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Archives and Access: Introduction
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Aparna Balachandran
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Dec 11, 2008
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Apr 24, 2015 12:05 PM
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Histories of Internet,
Researchers at Work,
Archives
The members of this research project team are Aparna Balachandran and Rochelle Pinto from the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore and Abhijit Bhattacharya from the Centre for the Study of Social Sciences, Calcutta. This intial post tries to outline the concerns underlining this project which will attempt to critically examine archiving practices and policies in India in order to conceptualize ideas about ownership and use towards the goal of the greatest public good; reflect on issues of digitization and access; and facilitate public conversations and the articulation of a collective voice by historians and other users on possible interventions in these institutions.
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We, the Cyborgs: Challenges for the Future of being Human
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Report on Open Standards for GISW2008
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 08, 2008
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last modified
Jan 05, 2009 06:52 AM
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Open Standards,
FLOSS
In this report, Sunil Abraham lays out the importance and the policy implications of Open Standards.
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Agreement on Procurement
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Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 08, 2008
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Dec 08, 2008 06:08 AM
On December 6, 2008, at the closing of the third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) released an agreement entitled the "Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards".
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Report on Open Standards for GISW 2008
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 07, 2008
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Aug 23, 2011 02:57 AM
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Open Standards,
Publications
A report on Open Standards prepared by Sunil Abraham, for the Global Information Society Watch 2008. As on their site, GISWatch focuses on monitoring progress made towards implementing the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action agenda and other international and national commitments related to information and communications. It also provides analytical overviews of institutions involved in implementation.
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Sunil Abraham
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Photos
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 01, 2008
Photographs of Open Access Day
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Open Content and Open Access
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An Open Letter on Internet Governance to the UN Internet Governance Forum
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Sanchia de Souza
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Nov 30, 2008
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Aug 02, 2011 07:40 AM
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e-governance
This open letter brings up concerns of democratic deficit in internet governance worldwide, and is addressed to the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It is to be delivered at the IGF's 3rd Annual Meeting at Hyderabad, India, from 3rd to 6th December, 2008. The signatories are Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Delhi Science Forum, New Delhi, Free Software Foundation - India, IT for Change, Bangalore, and Knowledge Commons, New Delhi.
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Berlin 6 Open Access Conference
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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Nov 21, 2008
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Apr 02, 2011 04:16 PM
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Openness
The Berlin 6 Open Access conference was attended by Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society Distinguished Fellow.
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First Meeting on a National Policy for Web Accessibility
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Nirmita Narasimhan
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Nov 07, 2008
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Aug 25, 2011 08:38 AM
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Meeting,
Accessibility
The first meeting to discuss having a national policy for web accessibility to ensure universal and inclusive participation was held at the Centre for Internet and Society's office on 7 November 2008. It was aimed at formulating an action plan to work with the government and other private and public bodies to ensure conformity to accessibility standards for web sites.
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Once Upon a Flash
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Nishant Shah
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Nov 03, 2008 08:25 PM
The essay was published as a part of Sarai Annual Reader titled 'Turbulence' and explores the aesthetics, politics and form of the flashmobs and their manifestation in India. It looks at the potentials of the flashmob to produce turbulent physical spaces and identities and their encounter with legalities. The essay is also available at http://www.sarai.net/journal/06_pdf/03/04_nishant_shah.pdf
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Nishant Shah
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Material Cyborgs; Asserted Boundaries
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by
Nishant Shah
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Nov 03, 2008 08:14 PM
The essay was published in the European Journal of English Studies in a special issue on Multimedia Narratives. Emerging as an epistemological category with the rise of the Information and Communication Technologies, the cyborg leads to a complex set of negotiations about the production of a cyborg identity. This paper looks at the cyborg as a translator, to see the new mechanics of translation that come into play as the cyborg straddles multiple systems of making meaning and producing itself. Analysing the new social networking systems that have emerged in the last few years, the paper posits the cyborg as not only an author of translated texts but also as produced in the processes of translation. Focusing on one particular instance of the production of a cyborg identity, exploring the various players involved in the process of cyborgification and the material consequences of imagining the cyborg, the paper seeks to analyse the new incomprehensibility or illegalities that the cyborg, in its role as a translator, gets produced within.
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