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Pioneering Leadership on AI Governance in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Lessons from Trinidad and Tobago
*Image credit: World Bank Blogs (2025) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly establishing itself as the centrepiece of the Fourth...
Amanda Quest
May 263 min read
UX Design: Bridging the Access to Justice gap for self-represented litigants
UX Design, as a subset of User-Centred Design (UCD), seeks to meaningfully enhance a user’s interactive experience with a product,...
Amanda Quest
Apr 92 min read
Infrastructural development for Indigenous communities must honor tradition
Indigenous peoples across the Caribbean face several challenges in post-colonial societies that cling to a violent colonial past founded...
Amanda Quest
Apr 32 min read
Where is Jamaica’s commitment to tackling elder abuse?
Just last week, I found myself watching intently as a spoilt, entitled man-child harassed his elderly mother for money to feed his...
Amanda Quest
Mar 184 min read
Much to do about Consumer Rights Protection in Jamaica: An open letter to the Consumer Affairs Commission of Jamaica
Dear Consumer Affairs Commission of Jamaica, I write as a deeply concerned Jamaican consumer to express my sheer dissatisfaction with...
Amanda Quest
Feb 54 min read
(Re)Imagining Access to Justice Through UX Design (Part 2)
Whilst access to justice has been recognized as a fundamental right, its realization in practice has often been undermined by resource,...
Amanda Quest
Nov 22, 20245 min read
Letter to the Editor: AI Ethicism will become even more valuable for Jamaica and the Caribbean
AI Ethicism will become even more valuable for Jamaica and the Caribbean. This is but one realization I came to earlier this month as I...
Amanda Quest
Nov 19, 20242 min read
(Re)Imagining Access to Justice through UX Design (Part 1)
*Image Credit: International Commission of Jurists (2024). With the rapid pace of technological advancements in the 21st century, it is...
Amanda Quest
Oct 21, 20244 min read
Letter to the Editor: Still further development of the law in the area of consumer rights protection urgently needed
On September 19, 2024, the Jamaica Gleaner reported that the Supreme Court of Jamaica had ruled against automotive juggernaut ATL...
Amanda Quest
Oct 12, 20243 min read
Tackling the misuse of Deepfakes in Jamaica
*Image Credit: WIRED. With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have increased in...
Amanda Quest
Aug 19, 20245 min read
On black hair, grooming policies and “respectability politics” in post-colonial Jamaica
*Image Credit- Comrade Sister: Women in the Black Panther Party (ACC Art Books, 2022). It has been over three years since the outcome of...
Amanda Quest
Jun 11, 20247 min read
Conceptualizing GIs as a pathway to sustainable development in Jamaica (Part 2)
Making the Case With the catapulting of “Brand Jamaica” to astronomical heights of renown— a feat achieved primarily through the vaunted...
Amanda Quest
May 18, 202410 min read
"Resistance is Futile": Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Practice
* "AI in Legal Practice". Image Credit: Lego Desk. Copyright © 2022 Lego Desk. In recent times, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Amanda Quest
Nov 30, 20225 min read
Who "owns" commissioned work?
*Image credit: Intellectual Property Office- Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago. Copyright...
Amanda Quest
Aug 13, 20225 min read
Leveraging Intellectual Property to promote Growth, Innovation & Increased Competitiveness for MSMEs
"Bank on your IP for Credit" by Amanda J.D. Quest. *Image credit: Amanda J.D. Quest and Acrocreates. Copyright © 2022 Amanda J.D. Quest. ...
Amanda Quest
Aug 8, 20225 min read
Watching spaces, surveilling faces…in Jamaica? (Part 1)
*Image credit: EDRi. Copyright © 2022 EDRi. In July of 2020, the Jamaica Gleaner reported, to little fanfare, that high-tech CCTV...
Amanda Quest
Aug 8, 20225 min read
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