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Global Civil Society Coalition launches website to promote Access to Knowledge
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Oct 12, 2022 12:05 PM
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filed under:
Limitations & Exceptions,
Access to Knowledge,
movements
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Data Lives of Humanities Text
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Dec 23, 2020
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last modified
Dec 23, 2020 01:07 PM
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filed under:
Research,
Researchers at Work,
Publications,
Digital Humanities
The ‘computational turn’ in the humanities has brought with it several questions and challenges for traditional ways of engaging with the ‘text’ as an object of enquiry. The prevalence of data-driven scholarship in the humanities offers several challenges to traditional forms of work and practice, with regard to theory, tools, and methods. In the context of the digital, ‘text’ acquires new forms and meanings, especially with practices such as distant reading. Drawing upon excerpts from an earlier study on digital humanities in India, this essay discusses how data in the humanities is not a new phenomenon; concerns about the ‘datafication’ of humanities, now seen prominently in digital humanities and related fields is actually reflective of a longer conflict about the inherited separation between humanities and technology. It looks at how ‘data’ in the humanities has become a new object of enquiry as a result of several changes in the media landscape in the past few decades. These include large-scale digitalization and availability of corpora of materials (digitized and born-digital) in an array of formats and across varied platforms, thus leading to also a steady prevalence of the use of computational methods in working with and studying cultural artifacts today. This essay also explores how reading ‘text as data’ helps understand the role of data in the making of humanities texts and redefines traditional ideas of textuality, reading, and the reader.
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RAW
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Understanding the Data Gaps on Wikidata Concerning Heritage Structures of West Bengal
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by
Bodhisattwa Mandal
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published
Nov 20, 2020
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last modified
May 15, 2021 12:31 PM
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filed under:
A2K Research,
Access to Knowledge
This is a short study on identifying the data gaps related to heritage structures in West Bengal on Wikidata, and potential strategies to address the same. The report is authored by Bodhisattwa Mandal, with editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha and external review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2020.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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CIS_ODR Report_11/11/20
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by
Aman Nair
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published
Nov 11, 2020
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last modified
Mar 22, 2021 05:22 AM
Located in
Internet Governance
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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Demanding your Data
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by
Rekha Jain
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published
Nov 10, 2020
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Artificial Intelligence
The increasing digitalization of the economy and ubiquity of the Internet, coupled with developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has given rise to transformational business models across several sectors.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Annual Programmatic Report 2018-2019
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by
Pranav M B
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published
Nov 10, 2020
Located in
About Us
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Annual Reports
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Investigating Encrypted DNS Blocking in India
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by
Divyank Katira
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published
Oct 27, 2020
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last modified
Oct 27, 2020 11:21 AM
We find that encrypted DNS protocols are not blocked in India and share our test methodology.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Mapping GLAM in Maharashtra
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Oct 23, 2020
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last modified
May 15, 2021 12:30 PM
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filed under:
A2K Research,
Access to Knowledge
This is a short study on mapping the digital transition in selected Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) institutions in Maharashtra, India, and exploring possibilities and challenges for collaborations with Wikimedia projects. Research was undertaken by Aaryaa Joshi, Dnyanada Gadre-Phadke, Kalyani Kotkar and Subodh Kulkarni; the report has been authored by Subodh Kulkarni with editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and external review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019–2020.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Artificial Intelligence: A Full-Spectrum Regulatory Challenge (Working Draft) PDF
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by
Pranav M B
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published
Aug 04, 2020
Located in
Internet Governance
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The State of Secure Messaging
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by
Divyank Katira
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published
Jul 15, 2020
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last modified
Jul 17, 2020 08:12 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Encryption,
IETF
A look at the protections provided by and threats posed to secure communication online.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
