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Blog Entry Facebook sees its salvation with its cryptocurrency Libra
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 30, 2019 — last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:58 AM — filed under:
Facebook’s Libra is designed to take control of our digital lives.
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February 2013 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 05:35 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a great year ahead and welcomes you to the second issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
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Blog Entry Feminist Design Practices
by Aayush Rathi, Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon — published Apr 16, 2022 — filed under: , , , , ,
Aayush Rathi and Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon co-authored a research paper on 'Feminist Design Practices' which was published in a special issue of Apria, a peer-reviewed journal hosted at ArtEZ University. The special issue "Feminist by Design" highlights the work of the Feminist Internet Research Network and its contributions to building an equitable internet through design interventions.
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Blog Entry Figures of Learning: The Conditional Artist
by Tara Kelton — published May 05, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:42 AM — filed under: , , ,
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 Tara Kelton explores the conditional artist, and the outcomes of inserting chance in the realization of art work through the use of new multimedia and digital technologies.
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Blog Entry Figures of Learning: The Pornographer
by Namita A. Malhotra — published Feb 28, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:32 AM — filed under: , , ,
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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Blog Entry Figures of Learning: The Reader
by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Mar 24, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:48 AM — filed under: , , ,
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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Blog Entry Figures of Learning: The Visual Designer
by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Feb 12, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:33 AM — filed under: , , ,
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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Blog Entry FOV Podcast - Data, People, and Smart Cities
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Dec 02, 2015 — last modified Dec 02, 2015 07:54 AM — filed under: , ,
For the second part of the Smart City podcast series, Sruthi Krishnan and Harsha K from Fields of View spoke with Sumandro Chattapadhyay on data, people, and smart cities. Here is the podcast. We are grateful to Fields of View for producing and sharing this recording.
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Blog Entry Framing the Digital AlterNatives
by Nilofar Ansher — published Apr 04, 2012 — last modified May 08, 2015 12:28 PM — filed under: , , ,
They effect social change through social media, place their communities on the global map, and share spiritual connections with the digital world - meet the everyday digital native.
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Blog Entry From Health and Harassment to Income Security and Loans, India's Gig Workers Need Support
by Zothan Mawii (Tandem Research), Aayush Rathi (CIS), and Ambika Tandon (CIS) — published Apr 30, 2020 — last modified May 19, 2020 06:57 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Deemed an 'essential service' by most state governments, and thereby exempt from temporary suspension during the COVID-19 lockdown, food, groceries and other essential commodities have continued to be delivered by e-commerce companies and on-demand services. Actions to protect workers, who are taking on significant risks, have been far less forthcoming than those for customers. Zothan Mawii (Tandem Research), Aayush Rathi (CIS) and Ambika Tandon (CIS) spoke with the leaders of four workers' unions and labour researchers to identify recommended actions that public agencies and private companies may undertake to better support the urgent needs of gig workers in India.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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