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A provisional definition for the Cultural Last Mile
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Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 10, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 08:57 AM
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filed under:
ICT4D,
Digital Governance,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Cybercultures,
Digital subjectivities
In the first of his entries, Ashish Rajadhyaksha gives his own spin on the 'Last Mile' problem that has been at the crux of all public technologies. Shifting the terms of debate away from broadcast problems of distance and access, he re-purposes the 'last mile' which is a communications problem, to make a cultural argument about the role and imagination of technology in India, and the specific ways in which this problem features in talking about Internet Technologies in contemporary India.
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The Last Cultural Mile
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Change has come to all of us
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Oct 24, 2010
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last modified
Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
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filed under:
Google,
Digital Natives,
Cybercultures,
Facebook,
Digital subjectivities
The general focus on a digital generational divide makes us believe that generations are separated by the digital axis, and that the gap is widening. There is a growing anxiety voiced by an older generation that the digital natives they encounter — in their homes, schools and universities and at workplaces — are a new breed with an entirely different set of vocabularies and lifestyles which are unintelligible and inaccessible. It is time we started pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a digital native.
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Digital Natives
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Blog
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China's Generation Y : Youth and Technology in Shanghai
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Sep 21, 2009
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last modified
Sep 21, 2009 02:09 PM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Social media,
Shanghai,
Cyborgs,
Cybercultures,
Digital Natives
Within the context of internet technologies in China, Nishant Shah, drawing from his seven month research in Shanghai, looks at the first embodiment of these technologies in the urbanising city. In this post, he gives a brief overview of the public and academic discourse around youth-technology usage of China's Generation Y digital natives. He draws the techno-narratives of euphoria and despair to show how technology studies has reduced technology to tools and usage and hence even the proponents of internet technologies, often do a disservice to the technology itself. He poses questions about the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of technology and offers the premise upon which structures of reading resistance can be built. The post ends with a preview of the three stories that are to appear next in the series, to see how youth engagement and cultural production can be read as having the potentials for social transformation and political participation for the Digital Natives in China.
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Research
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Collaborative Projects Programme
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The promise of invisibility - Technology and the City
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Chutnefying English - Report
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Aug 27, 2009
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last modified
Aug 27, 2009 06:03 AM
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Conference,
Art,
Cybercultures,
Communities,
Digital subjectivities,
Digital Pluralism
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by Dr. Rita Kothari at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. A photographic report for the event is now available here.
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Conferences & Workshops
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Conference Blogs
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 1) - Christopher Soghoian
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
May 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 10:26 AM
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Cybersecurity,
Cyberspace,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Christopher Soghoian, cybersecurity researcher and activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 2) - Ram Mohan
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jun 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 10:27 AM
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Cybersecurity,
Cyberspace,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Ram Mohan, a pioneer in the field of Internet security and internationalization, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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Internet Governance
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 3) - Eva Galperin
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 10, 2013
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last modified
Aug 01, 2013 09:55 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Eva Galperin, Global Policy Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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Internet Governance
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 4) - Marietje Schaake
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 11, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 10:24 AM
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filed under:
Cybersecurity,
Cyberspace,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Marietje Schaake, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 5) - Amelia Andersdotter
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 11, 2013
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last modified
Aug 01, 2013 09:54 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Amelia Andersdotter, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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Internet Governance
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 6) - Lhadon Tethong
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Jul 15, 2013
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last modified
Aug 01, 2013 09:54 AM
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filed under:
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Cybercultures,
Cyber Security,
Cyber Security Interview
CIS interviews Lhadon Tethong, Tibetan human rights activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
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Internet Governance