Interactive mobile apps make intercultural connections

Thursday, 17 May 2018 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm

This week on Communication Mixdown we explore the connection between mobile digital technologies and intercultural communication. Natalie Denmeade is an educational games and mobile apps developer with Cultural Infusion, an organization in Melbourne that specializes in intercultural communication. Now living on Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, Natalie explains how mobile phone based games for children are used to promote intercultual understanding, and she describes the ins and out of working as a globally connected games developer in a remote village dependent on solar panels for power.