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Blog Entry The Internet Way
by Nishant Shah published Feb 14, 2014 — filed under:
Dr. Nishant Shah's review of the book “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Bantam Press/Random House Group, London was published in Biblio Vol. 19 No.8 (1&2), January – February 2014.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry The Making of an Asian City
by Nishant Shah published Jul 21, 2010 last modified Aug 10, 2012 08:33 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Nishant Shah attended the conference on 'Pluralism in Asia: Asserting Transnational Identities, Politics, and Perspectives' organised by the Asia Scholarship Foundation, in Bangkok, where he presented the final paper based on his work in Shanghai. The paper, titled 'The Making of an Asian City', consolidates the different case studies and stories collected in this blog, in order to make a larger analyses about questions of cultural production, political interventions and the invisible processes that are a part of the IT Cities.
Located in Research / Collaborative Projects Programme / The promise of invisibility - Technology and the City
The new language of Internet: A report on the Chutnefying Hinglish Conference
by Nishant Shah published Aug 27, 2009 last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:10 PM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by Dr. Rita Kothari at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. A photographic report for the event is now available here.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry The power of the next click...
by Nishant Shah published Jun 17, 2010 last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: , , , ,
P2P cameras and microphones hooked up to form a network of people who don't know each other, and probably don't care; a series of people in different states of undress, peering at the each other, hands poised on the 'Next' button to search for something more. Chatroulette, the next big fad on the internet, is here in a grand way, making vouyers out of us all. This post examines the aesthetics, politics and potentials of this wonderful platform beyond the surface hype of penises and pornography that surrounds this platform.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Blog Entry The Private Eye
by Nishant Shah published May 24, 2012 — filed under:
The world’s largest digital social networking system, oh ok, Facebook, to just name names, was ­recently in a lot of buzz.
Located in Internet Governance
Blog Entry The Right Words for Love
by Nishant Shah published Sep 23, 2018 last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:23 AM — filed under: ,
Queer love is legal. Which means that all of us are finally free to find a language that can match our desires.
Located in RAW
Blog Entry The Rules of Engagement
by Nishant Shah published Oct 29, 2012 last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:48 AM — filed under: , , ,
Why the have-nots of the digital world can sometimes be mistaken as trolls. I am not sure if you have noticed, but lately, the people populating our social networks have started to be more diverse than before.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Blog Entry The Stranger with Candy
by Nishant Shah published Jun 16, 2013 last modified Apr 17, 2015 11:00 AM — filed under: ,
Beware of online threats, as the distinction between friends and foes is false on the internet.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Blog Entry The Violence of Knowledge Cartels
by Nishant Shah published Jan 18, 2013 — filed under: ,
We are all struck with a sense of loss, grief and shock since we heard of the death of Aaron Swartz, by suicide. People who have been his friends have written heart-felt obituaries, saluting his dreams and visions and unwavering commitment to a larger social good.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theorists
by Nishant Shah published Jul 31, 2019 — filed under:
The moon landing deniers were the original fake news propagandists. Only, they didn’t have the internet.
Located in RAW