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Colour Me Political
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 09, 2010
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 10:34 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Youth,
Social Networking
What are the tools that Digital Natives use to mobilise groups towards a particular cause? How do they engage with crises in their immediate environments? Are they using their popular social networking sites and web 2.0 applications for merely entertainment? Or are these tools actually helping them to re-articulate the realm of the political? Nishant Shah looks at the recent Facebook Colour Meme to see how new forms of political participation and engagement are being initiated by young people across the world.
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Digital Natives at Republica 2010
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Apr 26, 2010
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last modified
May 15, 2015 11:35 AM
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filed under:
Conference,
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Cybercultures,
Digital subjectivities,
Researchers at Work
Nishant Shah from the Centre for Internet and Society, made a presentation at the Re:Publica 2010, in Berlin, about its collaborative project (with Hivos, Netherlands) "Digital Natives with a Cause?" The video for the presentation, along with an extensive abstract is now available here.
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The power of the next click...
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 17, 2010
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last modified
Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Digital Activism,
Gaming,
Digital Natives,
Cybercultures
P2P cameras and microphones hooked up to form a network of people who don't know each other, and probably don't care; a series of people in different states of undress, peering at the each other, hands poised on the 'Next' button to search for something more. Chatroulette, the next big fad on the internet, is here in a grand way, making vouyers out of us all. This post examines the aesthetics, politics and potentials of this wonderful platform beyond the surface hype of penises and pornography that surrounds this platform.
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The Digital Tipping Point
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by
Maesy Angelina
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published
Jan 21, 2011
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 10:36 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Street sexual harassment,
Blank Noise Project,
Beyond the Digital,
Youth,
Social Networking,
movements
Is Web 2.0 really the only reason why youth digital activism is so successful in mobilizing public engagement? A look into the transformation of Blank Noise’s blog from a one-way communication medium into a site of public dialogue and collaboration reveals the crucial factors behind the success.
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The Class Question
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by
Maesy Angelina
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published
Feb 18, 2011
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 12:45 PM
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filed under:
Youth,
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Blank Noise Project,
Beyond the Digital
Blank Noise aims to be as inclusive as possible and therefore does not identify any specific target groups. Yet, the spaces and the methods they occupy do attract certain kinds of volunteers and public. This raises the class question: what are the dilemmas around class on digital interventions? Are they any different from the dilemmas on street interventions?
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Activism: Unraveling the Term
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by
Maesy Angelina
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published
Mar 10, 2011
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last modified
May 14, 2015 12:25 PM
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filed under:
Digital Activism,
Digital Natives,
Blank Noise Project,
Beyond the Digital,
Researchers at Work
After discussing Blank Noise’s politics and ways of organizing, the current post explores whether activism is still a relevant concept to capture the involvement of people within the collective. I explore the questions from the vantage point of the youth actors, through conversations about how they relate with the very term of activism.
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Inquilab 2.0? Reflections on Online Activism in India*
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jan 13, 2010
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 09:25 AM
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filed under:
histories of internet in India,
Social media,
Digital Activism,
Cyberspace,
Access to Medicine,
internet and society,
Research,
Cybercultures
Research and activism on the Internet in India remain fledgling in spite the media hype, says Anja Kovacs in her blog post that charts online activism in India as it has emerged.
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What's in a Name? Or Why Clicktivism May Not Be Ruining Left Activism in India, At Least For Now
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Sep 10, 2010
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 09:25 AM
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filed under:
histories of internet in India,
Digital Activism,
movements,
Research
In a recent piece in the Guardian titled “Clicktivism Is Ruining Leftist Activism”, Micah White expressed severe concern that, in drawing on tactics of advertising and marketing research, digital activism is undermining “the passionate, ideological and total critique of consumer society”. His concerns are certainly shared by some in India: White's piece has been circulating on activist email lists where people noted with concern that e-activism may be replacing “the real thing” even in this country. But is the situation in India really this dire?
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