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Tech Anthropology Today: Collaborate, Rather than Fetishize from Afar: by Geert Lovink and Ramesh Srinivasan — published May 16, 2017 — last modified May 16, 2017 02:51 PM — filed under: Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Ethnography, Offline, Researchers at Work
"That is why the 'offline' if you will is so critical to understanding the 'online'—because they do not exist in isolation and what we have constructed is an illusory binary between the two." In this interview, Geert Lovink discusses with Ramesh Srinivasan: “how can we embrace the realities of communities too-often relegated to the margins?”
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Japleen Pasricha - Gendered Spaces in Digital Rights (Delhi, June 02, 5 pm): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 30, 2017 — last modified May 31, 2017 03:49 AM — filed under: Gender, Researchers at Work, #FirstFridayAtCIS, Digital Rights
It is our priviledge to annouce that Japleen Pasricha will be the speaker for the June #FirstFridayAtCIS event. Japleen smashes the patriarchy for a living, and is Founder & Editor-in-chief of Feminism in India. The talk will focus on her experience of working on gender and digital rights in India, the ways in which "gender" functions as a critical lens in digital rights discourse and practice in India (or not), and the gendered nature of digital rights spaces in India. If you are joining us, please RSVP at the soonest as we have only limited space in our office.
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Consultative Meeting for a Digital Archive Lab: by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — last modified Jun 08, 2017 01:07 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work
A meeting for a digital archive lab was held at the Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University in New Delhi on May 20, 2017. P.P. Sneha participated in the meeting.
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Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19: by Sameet Panda — published Feb 26, 2021 — last modified Feb 26, 2021 07:36 AM — 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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May 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the fifth issue of its newsletter for 2013. We bring you an overview of our research, report of events held by us and announcement of upcoming ones, events we participated in, and recent media coverage.
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Strategies to Organise Platform Workers: by Chiaro Furtado — published Oct 20, 2023 — filed under: Researchers at Work
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Strategies to Organise Platform Workers: by Chiaro Furtado — published Oct 22, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Digital Economy, Researchers at Work, Gig Work, Platform-Work, Featured, RAW Research, Homepage
In 2022, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a panel with Akkanut Wantanasombut, Ayoade Ibrahim, Rikta Krishnaswamy, and Sofía Scasserra at RightsCon, an annual summit on technology and human rights.
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Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy: by Ambika Tandon and Abhishek Sekharan — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: RAW Research, Labour Futures, RAW Publications, Researchers at Work
Ambika Tandon and Abhishek Sekharan published an academic paper highlighting the importance of women’s networks of information sharing and care in navigating opaque platform design. The paper is part of an issue of Gender and Development on ‘Women, Work and the Digital Economy’. Gender and Development is one of the few academic journals that priorities practitioners' experiences over theoretical contributions.
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Online cab booking | Why finding a cab is a nightmare now: by Haripriya Suresh — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Researchers at Work
Many drivers said the rise in commissions payable to ride-hailing platforms and higher fuel costs, among other expenses, have made it impossible for them to survive in the once-lucrative profession.
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PDC 2022: by Admin — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Researchers at Work
Divyansha Sehgal and Yatharth presented their work - Designing Domestic Work Platforms - on critical design assessments of gig work platforms at the Participatory Design Conference.
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