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Blog Entry Recap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Sep 12, 2013 — filed under: , , , ,
Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students.
Located in Openness / Blog
Report of Wiki Workshop in Mangalore
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 15, 2013 last modified Apr 16, 2013 06:14 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A wikipedia workshop was organized in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore on April 9, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the workshop. Prajavani's Mangalore edition published a report about the felicitation to K.P. Rao and about the wikipedia workshop.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry Report on Second National Workshop on Web Accessibility, 5-7 June 2009
by Sanchia de Souza published Jun 14, 2009 last modified Feb 04, 2013 05:52 AM — filed under: ,
Nirmita Narsimhan reports on the second National Workshop on Web Accessibility for web developers, hosted by CIS in Bangalore from 5 to 7 June 2009, and attended by 15 participants.
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Blog Entry Report on Wikipedia Hackathon held in Hyderabad
by Yuvi Panda published Nov 19, 2012 last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:37 AM — filed under: , , , ,
BITS Hyderabad had a tech fest from October 25 to 27, 2012, and wanted to conduct a technical wiki hackathon. We decided to do it on October 26 — all night.
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Second Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
by Anja Kovacs published Jan 30, 2010 last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:09 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The second workshop of the Maps for Making Change project will take place at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, from 1 until 3 February 2010. The workshop will allow a select group of activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India to start developing digital maps that they can use in their advocacy work, under the expert guidance of international digital mapping rights activists, Indian mapping experts, design professionals and techies with an interest in activism. The workshop is organised by the Centre for Internet and Society and Tactical Tech, in cooperation with MediaShala at NID.
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File Software Day Info
by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 22, 2011 01:24 PM — filed under: , , ,
An information about the competition.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Publications
Stress on posting articles on Kannada Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 02, 2013 — filed under: , , , ,
A workshop to be held on CPDPS premises on August 6.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry Summary of the CIS workshop on the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012
by Maria Xynou published Mar 14, 2013 last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:33 PM — filed under: , ,
On March 1st, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society organized a workshop which analysed the April 2012 draft Human DNA Profiling Bill and its potential implications on human rights in India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Third Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
by Anja Kovacs published Apr 24, 2010 last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:10 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The third and final workshop in the Maps for Making Change project will take place at Visthar, in Bangalore, from 26 until 28 April. During this workshop, participants will fine-tune and polish their maps; explore ways to connect with broader movements and disseminate their maps among target audiences; and reflect on their own experiences so as to distill learnings that can help us decide where to go from here. While participation in the workshop is closed, the workshop will end with a public event at the CIS office on 28 April, from 4 pm onwards, open to everybody (more information to follow soon). If you, too, share our interest in mapping for social change, then do join us there.
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Train the Trainer — Four-day long Residential Training Workshop in Bangalore
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 03, 2013 last modified Sep 27, 2015 09:59 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Train the Trainer is a four-day long residential training workshop to enable Indian Wikipedia community members conduct outreach sessions effectively and independently. It is being conducted by the CIS-A2K team in Bangalore in the first week of October.
Located in Openness / Events