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Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network Society
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Nishant Shah
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Feb 12, 2013
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Feb 12, 2013 06:16 AM
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Digital Humanities
We live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They have become the default metaphor of our times, where everything from infrastructure assemblies to collectives of people, are all described through the lens of a network.
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham
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Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 28, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013 07:05 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
The 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, African Information Research and Training and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in this event. Sunil Abraham made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies on the opening day, December 15, 2012.
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Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Amended ITRs
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by
Chinmayi Arun
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published
Jan 28, 2013
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last modified
Jan 30, 2013 05:36 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
ITU,
Homepage,
Information Technology
This piece discusses the five major questions that have been the subject of debate after the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT). The politics surrounding the WCIT are not discussed here but it must be kept in mind that they have played a significant role in the outcome of the conference and in some of the debates about it.
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Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Jan 24, 2013
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last modified
Jan 24, 2013 11:10 AM
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Accessibility
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture on January 23, 2013 seeking remedial action on the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing public libraries in India.
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Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012
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by
Shiju Alex
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published
Jan 21, 2013
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last modified
Feb 03, 2013 02:40 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
Wikipedia,
Wikimedia
I have compiled the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012. As usual, in this report, my aim is to provide my perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias.
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Accessible Broadcasting in India
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by
Srividya Vaidyanathan
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published
Jan 11, 2013
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last modified
Jan 28, 2013 05:28 AM
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Accessibility
The abridged version of International Telecommunication Union's "Making Television Accessible" Report which we published last year has been broadened in scope and is now called "Accessible Broadcasting in India" report.
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National Resource Kit : The Kerala Chapter (Call for Comments)
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Dec 31, 2012
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last modified
Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AM
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Accessibility
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Kerala.
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Non Unicode ISCII Text Can be Converted to Unicode Now!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Dec 19, 2012
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last modified
Dec 21, 2012 09:59 AM
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Featured,
Wikipedia,
Wikimedia
Odia Wikipedian Manoj Sahukar has designed a new tool which can convert non Unicode ISCII text to Odia Unicode text. A majority of the digitized text and web content of newspapers and books are in non unicode text which now could be used for Wikipedia and other Odia Wiki projects. This opens a new arena for digitized free license books in Odia language.
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Not Just Fancy Television
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 08, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:45 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Book Review,
Digital Natives
Nishant Shah reviews Ben Hammersley's book "64 Things You Need to Know for Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear ", published by Hodder & Stoughton
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Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 25, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 09:51 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Homepage
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held by lawyers and legal academics to be unconstitutional. In this post Pranesh Prakash explores why that section is unconstitutional, how it came to be, the state of the law elsewhere, and how we can move forward.
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