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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
May 24, 2022
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last modified
May 24, 2022 02:38 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
Featured,
IRC22,
Homepage,
Internet Studies
We are excited to announce that the fifth edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference will be held online on May 25-27, 2022.This annual conference series was initiated by the researchers@work (r@w) programme at CIS in 2016 to gather researchers and practitioners engaging with the internet in/from India to congregate, share insights and tensions, and chart the ways forward. This year, the conference brings together a set of reflections and conversations on how we imagine and experience the home —as a space of refuge and comfort, but also as one of violence, care, labour and movement-building.
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RAW
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On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Mar 22, 2018
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last modified
Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PM
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filed under:
Open Water Data,
Open Data,
Open Science,
Open Government Data,
Environment,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
Lack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
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Openness
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Design and the Open Knowledge Movement
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by
Saumyaa Naidu
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published
Mar 31, 2019
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last modified
Apr 01, 2019 12:13 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Featured,
Design,
Openness,
Education,
Homepage
With the objective of connecting the open knowledge movement with design, the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society co-organised the Wikigraphists Bootcamp India 2018 with the Wikimedia Foundation during September 28-30, 2018 in New Delhi. The event was held at the School of Design at Ambedkar University Delhi. As part of the bootcamp, a panel discussion was held in order to bring together design practitioners, educators, open knowledge contributors, and design students to explore how design and open knowledge communities can engage with each other. In this post, Saumyaa Naidu shares the learnings from the panel discussion aimed at exploring the potential collaborations between design and the open knowledge movement.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Rejuvenating India’s Rivers the Wiki Way
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Mar 07, 2019
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last modified
Apr 01, 2019 01:18 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Homepage
Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), an organisation working on rejuvenation of rivers in India, has began documentation of rivers on Wiki, especially to draw attention to and mitigate the crisis of toxic deposits facing more than 40 rivers in India. The work was started by Jal Biradari, TBS’s Maharashtra based group, in Sangli district with the help of the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team of CIS. Here is the report from the first pilot workshop conducted by CIS-A2K during 22-25 December 2018 at Tarun Bharat Sangh Ashram, in Alwar, Rajasthan.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Smart Cities in India: An Overview
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by
Vanya Rakesh
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published
Dec 21, 2015
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last modified
Jan 11, 2016 01:30 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
The Government of India is in the process of developing 100 smart cities in India which it sees as the key to the country's economic and social growth. This blog post gives an overview of the Smart Cities project currently underway in India. The smart cities mission in India is at a nascent stage and an evolving area for research. The Centre for Internet and Society will continue work in this area.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Security: Privacy, Transparency and Technology
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Aug 19, 2015
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last modified
Sep 15, 2015 10:53 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in privacy and data protection research for the last five years. It has participated as a member of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, which has influenced the draft Privacy Bill being authored by the Department of Personnel and Training. It has organised 11 multistakeholder roundtables across India over the last two years to discuss a shadow Privacy Bill drafted by CIS with the participation of privacy commissioners and data protection authorities from Europe and Canada.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Smart City Policies and Standards: Overview of Projects, Data Policies, and Standards across Five International Smart Cities
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by
Kiran A. B., Elonnai Hickok and Vanya Rakesh
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published
Jun 08, 2016
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last modified
Jun 11, 2016 01:29 PM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Smart Cities,
Policies,
Homepage
This blog post aims to review five Smart Cities across the globe, namely Singapore, Dubai, New York City, London and Seoul, the Data Policies and Standards adopted. Also, the research seeks to point the similarities, differences and best practices in the development of smart cities across jurisdictions.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Jun 29, 2016
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last modified
Jun 30, 2016 06:07 AM
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
ICANN,
IANA Transition,
Homepage
Prepared by Vidushi Marda, with inputs from Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham.
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Internet Governance
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free Data
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 30, 2016
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last modified
Jul 01, 2016 04:04 PM
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filed under:
Telecom,
Homepage,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Submissions
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a consultation on Free Data, for which CIS sent in the following comments.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
