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Shadow Search Project (SSP) in CIS
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 28, 2011
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last modified
Apr 04, 2011 06:54 AM
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Research
CIS hosts an interesting line-up on the 18th of April with the Shadow Search Project (SSP).
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Events
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Silicon Plateau Vol-1
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 28, 2015
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:56 AM
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Silicon Plateau,
Art,
Web Cultures,
Research,
Publications,
Researchers at Work
This book marks the beginning of an interdisciplinary artistic project, Silicon Plateau, the scope of which is to observe how
the arts, technology and society intersect in the city of Bangalore. Silicon Plateau is a collaboration between T.A.J. Residency & SKE Projects and the Researchers at Work (RAW) programme of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India. Volume 1 has been developed in collaboration with or-bits.com.
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RAW
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Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ Fictive Kinship Relations in Mumbai App-based Food Delivery
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by
Simiran Lalvani
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published
Dec 04, 2019
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last modified
May 19, 2020 06:25 AM
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Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Network Economies,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Simiran Lalvani is the first among a series of writings by researchers associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by the Azim Premji University, that were published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who co-led the project concerned.
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RAW
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State of the Internet's Languages 2020: Announcing selected contributions!
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Nov 01, 2019
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last modified
Nov 01, 2019 06:12 PM
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Language,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Featured,
State of the Internet's Languages,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work,
Decolonizing the Internet's Languages
In response to our call for contributions and reflections on ‘Decolonising the Internet’s Languages’ in August, we are delighted to announce that we received 50 submissions, in over 38 languages! We are so overwhelmed and grateful for the interest and support of our many communities around the world; it demonstrates how critical this effort is for all of us. From all these extraordinary offerings, we have selected nine that we will invite and support the contributors to expand further.
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RAW
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Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 1
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Feb 24, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:31 PM
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Digital Activism,
Making Change,
Research,
Blank Noise Project,
Net Cultures,
Researchers at Work
This post compares the production behind a performance with the process of storytelling. To illustrate this analogy, we explore the stories of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian- two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. This post looks at the stages of pre-production and the screenplay to explore methods and narratives in storytelling.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 2
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Feb 27, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:30 PM
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Making Change,
Research,
Blank Noise Project,
Net Cultures,
Researchers at Work
This post compares the method of storytelling with performances. To illustrate this, we explore the narratives of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian, two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. Part 2 looks at the role of actors and the stage in performances to explore the role of agency and the public space in storytelling.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Studying Digital Creative Industries in India: Initial Questions
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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last modified
Mar 18, 2016 01:55 PM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Creative Industries,
Researchers at Work
This brief overview of the discourse around creative industries is an attempt to explore some ways of identifying what could be digital creative industries in India, and the questions they raise and problematize for us in terms of cultural expression, knowledge production, creativity and labour. The term ‘creative industries’ has been around for a while now, but with the advent of the digital, and with interest from different sectors, especially with a focus on policy and economic development, it would be essential to critically examine the discourse around the term, and see where it may be changing to open up new possibilities, particularly for the arts, humanities and design.
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RAW
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Studying the Emerging Database State in India: Notes for Critical Data Studies (Accepted Abstract)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 02, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:54 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Research,
Featured,
Aadhaar,
Researchers at Work,
E-Governance
"Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by 'Big Data.' Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages." The Big Data and Society journal has provisionally accepted a paper abstract of mine for its upcoming special issue on Critical Data Studies.
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RAW
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Talking Back without "Talking Back"
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by
Maesy Angelina
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published
Nov 07, 2010
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 11:37 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Digital Activism,
Eve teasing,
Digital Natives,
Youth,
Research,
Blank Noise Project,
art and intervention,
Beyond the Digital,
Communities,
cyberspaces,
Street sexual harassment
The activism of digital natives is often considered different from previous generations because of the methods and tools they use. However, reflecting on my conversations with The Blank Noise Project and my experience in the ‘Digital Natives Talking Back’ workshop in Taipei, the difference goes beyond the method and can be spotted at the analytical level – how young people today are thinking about their activism.
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Digital Natives
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Blog
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The Aakash Tablet and Technological Imaginaries of Mass Education in Contemporary India (Excerpt)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Feb 14, 2016
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last modified
Feb 14, 2016 10:11 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Education Technology,
Internet Histories,
Research
In a recently published paper, Jahnavi Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the disadvantaged in independent India. Here is an edited excerpt from the paper that traces the recent history of technological solutions for mass education and unpacking the narrative of ‘failure’ that is associated with the Aakash experiment.
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