Search results

Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

Odia Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebration: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 24, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Event, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet & Society, New Delhi is celebrating the ninth anniversary of Odia Wikipedia. The event is being held at Academy of Media Learning, M-6, Samanta Vihar in Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Located in Openness / Events
Promoting GLAM in Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 24, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:27 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
We organised an introductory Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAM) session at Goa State Central Library on December 13, 2012. It was well attended by about 45 interested people coming from over 10 different GLAM institutes in Goa.
Located in Openness / Blog
Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
On December 14, 2012, a meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in public domain. Nitika Tandon shares the development in this blog post.
Located in Openness / Blog
A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jan 22, 2013 03:09 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team organized a Wikipedia workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), Ghaziabad in collaboration with Metawings on January 17, 2013. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the happenings from the one-day workshop in this blog post.
Located in Openness
Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Apr 16, 2013 12:48 PM — filed under: Digital Activism, Access to Knowledge, Digital Access, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Youth, Video, Open Access, Openness, Event
Wikipedia Club Pune, a local community based outreach user group in Pune has recently organized Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 to spread words about “Spoken Wikipedia”, a project to add recorded audio for Indic language Wikipedia articles which will help the disabled to access Wikipedia and “Bridging Editor Gender Gap.”
Located in Openness / Blog
Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012: by Shiju Alex — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Feb 03, 2013 02:40 AM — filed under: Openness, Featured, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
I have compiled the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012. As usual, in this report, my aim is to provide my perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias.
Located in Openness / Blog
Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
A three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa. Over 30 participants attended the session.
Located in Openness / Blog
The Violence of Knowledge Cartels: by Nishant Shah — published Jan 18, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Open Access
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
Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2013 — last modified Jan 17, 2013 05:18 AM — filed under: Openness, Event
On Saturday, January 19, 2013, HasGeek and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are organizing a hacknight to understand Aaron’s work and contribute to his projects. The event starts from 2.00 p.m. onwards and ends at 8.00 a.m., the next day morning.
Located in Openness / Events
Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 14, 2013 — last modified Jan 25, 2013 06:30 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
Last month, on December 12 and 13, 2012, the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet & Society along with Wikipedia community members organized a two-day workshop for M.A. and Ph.D. students at the Goa University. Nitika Tandon participated in the event and shares with us the developments.
Located in Openness / Blog

« Previous 10 items Next 10 items » 1 … 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 … 84

Support Us

Please help us defend citizen and user rights on the Internet!

You may donate online via danamojo. Or, write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at #32, 1st Floor, 2nd Block, Austin Town, Viveka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560047. These charitable contributions will be towards the Institutional Corpus Fund of the Centre for Internet and Society.

Follow our Works

Newsletter: Subscribe

researchers@work blog: medium.com/rawblog

Twitter (CIS): @cis_india

Twitter (CIS-A2K): @cisa2k

Instagram: @cis.india

Youtube: Centre for Internet and Society

Request for Collaboration

We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to us at communications[at]cis-india[dot]org with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in.

In general, we offer financial support for collaborative/invited works only through public calls.

About Us

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

© Centre for Internet & Society

Unless otherwise specified, content licensed under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported.