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Blog Entry One For All
by Nishant Shah published Feb 17, 2013 last modified Mar 04, 2013 04:13 AM — filed under:
The importance of making information accessible and universal.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Blog Entry One Pokémon to Rule Them All
by Nishant Shah published Jul 25, 2016 — filed under:
America’s head start on the augmented reality game Pokémon Go shows that the interweb is not an egalitarian space.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry One. Zero.
by Nishant Shah published Sep 17, 2012 last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:50 AM — filed under: , ,
The digital world is the world of twos. All our complex interactions, emotional negotiations, business transactions, social communication and political subscriptions online can be reduced to a string of 1s and 0s, as machines create the networks for the human beings to speak. So sophisticated is this network of digital infrastructure that we forget how our languages of connection are constantly being transcribed in binary code, allowing for the information to be transmitted across the web.
Located in Digital Natives
Blog Entry Online Censorship on the Rise: Why I Prefer to Save Things Offline
by Nishant Shah published Apr 17, 2016 last modified Jun 05, 2016 03:26 AM — filed under: ,
As governments use their power to erase what they do not approve of from the web, cloud storage will not be enough.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Open letter to Kolaveri Di makers: How Dare You!
by Nishant Shah published May 23, 2012 — filed under:
When it comes to piracy, you are sure to have an opinion. You might either make a virtue out of it, talking about cultural commons and collaborative conditions of production. Or you might vilify it as the social fault-line that is destroying the very pillars of commerce and cultural negotiations.
Located in Internet Governance
Blog Entry Open Secrets
by Nishant Shah published Nov 01, 2013 last modified Nov 30, 2013 08:21 AM — filed under: ,
We need to think of privacy in different ways — not only as something that happens between people, but between you and corporations.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Openness, Videos, Impressions
by Nishant Shah published Dec 28, 2009 last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:23 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
The one day Open Video Summit organised by the Centre for Internet & Society, iCommons, Open Video Alliance, and Magic Lantern, to bring together a range of stakeholders to discuss the possibilities, potentials, mechanics and politics of Open Video. Nishant Shah, who participated in the conversations, was invited to summarise the impressions and ideas that ensued in the day.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Our Internet and the Law
by Nishant Shah published Jan 28, 2012 last modified Mar 26, 2012 09:28 AM — filed under:
Nishant Shah was interviewed by the BBC Channel 5 (Radio) for its Outriders section. Jamillah Knowles reports this through this blog post published by BBC Radio on 24 January 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
Blog Entry Out of the Bedroom
by Nishant Shah published Aug 25, 2013 last modified Sep 06, 2013 08:32 AM — filed under: ,
We have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked "Miscellaneous". It is in our cellphones and tablets, protected under passwords. It is the biggest reason why people have learned to clean their browsing history and cookies from their browsers.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Pathways to Higher Education
by Nishant Shah published Sep 17, 2008 last modified Mar 30, 2015 02:52 PM — filed under: ,
The Pathways Project to Higher Education is a collaboration between the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications (HEIRA) at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). The project is supported by the Ford Foundation and works with disadvantaged students in nine undergraduate colleges in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala, to explore relationships between Technologies, Higher Education and the new forms of social justice in India.
Located in Digital Natives