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Where's My Data? Submission for Knight News Challenge 2015
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Oct 01, 2015
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:00 PM
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filed under:
City,
Open Data,
Practice,
Crowdsourcing,
Researchers at Work
We are very excited to be contribute to a join submission with DataMeet and Oorvani for the Knight News Challenge 2015. We are proposing "an application for users to search for locally-relevant data, discuss missing data, demand data, explore and respond to data demands by others, and start data crowd-sourcing exercises." Please go to the submission page and support our project. The text of the proposal is available below. It was prepared by Nisha Thompson of DataMeet, Meera K of Oorvani, and I. The 'Where's My Data' banner is created by Nisha using icons from the Noun Project.
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Sequoia India’s Designathon 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 17, 2016
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filed under:
Practice,
Researchers at Work
Along with their annual hackathon, Sequoia India organised a designathon in Bangalore on September 10-11, 2016. The participants picked one of three tracks - gamification, information visualisation, and smart acceleration - and developed an interface design or clickable prototype or a demo video. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to participate as a mentor for the information visualisation track.
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RAW
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The Zen of Pad.ma: 10 Lessons Learned from Running Open Access Online Video Archives in India and beyond
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Jan 28, 2016
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 08:25 AM
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filed under:
Practice,
Digital Humanities,
Digital Media,
Open Access,
Researchers at Work,
Event,
Archives
Sebastian Lütgert and Jan Gerber, the co-initiators of, and the artists/programmers behind the pad.ma (Public Access Digital Media Archive) project will deliver a lecture at CIS on Wednesday, February 03, 6 pm, on their experiences of learnings from running open access online video archives in Germany, India, and Turkey. Please join us for coffee and vada at 5:30 pm.
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7 Ways to Con/fuse the Internet with Analogy (Intergalactic Mix) - Talk by Surfatial
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Sep 16, 2016
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last modified
Jul 02, 2018 06:33 PM
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filed under:
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Event
Surfatial, a trans-local collective that works with text and sound will talk about their essay which was recently published. The talk will also address concerns on how the internet can be used in alternate contexts including presenting work in alternative formats and using the internet for synchronous collaborative cultural production.
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RAW
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Launch of Silicon Plateau Vol-1
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 25, 2015
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last modified
Nov 26, 2015 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Silicon Plateau,
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Event
Please join us on Friday, November 27, 2015 at 6.30 pm for the book launch of Silicon Plateau Vol-1.
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RAW
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Announcing Silicon Plateau #01
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Apr 06, 2015
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:00 PM
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filed under:
Silicon Plateau,
Practice,
Researchers at Work
We are very pleased to announce that the RAW programme is supporting a new collaborative publishing project led by T.A.J. Residency / SKE Projects and or-bits.com. The first volume of the series titled 'Silicon Plateau' will feature contributions by a group of artists, researchers, and writers, including IOCOSE, Tara Kelton, Anil Menon, Sunita Prasad, Achal Prabhala and Sreshta Rit Premnath, along with contextual writing and documentation material. Here is an excerpt from the editorial note written by Marialaura Ghidini, the co-editor of the volume.
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RAW
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Manuel Beltrán - Institute of Human Obsolescence - Cartographies of Dispossession
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Apr 01, 2019
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last modified
Apr 01, 2019 08:00 AM
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filed under:
Practice,
Art,
RAW Events,
Digital Labour,
Researchers at Work,
Event
Join us at the Delhi office of CIS on Thursday, April 4, at 5 pm for a talk by Manuel Beltrán, founder of the Institute of Human Obsolescence (IoHO), which explores the future of labour and the changing relationship between humans and machine. Cartographies of Dispossession (CoD), their current project at IoHO, explores the forms of systematic data dispossession that different humans are subject to, and investigates how data becomes both the means of production as much as the means of governance.
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RAW
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Call for Applications: 'Maps for Making Change' - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Oct 30, 2009
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:04 PM
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filed under:
Digital Activism,
Practice,
Workshop,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Deadline: 20 November 2009.
Maps for Making Change is a two-month project specifically designed for activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India. It provides participants with an exciting opportunity to explore how a range of digital mapping techniques can be used to support struggles for social justice. It also allows you to immediately develop and implement in practice a concrete mapping project relevant to your campaign or movement, with full technical support. Interested in joining us? Send in your application by 20 November 2009.
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Other Advocacy
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Maps for Making Change Kicks Off, and You Can Get Involved!
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Dec 02, 2009
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:03 PM
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Digital Activism,
Practice,
Workshop,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
A first in India, Maps for Making Change explores the use of geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India. On 3 December, the project officially kicks off during a one-day workshop in Delhi. But even if you can not be there with us in Delhi, there are ways to get involved.
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Other Advocacy
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Maps for Making Change Wiki Now Open to the Public
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by
Anja Kovacs
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published
Apr 01, 2010
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last modified
Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
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filed under:
Practice,
Researchers at Work,
Maps for Making Change
Since December 2009, CIS has been coordinating and nurturing the Maps for Making Change project, organised in collaboration with Tactical Tech. During the past four months, participants have been on a challenging yet fertile and inspiring journey that is now slowly coming to an end. Would you like to know more about what has happened in the time that has passed? The Maps for Making Change wiki is a good place to start.
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