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Bridging the Information Divide - Political Quotient
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Apr 14, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:28 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Net Cultures,
Making Change,
Research
On this post, we will unpack 'information poverty'- a problem lying at the very foundation of the crises that inspired this project and a barrier impacting political action. We interview Surabhi HR, the founder director of the political consulting firm Political Quotient, an initiative that seeks to change how youth interacts with politics in India
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Creative Activism - Voices of Young Change Makers in India (UDAAN)
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Jan 20, 2014
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last modified
Apr 14, 2015 01:21 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Making Change,
Web Politics
This post is a short account of what happened at UDAAN in December 2013 — a conference that gathered 100 youth from across the country to discuss pressing environmental issues and creative strategies to tackle them. We conducted a survey to map the perspectives of these young change-makers and get a glimpse of how India's youth is now framing and going about making 'change'
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Making Change
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Digital Design: Human Behavior vs. Technology - Vita Beans
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Mar 04, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:29 PM
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filed under:
Making Change,
Net Cultures,
Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
What comes first? Understanding human behavior and communication patterns to design digital technologies? Or should our technologies have the innate capacity to adapt to the profiles of all its potential users? This post will look at accessibility challenges for digital immigrants and the importance of behavioral science for the design of digital technologies. We interview Amruth Bagali Ravindranath from Vita Beans.
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Making Change
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From Taboo to Beautiful - Menstrupedia
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Apr 30, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:25 PM
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filed under:
Making Change,
Net Cultures,
Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
On this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind Menstrupedia, an India-based social venture creating comics to shatter the myths and misunderstandings surrounding menstruation around the world.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Information Activism - Tactics for Empowerment (TTC)
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Dec 26, 2013
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last modified
Apr 17, 2015 10:36 AM
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Researchers at Work,
Web Politics,
Making Change,
Digital Natives
This is the first of a two-part analysis of information activism for the Making Change project. This post looks at the benefits and limitations of increasing access to information to enable citizenship and political participation.
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Making Change
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Information Design - Visualizing Action (TTC)
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Dec 27, 2013
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last modified
Apr 17, 2015 10:34 AM
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Researchers at Work,
Web Politics,
Making Change,
Digital Natives
This is the second part of the Making Change analysis on information activism. It explores the role of the presentation and design of information to translate information into action.
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Making Change
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Information Structures for Citizen Participation - Janaagraha
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Mar 12, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:28 PM
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Researchers at Work,
Net Cultures,
Making Change,
Research
In our efforts to understand how change is conceptualized in the digital era, we find a growing emphasis on the role of effective information structures to empower the citizen and the government. We interview Joylita Saldanha from Janaagraha to answer questions around information, participation and e-governance.
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Making Change
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Methods for Social Change
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Nov 30, 2013
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last modified
Apr 17, 2015 10:42 AM
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Researchers at Work,
Web Politics,
Making Change,
Digital Natives
On this brief introduction, I outline the main targets of my research project for CIS and the HIVOS Knowledge Program. As a response to the thought piece ‘Whose Change is it Anyway’ I will explore civic engagement among middle class youth over the course of the next 9 months by interviewing change makers and collectives that are part of multi-stakeholder projects in Bangalore.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Multimedia Storytellers: Panel Discussion
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Apr 16, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:26 PM
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Making Change,
Net Cultures,
Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
This post brings three storytellers together to find points of intersection between their methods. The format will be that of a panel discussion and it features: Arjun Srivathsa from Pocket Science India, Ameen Haque from the Storywallahs, and Ajay Dasgupta from The Kahani Project. They discuss technology, interpretation and action in storytelling.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Production Sprint — A Public Exhibition at CIS
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 03, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:23 PM
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RAW Events,
Making Change,
Net Cultures,
Researchers at Work,
Event
The Making Change project invites you for a public exhibition of stories of change from all over Asia, where the first of its Production Sprints will take place. The exhibition will be held at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) office in Bangalore on June 7, 2014 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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