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Getting the (Digital) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Right
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Arindrajit Basu
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published
Oct 03, 2022
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy
On the eve of the Tokyo Quad Summit in May 2022, President Biden unveiled the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), visualising cooperation across the Indo-Pacific based on four pillars: trade; supply chains; clean energy, decarbonisation and infrastructure; and tax and anti-corruption. Galvanised by the US, the other 13 founding members of the IPEF are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The first official in-person Ministerial meeting was held in Los Angeles on 9 September 2022.
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Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for India
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by
Jyoti Panday
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published
Oct 14, 2015
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Economy,
Public Accountability,
Privacy,
Platform Responsibility,
Data Protection,
Accountability,
Digital Security,
Digital India,
Internet Governance
The European Court of Justice has invalidated a European Commission decision, which had previously concluded that the 'Safe Harbour Privacy Principles' provide adequate protections for European citizens’ privacy rights for the transfer of personal data between European Union and United States. The inadequacies of the framework is not news for the European Commission and action by ECJ has been a long time coming. The ruling raises important questions about how the claims of citizenship are being negotiated in the context of the internet, and how increasingly the contestations of personal data are being employed in the discourse.
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The Platform Economy’s Gatekeeping of Class and Caste Dominance in Urban India
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by
Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi
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published
Apr 18, 2024
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last modified
Apr 19, 2024 03:11 AM
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy,
Homepage,
Digital Labour,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi contributed an essay on how gated society management apps like MyGate and NoBrokerHood feed on caste and income inequalities in new datafied forms. The essay features in The Formalization of Social Precarities, an anthology edited by Murali Shanmugavelan and Aiha Nguyen and published with Data & Society.
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That Is Not A Livelihood – That Is Helplessness”: Field notes from the Fraazo Delivery Workers Strike in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad
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by
Rikta Krishnaswamy
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published
Apr 24, 2024
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy,
Gig Work,
Digital Labour,
Researchers at Work
In this essay, Rikta Krishnaswamy of the All India Gig Workers’ Union (AIGWU) narrates her experiences of organising and supporting delivery workers’ collective action against Fraazo (a now-defunct platform for produce and grocery delivery). Her essay sheds light on the challenges workers face in organising for better conditions of work. She describes how platforms hide behind legal smokescreens and threats of police action to shirk their responsibility as employers. To make matters worse, obscure employment terms and work management systems make it harder for workers to seek redress from the government through labour dispute resolution processes.
The essay is illustrative of how digital platforms have exploited and violated freedoms of the gig workers they employ, while facing no accountability. For this to change, gig workers have to be guaranteed employment rights along with collective rights to their data.
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‘Future of work’ or 21st–century oppressed labour?: Findings from an AIGWU survey with 50 Urban Company housekeeping workers in Bengaluru
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by
Nihira Ram
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published
May 16, 2024
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy,
Gig Work,
Digital Labour,
Researchers at Work
n this essay, Nihira Ram shares findings from a survey done by the All India Gig Workers Union with more than 50 migrant workers living in a slum in Bengaluru. The workers primarily provided cleaning and domestic services on the platform, Urban Company (previously UrbanClap).
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Digital mediation of domestic and care work in India: Project Announcement
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by
Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi
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published
Oct 01, 2019
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last modified
Oct 10, 2019 08:09 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Digital Labour,
Research,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Domestic Work
It is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a study on digital mediation of domestic and care work in India, as part of and supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The study is exploring the ways in which structural inequalities, such as those of gender and class, are being reproduced or challenged by digital
platforms. The project sites are Delhi and Bangalore, where we are conducting interviews with workers, companies, and unions. In Bangalore, we are collaborating with Stree Jagruti Samiti to collect qualitative data from different stakeholders. The outputs of the research will include a report, policy brief, and other communication materials in English, Hindi, and Kannada. This study is being led by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, along with Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Doing Standpoint Theory
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by
Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi
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published
Oct 10, 2019
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last modified
Dec 06, 2019 04:59 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Gender,
Digital Labour,
Research,
Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Domestic Work
Feminist research methodology has evolved from different epistemologies, with several different schools of thought. Some of the more popular ones are feminist standpoint theory, feminist empiricism, and feminist relativism. Standpoint theory holds the experiences of the marginalised as the source of ‘truth’ about structures of oppression, which is silenced by traditional objectivist research methods as they produce knowledge from the standpoint of voices in positions of power. In this essay published on the GenderIT website, Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi [1] discuss the practical applicability of these epistemologies to research practices in the field of technology and gender.
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Domestic Work in the ‘Gig Economy’
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by
Aayush Rathi
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published
Nov 14, 2019
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last modified
Dec 06, 2019 04:52 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
RAW Events,
Digital Labour,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
Digital Domestic Work
The CIS and Domestic Workers’ Rights Union (DWRU) are hosting a discussion on the ‘gig economy’ and domestic work on Saturday, November 16 at Student Christian Movement of India, Mission Road, Bangalore. This event is a part of a project supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by Association for Progressive Communication (APC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
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CIS Seminar Series: Information Disorder
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by
Aman Nair
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Aug 11, 2021 11:17 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Internet Governance,
Digital Disruption,
Information Technology
The Centre for Internet and Society is announcing the launch of a seminar series to showcase research around digital rights and technology policy, with a focus on the Global South.
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Studying Digital Creative Industries in India: Initial Questions
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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last modified
Mar 18, 2016 01:55 PM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Creative Industries,
Researchers at Work
This brief overview of the discourse around creative industries is an attempt to explore some ways of identifying what could be digital creative industries in India, and the questions they raise and problematize for us in terms of cultural expression, knowledge production, creativity and labour. The term ‘creative industries’ has been around for a while now, but with the advent of the digital, and with interest from different sectors, especially with a focus on policy and economic development, it would be essential to critically examine the discourse around the term, and see where it may be changing to open up new possibilities, particularly for the arts, humanities and design.
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