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101 Ways of Starting an ISP:* No. 53 - Conversation, Content and Weird Fiction
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by
Surfatial
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published
Aug 03, 2016
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filed under:
Anonymity,
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog,
Researchers at Work
This essay by Surfatial is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. It argues that the internet has created a space for philosophical questioning among contemporary Indian participants which can develop further, despite common assertions that online spaces are largely uncivil and abusive. It actively explores how anonymous and pseudonymous content production may offer a method for exploring and expressing the internet in India, with a certain degree of freedom, and how spam-like methods may prove effective in puncturing filter bubbles.
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The Curious Incidents on Matrimonial Websites in India
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by
Abhimanyu Roy
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published
Aug 30, 2016
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last modified
Aug 30, 2016 10:52 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog
This essay by Abhimanyu Roy is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author explores how the curious interplays between the arranged marriage market in India the rise of matrimonial sites such as Jeevansathi.com and Shaadi.com. The gravity of the impact that such web-based services have on the lives of users is substantially greater than most other everyday web-enabled transactions, such as an Uber ride or a Foodpanda order. From outright fraud to online harassment, newspaper back pages are filled with nightmare stories that begin on a matrimonial website. So much so that the Indian government has set up a panel to regulate matrimonial sites. The essay analyses the role of matrimonial websites in modern day India, and the challenges this awkward amalgamation of the internet and love gives rise to.
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RAW
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Tweets with "IGF13"
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 21, 2013
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last modified
Oct 28, 2013 06:29 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Studies,
Internet Governance
Tweets with "IGF13".
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Internet Governance
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Resources
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Studying Internet in India: Selected Abstracts
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 10, 2015
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last modified
Aug 28, 2015 06:53 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog
We received thirty five engaging abstracts in response to the call for essays on 'Studying Internet in India.' Here are the ten selected abstracts. The final essays will be published from June onwards.
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Call for Essays: Offline
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Aug 09, 2018
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last modified
Aug 20, 2018 06:58 AM
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filed under:
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog,
Call for Essays,
Offline,
Researchers at Work
Who is offline, and is it a choice? The global project of bringing people online has spurred several commendable initiatives in expanding access to digital devices, networks, and content, and often contentious ones such as Free Basics / internet.org, which illustrate the intersectionalities of scale, privilege, and rights that we need to be mindful of when we imagine the offline. Further, the experience of the internet, for a large section of people is often mediated through prior and ongoing experiences of traditional media, and through cultural metaphors and cognitive frames that transcend more practical registers such as consumption and facilitation. How do we approach, study, and represent this disembodied internet – devoid of its hypertext, platforms, devices, it's nuts and bolts, but still tangible through engagement in myriad, personal and often indiscernible ways. The researchers@work programme invites abstracts for essays that explore dimensions of offline lives.
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Essays on 'Offline' - Selected Abstracts
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Sep 06, 2018
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last modified
Sep 06, 2018 02:14 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Offline,
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog
In response to a recent call for essays that explore various dimensions of offline lives, we received 22 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 10 pieces to be published as part of a series titled 'Offline' on the upcoming r@w blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts.
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RAW
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): List - Call for Sessions
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Oct 01, 2018
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last modified
Nov 05, 2018 09:15 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference
Who makes lists? How are lists made? Who can be on a list, and who is missing? What new subjectivities - indicative of different asymmetries of power/knowledge - do list-making, and being listed, engender? What makes lists legitimate information artifacts, and what makes their knowledge contentious? Much debate has emerged about specificities and implications of the list as an information artifact, especially in the case of #LoSHA and NRC - its role in creation and curation of information, in building solidarities and communities of practice, its dependencies on networked media infrastructures, its deployment by hegemonic entities and in turn for countering dominant discourses. For the fourth edition of the Internet Researchers’ Conference (IRC19), we invite sessions that engage critically with the form, imagination, and politics of the *list*.
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RAW
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #LegitLists - Form follows function: List by design
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 26, 2018
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filed under:
Proposed Sessions,
Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
IRC19,
Researchers at Work
Details of a session proposed by Akriti Rastogi, Ishani Dey, and Sagorika Singha for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
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RAW
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #AyushmanBhavah
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 26, 2018
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filed under:
Proposed Sessions,
Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
IRC19,
Researchers at Work
Details of a session proposed by Arya Lakshmi and Adrij Chakraborty for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
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RAW
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #ListsAsDatabase
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 26, 2018
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filed under:
Proposed Sessions,
Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
IRC19,
Researchers at Work
Details of a session proposed by Ria De and Samata Biswas for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.
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