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CIS to Screen Subasri’s film “Brave New Medium”: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 05, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:21 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) will host a screening of a film “Brave New Medium,” at 6 p.m. on Monday, 10 January 2011. The film is directed by Subasri Krishnan.
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A Talk by Charlotte Lapsansky: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 13, 2010 — last modified Apr 22, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Charlotte Lapsansky will give a lecture on the "Mobile Voices project" at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore on Thursday, 16 September 2010.
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Community Informatics: Successfully Applying Information and Communications Technologies as a Support to Local Economic and Social Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 22, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Dr. Gurstein will present a talk on the current state of development in Community Informatics and facilitate a broader discussion on community based ICTs for local development and community empowerment as are currently applied in India and worldwide.
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Digital humanities: How social sciences may benefit from the digital revolution?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:06 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Centre for Contemporary Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society presents a talk on Digital Humanities by Dominique Boullier, Professor at Sciences Po Paris on 9 July, 2010 at the Centre for Contemporary Studies.
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Electronication: Ragas and the Future: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 24, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
What more is better than listening to music and later on getting into a discursive conversation with its composers to better understand the transformative power of high-energy music. CIS is pleased to invite you to an evening conference followed by a concert by Charanjit Singh, Samrat B. and Imaad Shah playing improvised versions of Charanjit Singh's “Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat”.
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Role of the Internet in Fostering Freedom of Expression and Strengthening Activism in India - A Workshop in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 22, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society (India) and the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy DEMOS (Guatemala) have the pleasure to invite you to a day-long workshop on the role of the Internet in fostering freedom of expression and strengthening activism in India. The workshop will take place in the Constitution Club in Delhi on 4 March 2011.
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Freedom of Expression or Access to Knowledge: Are We Taking the Necessary Steps Towards an Open and Inclusive Internet?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society is co-organising a workshop on Freedom of Expression or Access to Knowledge: Are We Taking the Necessary Steps Towards an Open and Inclusive Internet? at the Internet Governance Forum on
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Global Challenges to Freedom of Expression: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 24, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:17 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, Human Rights Law Network, Delhi and the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Mr. Frank La Rue, President of the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy and UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression on March 4, 2011, 6 pm at the Constitutional Club in New Delhi.
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Public Talk by Dr. Ian Brown on Privacy, Trust and Biometrics: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 20, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:15 AM — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
Trust is hard to build, but easy to lose. What factors affect individuals' trust in new technologies? How can governments create citizen trust in biometric security tools? Can biometrics be designed to be privacy-friendly? And how did these questions lead to the cancellation of the UK's national identity scheme, after a decade of development costing tens of millions of pounds? About the speaker: Dr Ian Brown's research is focused on public policy issues around information and the Internet, particularly privacy and copyright. He also works in the more technical fields of communications security and healthcare informatics.
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ICTs for Improving Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods: by Radha Rao — published Aug 19, 2009 — last modified Oct 21, 2011 06:48 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
CIS is co-hosting a talk by Mr. Michael Riggs (FAO) covering the topic on Information and Communication Technology and e-Agriculutre and how Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture can benefit from ICTs.
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