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Learning through Archives: A Colloquium on Digital Scholarship: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 16, 2016 — last modified Nov 05, 2016 11:27 AM — filed under: RAW Research, Researchers at Work
FLAME University had invited Centre for Internet & Society to join a colloquium to delve into the opportunities and challenges of digital studies in India, with particular emphasis on pedagogy and the archive.
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Mobilizing Online Consensus: Net Neutrality and the India Subreddit: by Sujeet George — published Sep 27, 2016 — last modified Sep 27, 2016 04:52 AM — filed under: Reddit, Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Net Neutrality, Researchers at Work
This essay by Sujeet George is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author offers a preliminary gesture towards understanding reddit’s usage and breadth in the Indian context. Through an analysis of the “India” subreddit and examining the manner and context in which information and ideas are shared, proposed, and debunked, the paper aspires to formulate a methodology for interrogating sites like reddit that offer the possibilities of social mediation, even as users maintain a limited amount of privacy. At the same time, to what extent can such news aggregator sites direct the ways in which opinions and news flows change course as a true marker of information generation responding to user inputs.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Call for Sessions: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 23, 2016 — last modified Dec 12, 2016 01:40 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Researcher's Conference, Featured, Learning, IRC17, Homepage
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) will take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. It will be organised by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in partnership with the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B). It is a free and open conference. Sessions must be proposed by teams of two or more members on or before Friday, October 28. All submitted session proposals will go though an open review process, followed by each team that has proposed a session being invited to select ten sessions of their choice to be included in the Conference agenda. Final sessions will be chosen through these votes, and be announced on January 09, 2017.
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How Green is the Internet? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: by Aishwarya Panicker — published Sep 23, 2016 — last modified Sep 23, 2016 05:02 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, RAW Blog, Environmental Impact
This essay by Aishwarya Panicker is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author draws attention to the fact that there is little data, debate, analysis, and examination of the environmental impact of the internet, which is true especially for India. She explores four central issue areas. First, as the third highest country in terms of internet use, what is the current environmental impact of internet usage in India? Second, are there any regulatory provisions that give prescriptive measures to data centres and providers? Third, do any global standards exist in this regard and finally, what future steps can be taken (by the government, civil society and individuals) to address this?
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Who Owns Your Phone?: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 18, 2016 — filed under: Digital Governance, Research, Digital Media, RAW Research, Researchers at Work
The capacity of companies to defy standards that work tells an alarming story of what we lose when we lose control of our devices.
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IIIT Delhi Workshop on Center for IT and Society: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 17, 2016 — last modified Sep 17, 2016 02:40 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Learning
A workshop on the upcoming Center for IT and Society in IIIT-Delhi was organised today, September 17, in the institute. The workshop highlights on the process of establishing a center on IT and Society, which will focus on studying relationships and impact of ICTs and Internet on society and the role that society plays in shaping them, particularly in India. The center will bring together faculty in various humanities and social sciences disciplines, and would also initiate interdisciplinary taught programme in IT and Social Sciences. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to participate in this workshop.
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Sequoia India’s Designathon 2016: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 17, 2016 — filed under: Practice, Researchers at Work
Along with their annual hackathon, Sequoia India organised a designathon in Bangalore on September 10-11, 2016. The participants picked one of three tracks - gamification, information visualisation, and smart acceleration - and developed an interface design or clickable prototype or a demo video. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to participate as a mentor for the information visualisation track.
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7 Ways to Con/fuse the Internet with Analogy (Intergalactic Mix) - Talk by Surfatial: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Sep 16, 2016 — last modified Jul 02, 2018 06:33 PM — filed under: Practice, Researchers at Work, Event
Surfatial, a trans-local collective that works with text and sound will talk about their essay which was recently published. The talk will also address concerns on how the internet can be used in alternate contexts including presenting work in alternative formats and using the internet for synchronous collaborative cultural production.
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Quarter Life Crisis: The World Wide Web turns 25 this year: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 09, 2016 — last modified Sep 16, 2016 01:25 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, RAW Blog
With the unexplained ban on websites, the state seems to have stopped caring for the digital rights of its citizens.
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IIRC: Reflections on IRC16: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Sep 06, 2016 — last modified Sep 06, 2016 09:28 AM — filed under: IRC16, Researchers at Work, Internet Researcher's Conference
The first edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) series was held on February 26-28, 2016. It was hosted by the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and was supported by the CSCS Digitial Innovation Fund. Here we share our reflections on the Conference, albeit rather delayed, and lessons towards the next edition to be held in March 2017.
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