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People are Knowledge – Experimenting with Oral Citations on Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 22, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM
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Openness,
Projects
The Centre for Internet and Society in association with the Wikimedia Foundation has produced a documentary film "People are Knowledge". The film evolved out of a project on Oral Citations in India and South Africa funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, and undertaken by Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member Achal Prabhala as a short-term fellowship, to help overcome a lack of published materials in emerging languages on Wikipedia. New Delhi-based filmmaker Priya Sen has directed the film, with additional assistance from Zen Marie who handled the shooting in South Africa. The film explores how alternate methods of citation could be employed on Wikipedia, documenting a series of specific situations with regards to published knowledge, and subsequently, with oral citations.
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Blog
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Plan for open access to science research
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 25, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Access to Knowledge
The policy is open to comments from the public till July 25.
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News & Media
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Pooja Tople on Wikimedia Projects
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by
Nitika Tandon
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published
Dec 17, 2013
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last modified
Dec 31, 2013 11:04 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
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Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 05, 2017
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Data Revolution,
Data Governance,
Openness
Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that promotes transparency, accountability and value creation by making government data available to all. Public bodies produce and commission huge quantities of data and information. By making their datasets available, public institutions become more transparent and accountable to citizens. By encouraging the use, reuse and free distribution of datasets, governments promote business creation and innovative, citizen-centric services. Praja is organising a symposium on "open data and civil society" on Friday, Sep 8, which is supported by European Union and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit. Sumandro Chattapadhyay (Research Director) will take part in this event as a speaker in the session on "data centric approach and role of stakeholders in the urban governance ecosystem."
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 12, 2016
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last modified
Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Source,
Cybersecurity,
Open Data,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Patents,
Openness,
Open Innovation,
Encryption Policy
The Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
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Openness
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Present, tense: Future classrooms
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Dec 08, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 02:11 PM
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Openness
An article by Nishant Shah in the December issue of Teacher Plus - the magazine for the contemporary teacher.
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Presentation at IDRC: ‘Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective’
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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published
Jul 03, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 03:59 PM
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Openness
Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, CIS Distinguished Fellow, will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective' at IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, on 13 July 2009.
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Presentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons'
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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published
Jul 14, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 03:42 PM
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Openness
CIS Distinguished Fellow Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' at TIFR, Mumbai, on Friday, 24 July 2009.
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Privacy vs. Transparency: An Attempt at Resolving the Dichotomy
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 14, 2014
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 06:26 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Featured,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Openness,
Open Access
The right to privacy has been articulated in international law and in some national laws. In a few countries where the constitution does not explicitly guarantee such a right, courts have read the right to privacy into other rights (e.g., the right to life, the right to equal treatment under law and also the right to freedom of speech and expression).
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Privacy, Free/Open Source, and the Cloud
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Nov 22, 2010
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last modified
Mar 22, 2012 05:50 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A look into the questions that arise in concern to privacy and cloud computing, and how open source plays into the picture.
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Blog
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Privacy
