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March 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 12:47 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Welcome to March 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS).
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Between the Stirrup and the Ground: Relocating Digital Activism: by Nishant Shah — published Aug 23, 2011 — last modified Oct 25, 2015 05:58 AM — filed under: Digital Activism, Digital Natives, Research, Net Cultures, Publications, Researchers at Work
In this peer reviewed research paper, Nishant Shah and Fieke Jansen draws on a research project that focuses on understanding new technology, mediated identities, and their relationship with processes of change in their immediate and extended environments in emerging information societies in the global south. It suggests that endemic to understanding digital activism is the need to look at the recalibrated relationships between the state and the citizens through the prism of technology and agency. The paper was published in Democracy & Society, a publication of the Center for Democracy and Civil Society, Volume 8, Issue 2, Summer 2011.
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Material Cyborgs; Asserted Boundaries: Formulating the Cyborg as a Translator: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 07, 2011 — last modified Oct 25, 2015 05:57 AM — filed under: Body, Research, Cyborgs, Net Cultures, Publications, Researchers at Work
In this peer reviewed article, Nishant Shah explores the possibility of formulating the cyborg as an author or translator who is able to navigate between the different binaries of ‘meat–machine’, ‘digital–physical’, and ‘body–self’, using the abilities and the capabilities learnt in one system in an efficient and effective understanding of the other. The article was published in the European Journal of English Studies, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2008. [1]
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Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education: by Sara Morais and Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 18, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:53 AM — filed under: Video, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge, Digital Humanities
The digital age has had a huge impact on higher education in the last decade transforming the modalities of both teaching and research. To discuss these changes and what it means for research work, a multidisciplinary consultation was held at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on July 13, 2013.
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August 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Sep 13, 2013 06:26 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of August 2013 can be accessed below.
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Digital native: Lie Me a River: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 19, 2017 — filed under: Researchers at Work, RAW Blog, Digital Natives
The sea of social media around us often drowns the truth, exchanging misinformation for facts.
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Evaluating Safety Buttons on Mobile Devices: Preview: by Rohini Lakshané and Chinmayi S.K. — published Mar 27, 2017 — last modified Mar 18, 2023 04:40 AM — filed under: Safety Buttons, Gender, Research, Safety, Safety Apps, Researchers at Work
Much technological innovation for women is aimed at addressing violence against women. One such ubiquitous intervention is mobile device-based safety applications, also known as emergency applications. Several police departments in India, public transport services, and commercial services such as taxi-hailing apps deploy a mobile device-based “panic button” for the safety of citizens or customers, especially women. However, the proliferation of safety apps through both public and private players raises several concerns, which will be studied through this study by Rohini Lakshané of the CIS and Chinmayi S.K. of The Bachchao Project. Research assistance for this report was provided by CIS intern Harish R.S.K. Visualisations by Saumyaa Naidu.
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June and July Newsletter: by Pranav M B — published Aug 10, 2021 — filed under: Internet Governance, Researchers at Work, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The newsletter presents the work done in the months of June and July 2021.
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#CultureForAll Conference on Cultural Mapping: by Sneha PP — published Sep 20, 2021 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge, Event
Sahapedia is organising the #CultureForAll Conference on Cultural Mapping, digitally on September 28 and 29, 2021. The conference will take place in collaboration with the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Azim Premji University, the Centre for Internet and Society, and the Re-Centring Afro Asia project at the University of Cape Town.
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Whose Change Is It Anyway? | DML2013: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 08, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:47 AM — filed under: Video, Cybercultures, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
As a preparation for the DML conference, Nishant Shah had an interview with Howard Rheingold, a cyberculture pioneer, social media innovator, and author of "Smart Mobs. Nishant Shah is chair of 'Whose Change Is It Anyway? Futures, Youth, Technology And Citizen Action In The Global South (And The Rest Of The World)' track at DML2013. Here, he talks about shifts in citizen engagement in Indian politics and civics, and the underlying significance of these changes.
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