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Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ Fictive Kinship Relations in Mumbai App-based Food Delivery
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Simiran Lalvani
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Dec 04, 2019
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last modified
May 19, 2020 06:25 AM
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Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Network Economies,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Simiran Lalvani is the first among a series of writings by researchers associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by the Azim Premji University, that were published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who co-led the project concerned.
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Zothan Mawii - COVID-19 and Relief Measures for Gig Workers in India
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by
Zothan Mawii (Tandem Research)
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published
Apr 14, 2020
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last modified
May 19, 2020 05:41 AM
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filed under:
Gig Work,
Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Future of Work,
Network Economies,
Researchers at Work
CIS is cohosted a webinar with Tandem Research on the impact of the COVID-19 response on the gig economy on 9 April 2020. It was a closed door discussion between representatives of workers' unions, labour activists, and researchers working on gig economy and workers' rights to highlight the demands of workers' groups in the transport, food delivery and care work sectors. We saw this as an urgent intervention in light of the disruption to the gig economy caused by the nationwide lockdown to limit proliferation of COVID-19. This is a summary of the discussions that took place in the webinar authored by Zothan Mawii, a Research Fellow at Tandem Research.
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RAW
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A Compilation of Research on the Gig Economy
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Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 19, 2020
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filed under:
Gender,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
RAW Research,
research,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Domestic Work
Over the past year, researchers at CIS have been studying gig economies and gig workers in India. Their work has involved consultative discussions with domestic workers, food delivery workers, taxi drivers, trade union leaders, and government representatives to document the state of gig work in India, and highlight the concerns of gig workers.
The imposition of a severe lockdown in India in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 has left gig workers in precarious positions. Without the privilege of social distancing, these workers are having to contend with a drastic reduction in income, while also placing themselves at heightened health risks.
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RAW
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Parichiti - Domestic Workers’ Access to Secure Livelihoods in West Bengal
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Anchita Ghatak
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published
Dec 30, 2020
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last modified
Dec 30, 2020 10:01 AM
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Gig Work,
Research,
Network Economies,
Publications,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
This report by Anchita Ghatak of Parichiti presents findings of a pilot study conducted by the author and colleagues to document the situation of women domestic workers (WDWs) in the lockdown and the initial stages of the lifting of restrictions. This study would not have been possible without the WDWs who agreed to be interviewed for this study and gave their time generously. We are grateful to Dr Abhijit Das of the Centre for Health and Social Justice for his advice and help. The report is edited by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon, and this work forms a part of the CIS’s project on gender, welfare and surveillance supported by Privacy International, United Kingdom.
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RAW
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Preliminary research result on Wikipedia gender gap in India
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by
Ting-Yi Chang
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published
May 22, 2017
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last modified
May 23, 2017 11:09 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Gender,
women and internet,
Sexual Harassment,
Wikipedia gender gap,
Research
Since June 2016, Ting-Yi Chang from the University of Toronto has worked with the CIS-A2K team to conduct action research on the Wikipedia gender gap in India. The research aims to improve the understanding of the gender gap (imbalance) issue in the Indian Wikipedia communities while examining local interventions.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19
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Sameet Panda
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published
Feb 26, 2021
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last modified
Feb 26, 2021 07:36 AM
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filed under:
Welfare Governance,
Data Systems,
Homepage,
Research,
Featured,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
This study by Sameet Panda tries to understand the integration of data and digital systems in welfare delivery in Odisha. It brings out the impact of welfare digitalisation on beneficiaries through primary data collected in November 2020. The researcher is thankful to community members for sharing their lived experiences during course of the study. Fieldwork was undertaken in three panchayats of Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha. Additional research support was provided by Apurv Vivek and Vipul Kumar, and editorial contributions were made by Ambika Tandon (Senior Researcher, CIS). This study was conducted as part of a project on gender, welfare, and surveillance, supported by Privacy International, UK.
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RAW
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Mapping Digital Humanities in India - Concluding Thoughts
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Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Nov 30, 2014
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:36 AM
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Digital Knowledge,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India,
Research,
Featured,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work
This final blog post on the mapping exercise undertaken by CIS-RAW summarises some of the key concepts and terms that have emerged as significant in the discourse around Digital Humanities in India.
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RAW
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The Aakash Tablet and Technological Imaginaries of Mass Education in Contemporary India (Excerpt)
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Feb 14, 2016
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last modified
Feb 14, 2016 10:11 AM
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Researchers at Work,
Education Technology,
Internet Histories,
Research
In a recently published paper, Jahnavi Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the disadvantaged in independent India. Here is an edited excerpt from the paper that traces the recent history of technological solutions for mass education and unpacking the narrative of ‘failure’ that is associated with the Aakash experiment.
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RAW
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Digital transitions in the newsroom: How are Indian language papers adapting differently?
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by
Zeenab Aneez
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Jan 16, 2017
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last modified
Feb 03, 2017 01:50 AM
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filed under:
RAW Research,
RAW Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Research
In a new report published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Centre for Internet and Society, Zeenab Aneez explores how Indian newsrooms are adapting their workflow and processes to cater to an increasing digital audience and the implications these changes have on how journalists produce news.
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RAW
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February 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 30, 2012 11:16 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage:
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About Us
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