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Are India’s much-lauded startups failing their women workers?: by Abhishek Sekharan and Ambika Tandon — published Dec 06, 2021 — filed under: CISRAW, Researchers at Work, RAW Blog, Future of Work
Recent protests outside Urban Company’s head office highlight the gendered nature of work in the country’s digital economy.
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As Equals: Frequently Asked Questions: by Admin — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: Labour Futures, Researchers at Work
Chiara Furtado was a panellist on the ‘As Equals’ series hosted by CNN since 2018 which aims to reveal what systemic gender inequality looks like. Chiara participated in a roundtable on digital harms and gender equality.
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Asia in the Edges: A Narrative Account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 25, 2014 — last modified Apr 14, 2015 12:47 PM — filed under: Digital Knowledge, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Peer Reviewed Article, Publications, Researchers at Work
The Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School is a Biennial event that invites Masters and PhD students from around Asia to participate in conversations around developing and building an Inter-Asia Cultural Studies thought process. Hosted by the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society along with the Consortium of universities and research centres that constitute it, the Summer School is committed to bringing together a wide discourse that spans geography, disciplines, political affiliations and cultural practices for and from researchers who are interested in developing Inter-Asia as a mode of developing local, contextual and relevant knowledge practices.
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: by Ankan Barman — published Jun 03, 2021 — filed under: RAW Research, RAW Publications, Researchers at Work
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants: by Ankan Barman — published Jun 03, 2021 — filed under: RAW Publications, Researchers at Work, Covid19, Featured, Labour Futures, Aadhaar, Homepage
With the onset of the national lockdown on 24th March 2020 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the fate of millions of migrant workers was left uncertain. In addition, lack of enumeration and registration of migrant workers became a major obstacle for all State Governments and the Central Government to channelize relief and welfare measures.
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Attentional Capital in Online Gaming : The Currency of Survival: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2010 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:46 AM — filed under: Gaming, Gaming Economy, Internet Histories, Histories of Internet, Researchers at Work
This blog post by Arun Menon discusses the concepts of production, labour and race in virtual worlds and their influence on the production of attention as a currency. An attempt is made to locate attentional capital, attentional repositories and attention currencies within gaming to examine 'attention currencies and its trade and transactions in virtual worlds. A minimal collection of attention currencies are placed as central and as a pre-requisite for survival in MMOs in much the same way that real currency become a necessity for survival. The approach is to locate attentional capital through different perspectives as well as examine a few concepts around virtual worlds.
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August 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Sep 13, 2013 06:26 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of August 2013 can be accessed below.
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August 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2015 — last modified Oct 27, 2015 12:25 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
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Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network Society: by Nishant Shah — published Feb 12, 2013 — last modified Feb 12, 2013 06:16 AM — filed under: Featured, Habits of Living, Researchers at Work, Digital Humanities
We live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They have become the default metaphor of our times, where everything from infrastructure assemblies to collectives of people, are all described through the lens of a network.
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Bangalore + Sustainability Summit: by Denisse Albornoz — published Sep 27, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:48 AM — filed under: Web Politics, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
The power of technology to create youth engagement and positive social change were discussed at the Bangalore + Sustainability Summit on September 21, 2013 at the Centre for Internet and Society(CIS) , Bangalore. The event, in conjunction with the Social Good Summit that took place in New York during the same weekend, explored creative and tech-based avenues to solve sustainability challenges and promote social good.
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