access to social assistance and healthcare in regions facing poverty and infrastructure gaps.",
        "content": "<p>As Artificial Intelligence, digital identity systems, biometrics, big\ndata, and algorithm-based public services increasingly determine who\nreceives social assistance, healthcare, and social protection, a\nfundamental question arises: Who is designing the future of this\ntechnology, and from whose perspective?<\/p>\n<p>This question is addressed through the launch of the book \u2018Digital\nSocial Emancipated Social Work Across Africa and Asia: A Decolonial\nFramework for the Future of the Global South\u2019, authored by Siddhartha\nPaul Tiwari, Prof.\u00a0Adi Fahrudin, and Dr Fentiny Nugroho, published by UI\nPublishing (Universitas Indonesia Publishing).<\/p>\n<p>More than just an academic book, this publication marks the presence\nof Indonesian intellectual contribution in the global conversation\nregarding the relationship between digital technology, social justice,\nand the future of societal welfare in Global South nations.<\/p>\n<p>The book is the first work to specifically construct a theory\nregarding Digital Social Work by treating Africa and Asia as a single\nintellectual landscape, rather than merely as objects for the\napplication of theories that have long been dominated by European and\nNorth American perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>The book is the result of cross-country policy analysis, decolonial\nstudies, and field research involving 234 frontline social workers\nacross various African and Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, literature regarding digital transformation in social\nwork has been largely composed based on the experiences of developed\nnations that possess mature digital infrastructure, individual device\nownership, and relatively established welfare systems.<\/p>\n<p>However, the reality in Asia and Africa is very different. In these\nregions, digital technology develops amidst the challenges of poverty,\ninfrastructure gaps, shared device ownership within families, linguistic\ndiversity, and colonial histories that continue to influence social\nservice systems.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/reading-the-indonesian-intellectual-perspective-in-responding-to-artificial-intelligence-advances-1783115448",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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