Introducing Reclaim ✨
Welcome to Reclaim, a newsletter amplifying cultural perspectives in tech, product design, and psychology. 🧠
It’s great to have you here!
Soon, you'll get your first issue. Here's what to expect:
📲 Product teardowns. Together, we’ll deconstruct apps in the Philippine tech ecosystem, exploring their origins, features, and business philosophies. I’ll also do my best to acknowledge the larger systems they operate in and how these products diverge from Western apps to fit the local context.
🤯 Transformative research. A huge chunk of my university education involves reading long journal articles on psychology and well-being. I’ll give TLDR summaries of the latest papers that stretched my mind + what we can learn from them to deepen our awareness and build human-friendly tech.
🌱 Idea seedlings. Witness my attempts to build and learn in public. I’ll give snapshots of my side project musings and ideas — and feel free to send feedback and insights right back :)
🌐 Probing finds. Curated finds from different corners of the internet, ranging from ethical design in action to tech philosophy to tools for thought.
In the meantime, tell your friends!
(For real, social accountability fuels my writing. That and many cups of coffee.)
Who's behind this newsletter? 🧐
I'm Nikki, a Filipino product designer and psychology student. When I'm not doing coursework or designing for tech startups, I like to dance, dive down online rabbit holes, and ramble in written form.
In my journey to learn about the ethics behind research and design, I've set a goal to form a decolonial approach to the work that I do.
That includes unlearning my assumptions about what is 'universal' to human behavior and letting cultural nuances guide the process of creation instead. It means imagining future spaces and tools for care, healing, and reflection.
It also means descending the ivory towers of tech and academia—to become less removed and more critical when it comes to engaging with the lived realities of Filipinos.
If you have a minute, I'd love it if you could hit reply to introduce yourself and why you’re here. Got any questions or suggestions for what to cover in the next issue? Send them over too! :)
Thanks for joining me on this ride 🙏
Yours,
Nikki
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