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Immigrants not Natives: by Sally Wyatt — published Apr 30, 2012 — filed under: Book Review, Digital Natives
Sally Wyatt reviews the four-book collective, Digital AlterNatives with a Cause? edited by Nishant Shah & Fieke Jansen.
Located in Digital Natives / Media Coverage & Reviews
In Search of the Other: Decoding Digital Natives: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 01, 2011 — last modified May 14, 2015 12:12 PM — filed under: Digital subjectivities, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
This is the first post of a research inquiry that questions the ways in which we have understood the Youth-Technology-Change relationship in the contemporary digital world, especially through the identity of ‘Digital Native’. Drawing from three years of research and current engagements in the field, the post begins a critique of how we need to look at the outliers, the people on the fringes in order to unravel the otherwise celebratory nature of discourse about how the digital is changing the world.
Located in Digital Natives
Information Activism - Tactics for Empowerment (TTC): by Denisse Albornoz — published Dec 26, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:36 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Web Politics, Making Change, Digital Natives
This is the first of a two-part analysis of information activism for the Making Change project. This post looks at the benefits and limitations of increasing access to information to enable citizenship and political participation.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Information Design - Visualizing Action (TTC): by Denisse Albornoz — published Dec 27, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:34 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Web Politics, Making Change, Digital Natives
This is the second part of the Making Change analysis on information activism. It explores the role of the presentation and design of information to translate information into action.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Information, the world's new capital - Digital Natives: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 22, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Information is the new capital and currency of the world, Nishant Shah, of the India-based Digital Natives with a Cause, told Bizcommunity.com yesterday, 10 November 2010, as the three-day workshop on digital and internet technologies that brought together young delegates from nine African countries ended in Johannesburg, South Africa. "If the 20th century was the age of the industrial revolution, the 21st century is now actually the age of the knowledge information," Shah said.
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune: by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 07, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Researchers at Work, Wikipedia, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Featured, Wikimedia, Openness, Homepage
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Is That a Friend on Your Wall?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 10, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:36 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Before you start reading today’s column, have a look at the person sitting next to you. It might be a family member if you are at home, a friend in the club, a stranger in a cafe or a fellow commuter on the bus. Now take a moment to figure out how much you trust that person. The intensity of your trust would depend upon your familiarity, your social relationship and the time you’ve known that person.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
IT and the cITy: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 17, 2009 — last modified Sep 18, 2009 10:45 AM — filed under: Cyberspace, internet and society, Shanghai, ICT4D, Digital Natives, Cybercultures, Digital subjectivities, IT Cities
Nishant Shah tells ten stories of relationship between Internet Technologies and the City, drawing from his experiences of seven months in Shanghai. In this introduction to the city, he charts out first experiences of the physical spaces of Shanghai and how they reflect the IT ambitions and imaginations of the city. He takes us through the dizzying spaces of Shanghai to see how the architecture and the buildings of the city do not only house the ICT infrastructure but also embody it in their unfolding. In drawing the seductive nature of embodied technology in the physical experience of Shanghai, he also points out why certain questions about the rise of internet technologies and the reconfiguration of the Shanghai-Pudong area have never been asked. In this first post, he explains his methdologies that inform the framework which will produce the ten stories of technology and Shanghai, and how this new IT City, delivers its promise of invisibility.
Located in Research / Collaborative Projects Programme / The promise of invisibility - Technology and the City
January 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 11:25 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:
Located in About Us / Newsletters
January 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2012 — last modified Jul 09, 2012 09:36 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of events organized by us during the month of January 2012!
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