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What it means to be a child today
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 17, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:42 AM — filed under:
They move seamlessly between reality and virtual reality. The digital landscape they inhabit comprises generations — not of family — but of technology such as Web 2.0, 3G, PS4 and iPhone5. Their world has moved beyond their neighbourhood, school and childhood friends to encompass a 500-channel television universe, the global gaming village, the endless internet. These are the children born in the last decade and half — possibly the first generation that has never known a world without hi-tech.
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Blog Entry What scares a Digital Native? Blogathon
by Samuel Tettner — published May 02, 2011 — last modified May 14, 2015 12:16 PM — filed under: , ,
What Scares technologized young people around the world? In an effort to present a view often not heard in traditional discourses, on Monday the 18th of April 2011, young people from across the world blogged about their fears in relation to the digitalisation of society.
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Who is a Digital Native?
by Andrés Felipe Arias Palma — published Feb 13, 2012 — last modified Apr 04, 2012 10:54 AM — filed under:
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Blog Entry Who the Hack?
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2011 — last modified May 14, 2015 12:16 PM — filed under: , ,
A hacker is not an evil spirit, instead he can outwit digital systems to bring about social change, writes Nishant Shah in this column published in the Indian Express on April 24, 2011.
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Blog Entry Whose Change is it Anyway?
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 18, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
This thought piece is an attempt to reflect critically on existing practices of “making change” and its implications for the future of citizen action in information and network societies. It observes that change is constantly and explicitly invoked at different stages in research, practice, and policy in relation to digital technologies, citizen action, and network societies.
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Whose Change is it Anyway?
by Prasad Krishna — published May 30, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 08:40 AM — filed under: ,
The first product from the Whose Change is it Anyway? Hague workshop with Hivos in February is out. The video captures the process of knowledge generation there.
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Blog Entry Whose Change Is It Anyway? | DML2013
by Nishant Shah — published Nov 08, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:47 AM — filed under: , , ,
As a preparation for the DML conference, Nishant Shah had an interview with Howard Rheingold, a cyberculture pioneer, social media innovator, and author of "Smart Mobs. Nishant Shah is chair of 'Whose Change Is It Anyway? Futures, Youth, Technology And Citizen Action In The Global South (And The Rest Of The World)' track at DML2013. Here, he talks about shifts in citizen engagement in Indian politics and civics, and the underlying significance of these changes.
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Blog Entry Wiki changes the world
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 24, 2011 — last modified Jan 03, 2012 10:23 AM — filed under:
A fortnightly column on ‘Digital Natives’ authored by Nishant Shah is featured in the Sunday Eye, the national edition of Indian Express, Delhi, from September 2010 onwards. This article was published in the Indian Express on January 23, 2011. In this Nishant Shah explains how Wiki changes the world by making the ordinary person the expert and knowledge free.
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With No Distinction
by TJ K.M — published Feb 13, 2012 — last modified Apr 04, 2012 10:52 AM — filed under:
My video explores the spiritual aspect of digital technology and how rather than getting in the way of our spiritual expression, it is actually bringing us face to face with it, if only we choose to look.
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You Are Here
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 15, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM — filed under:
Geo-tagging applications are creating new and impromptu communities of true.
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