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January 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 11:25 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:
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The Spaces of Digital: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Dec 30, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:41 PM — filed under: The Spaces of Digital, Net Cultures, Researchers at Work, Research
'The Spaces of Digital’ continues from the work done on the CIS-RAW monograph on the Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities, by Pratyush Shankar at Center for Environmental Planning and Technology University, Ahmedabad. The premise of this monograph was the debates around making of IT Cities and public planning policies that regulate and restructure the city spaces in India with the emergence of internet technologies.
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Figures of Learning: The Pornographer: by Namita A. Malhotra — published Feb 28, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:32 AM — filed under: Research, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge, Figures of Learning
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of 'bodies of knowledge' which draws upon these conversations, participants were invited to write short sketches on these figures of learning. This abstract by Namita Malhotra examines the figure of the pornographer, as a mixed media figure entrenched in various networks of knowledge production, circulation and consumption.
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Whose Open Data Community is it? - Accepted Abstract: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Mar 31, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:41 AM — filed under: Data Systems, Open Data, Research, Open Data Community, Researchers at Work
My paper titled 'Whose Open Data Community is it? Reflections on the Open Data Ecosystem in India' has been accepted for presentation at the Open Data Research Symposium to be held during the 3rd International Open Data Conference <http://opendatacon.org/> in Ottawa, Canada, on May 28-29 2015. The final paper will be shared by second week of May. Here is the accepted abstract.
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Figures of Learning: The Reader: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Mar 24, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:48 AM — filed under: Research, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge, Figures of Learning
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of ‘bodies of knowledge’ which draws upon these conversations, participants were invited to write short sketches on these figures of learning. This abstract by P.P Sneha examines the figure of the reader, and the manner in which it is redefined in as text and practices of reading are reconstituted in the digital context.
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Digital Activism in Asia Reader: Announcement: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Mar 17, 2015 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:22 PM — filed under: Digital Activism, Digital Activism in Asia Reader, Research, Net Cultures, Researchers at Work
The CIS-RAW programme organized an editorial workshop on March 6-7, 2015, as part of its project on a Digital Activism in Asia Reader. The project is a collaborative effort of the Centre for Internet and Society and the Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University, Germany, which aims to bring together local knowledge, debates and conversations around Digital Activism in Asia.
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Figures of Learning: The Visual Designer: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Feb 12, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:33 AM — filed under: Research, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge, Figures of Learning
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of ‘bodies of knowledge’ which draws upon these conversations, participants were invited to write short sketches on these figures of learning. This abstract by Tejas Pande examines the figure of the visual designer, and emerging practices of mapmaking.
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Consultation on Figures of Learning in the Digital Context: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 01, 2014 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:39 AM — filed under: RAW Events, Digital Knowledge, Research, Figures of Learning, Researchers at Work, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes you to a consultation on new figures of learning in the digital context at its office in Bangalore on September 22, 2014 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Indian Newspapers' Digital Transition: by Zeenab Aneez — published Dec 09, 2016 — last modified Dec 09, 2016 07:12 AM — filed under: Digital News, RAW Publications, Researchers at Work, Research, Digital Media, Featured, Publications, Homepage
This report examines the digital transition underway at three leading newspapers in India, the Dainik Jagran in Hindi, English-language Hindustan Times, and Malayala Manorama in Malayalam. Our focus is on how they are changing their newsroom organisation and journalistic work to expand their digital presence and adapt to a changing media environment. The report comes out of a collaboration between the CIS and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, and was supported by the latter. The research was undertaken by Zeenab Aneez, with contributions from Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Vibodh Parthasarathi, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Can data ever know who we really are?: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 22, 2019 — last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:02 AM — filed under: Bodies of Evidence, Big Data, Data Systems, Researchers at Work, Research, Publications, BD4D, Big Data for Development
This is an excerpt from an essay by Zara Rahman, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration between Point of View and the Centre for Internet and Society, undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development Network supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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