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First Meeting on a National Policy for Web Accessibility: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Nov 07, 2008 — last modified Aug 25, 2011 08:38 AM — filed under: Conference, Meeting, Accessibility
The first meeting to discuss having a national policy for web accessibility to ensure universal and inclusive participation was held at the Centre for Internet and Society's office on 7 November 2008. It was aimed at formulating an action plan to work with the government and other private and public bodies to ensure conformity to accessibility standards for web sites.
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Once Upon a Flash: by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 03, 2008 08:25 PM
The essay was published as a part of Sarai Annual Reader titled 'Turbulence' and explores the aesthetics, politics and form of the flashmobs and their manifestation in India. It looks at the potentials of the flashmob to produce turbulent physical spaces and identities and their encounter with legalities. The essay is also available at http://www.sarai.net/journal/06_pdf/03/04_nishant_shah.pdf
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Material Cyborgs; Asserted Boundaries: by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 03, 2008 08:14 PM
The essay was published in the European Journal of English Studies in a special issue on Multimedia Narratives. Emerging as an epistemological category with the rise of the Information and Communication Technologies, the cyborg leads to a complex set of negotiations about the production of a cyborg identity. This paper looks at the cyborg as a translator, to see the new mechanics of translation that come into play as the cyborg straddles multiple systems of making meaning and producing itself. Analysing the new social networking systems that have emerged in the last few years, the paper posits the cyborg as not only an author of translated texts but also as produced in the processes of translation. Focusing on one particular instance of the production of a cyborg identity, exploring the various players involved in the process of cyborgification and the material consequences of imagining the cyborg, the paper seeks to analyse the new incomprehensibility or illegalities that the cyborg, in its role as a translator, gets produced within.
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i4D Interview: Social Networking and Internet Access: by Nishant Shah — published Oct 31, 2008 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:51 PM — filed under: Cyberspace, Digital Natives, Public Accountability, Cybercultures, Communities, Digital subjectivities, Digital Pluralism
Nishant Shah, the Director for Research at CIS, was recently interviewed in i4D in a special section looking at Social Networking and Governance, as a lead up to the Internet Governance Forum in December, in the city of Hyderabad.
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Open Access Day celebrated in India: by Sunil Abraham — published Oct 21, 2008 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM — filed under: Open Access
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance co-organised joint celebrations of Open Access Day in Jamia Millia Islamia campus on the 14th of October 2008. Around 50 people attended the event from different departments in Jamia there were also some participants from the Indian Linux Users Group. CIS also published an Open Access flyer on this day featuring quotations from Sam Pitroda, MS Swaminathan, Peter Suber, Alma Swan, Frederick Noronha, Barbara Kirsop and Samir Brahmachari.
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Bridging the Divide: Opportunities and Challenges: by admin — last modified Oct 11, 2008 10:27 AM
This paper by Nirmita Narasimhan approaches the digital divide from multiple perspectives, looking at what "access" means and the factors responsible for the digital divide (income, gender, ethnicity, literacy and education, disability, law, etc.), surveys some digital divide initiatives in India, and presents some suggestions to tackle the divide.
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Public Access to the Internet: by admin — last modified Oct 11, 2008 10:25 AM
Paper by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. The advent of the Internet brought with it hitherto unheard of possibilities for human creativity, information access, and global communication. When did these possibilities actually translate into widespread public access to the Internet? It is difficult to specify a date, but possible to identify a few key developments and the key actors behind those developments.
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Design in urban democracy: A question of survival: by admin — last modified Oct 11, 2008 09:49 AM
Urban dynamics dissected by John Thackara and Sunil Abraham; questions and answers on the anatomy of cities. An article from the August issue of Cluster Magazine.
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Why Do We Need Open Access to Science?: A Developing Country Perspective: by admin — last modified Oct 11, 2008 09:45 AM — filed under: Open Access
Prof. Arunachalam's paper presented at the A2k3 conference in Geneva.
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ALF's Note before 2005 Amendment: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 30, 2008 — last modified Sep 30, 2008 03:19 PM
Briefing note on the impact of software patents on the software industry in India
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