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The Mother and Child Tracking System - understanding data trail in the Indian healthcare systems
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Ambika Tandon
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published
Oct 18, 2019
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last modified
Dec 30, 2019 05:18 PM
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Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Research,
BD4D,
Healthcare,
Big Data for Development
Reproductive health programmes in India have been digitising extensive data about pregnant women for over a decade, as part of multiple health information systems. These can be seen as precursors to current conceptions of big data systems within health informatics. In this article, published by Privacy International, Ambika Tandon presents some findings from a recently concluded case study of the MCTS as an example of public data-driven initiatives in reproductive health in India.
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The Last Chance for a Welfare State Doesn’t Rest in the Aadhaar System
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Apr 19, 2016
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last modified
Apr 19, 2016 01:18 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
Boosting welfare is the message, which is how Aadhaar is being presented in India. The Aadhaar system as a medium, however, is one that enables tracking, surveillance, and data monetisation. This piece by Sumandro Chattapadhyay was published in The Wire on April 19, 2016.
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Mathematisation of the Urban and not Urbanisation of Mathematics: Smart Cities and the Primitive Accumulation of Data - Accepted Abstract
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 25, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:47 AM
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Data Systems,
Space,
Research,
Smart Cities,
Researchers at Work
"Many accounts of smart cities recognise the historical coincidence of cybernetic control and neoliberal capital. Even where it is machines which process the vast amounts of data produced by the city so much so that the ruling and managerial classes disappear from view, it is usually the logic of capital that steers the flows of data, people and things. Yet what other futures of the city may be possible within the smart city, what collective intelligence may it bring forth?" The Fibreculture Journal has accepted an abstract of mine for its upcoming issue on 'Computing the City.'
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RAW
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Studying the Emerging Database State in India: Notes for Critical Data Studies (Accepted Abstract)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 02, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:54 AM
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Big Data,
Data Systems,
Research,
Featured,
Aadhaar,
Researchers at Work,
E-Governance
"Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by 'Big Data.' Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages." The Big Data and Society journal has provisionally accepted a paper abstract of mine for its upcoming special issue on Critical Data Studies.
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RAW
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Data for Governance, Governance of Data, and Data Anxieties
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jul 03, 2016
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last modified
Jul 03, 2016 05:59 AM
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filed under:
Digital News,
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill,
UID,
Data Systems,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Aadhaar,
Researchers at Work
The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) organised a panel discussion on 'The Data Explosion – How the Internet of Things will Affect Media Freedom and Communication Systems?' at Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum 2016, held in Bonn, Germany during June 13-15, 2016. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited as one of the panelists.
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RAW
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Big Data Governance Frameworks for 'Data Revolution for Sustainable Development'
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Meera Manoj
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published
Jul 05, 2016
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last modified
Jul 05, 2016 01:13 PM
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filed under:
Development,
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Internet Governance,
Big Data for Development,
Sustainable Development Goals
A key component of the process to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is the call for a global 'data revolution' to better understand, monitor, and implement development interventions. Recently there has been several international proposals to use big data, along with reconfigured national statistical systems, to operationalise this 'data revolution for sustainable development.' This analysis by Meera Manoj highlights the different models of collection, management, sharing, and governance of global development data that are being discussed.
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