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Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya
by Admin — published Jul 04, 2019 — filed under: , ,
Rootconf organised a discussion on open standards at CIS Bangalore office. Zainab Bawa, Karan Saini and Anwesha Das coordinated and organised the event.
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Rootconf 2019
by Admin — published Jun 22, 2019 — last modified Jul 05, 2019 12:52 AM — filed under: ,
Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Open Data and Land Ownership
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 22, 2019 — last modified May 22, 2019 11:32 AM — filed under: , ,
In this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of politically aware interventions when creating open data standards, infrastructure, and ecosystems. State of Open Data, edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini, is published by African Minds and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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Blog Entry Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019
by Sunil Abraham — published May 04, 2019 — last modified May 04, 2019 03:34 AM — filed under: ,
The Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.
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Blog Entry Design and the Open Knowledge Movement
by Saumyaa Naidu — published Mar 31, 2019 — last modified Apr 01, 2019 12:13 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
With the objective of connecting the open knowledge movement with design, the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society co-organised the Wikigraphists Bootcamp India 2018 with the Wikimedia Foundation during September 28-30, 2018 in New Delhi. The event was held at the School of Design at Ambedkar University Delhi. As part of the bootcamp, a panel discussion was held in order to bring together design practitioners, educators, open knowledge contributors, and design students to explore how design and open knowledge communities can engage with each other. In this post, Saumyaa Naidu shares the learnings from the panel discussion aimed at exploring the potential collaborations between design and the open knowledge movement.
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Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
by Admin — published Feb 28, 2019 — last modified Mar 07, 2019 11:59 PM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
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Blog Entry Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops 2019
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 26, 2019 — last modified Mar 01, 2019 12:39 AM — filed under: , , ,
Maharashtra is a state which is rich in diversity in terms of language and culture seen in its various regions such as Konkan, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, Northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha. Awareness needs to be created to make Wikimedia movement inclusive and diverse in these geographical regions as well as in their social strata.
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Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia
by Admin — published Feb 22, 2019 — filed under: , , , ,
Faculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course)
by Admin — published Nov 22, 2018 — last modified Dec 05, 2018 04:19 PM — filed under: , ,
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) a constituent establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organised a short course on 'ICTs for Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension of NARES' during November 13-22, 2018 in Bangalore. Anubha Sinha delivered a lecture to the participants.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case Study
by Dr. George Joseph,Dr. Sebastian K.A, and Kavitha A — published Oct 28, 2018 — filed under: , , , ,
We have published an article in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. The article is titled "Digital Technology Engaging Pedagogy through Hindi Wikipedia - A Case Study". The authors of the article are Hindi faculty members of Christ University and Ananth Subray from the Centre for Internet & Society provided research assistance.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
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