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Internet, Society & Space in Indian Cities: by Pratyush Shankar — published Sep 28, 2011 — last modified Jun 29, 2016 09:41 AM — filed under: The Spaces of Digital, Histories of Internet, Researchers at Work, Publications
The monograph on Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities, by Pratyush Shankar, is an entry into debates around making of IT Cities and public planning policies that regulate and restructure the city spaces in India with the emergence of Internet technologies. Going beyond the regular debates on the modern urban, the monograph deploys a team of students from the field of architecture and urban design to investigate how city spaces – the material as well as the experiential – are changing under the rubric of digital globalisation. Placing his inquiry in the built form, Shankar manoeuvres discourse from architecture, design, cultural studies and urban geography to look at the notions of cyber-publics, digital spaces, and planning policy in India. The findings show that the relationship between cities and cyberspaces need to be seen as located in a dynamic set of negotiations and not as a mere infrastructure question. It dismantles the presumptions that have informed public and city planning in the country by producing alternative futures of users’ interaction and mapping of the emerging city spaces.
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Digital Native: Do not go Gently into the Good Night: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 03, 2017 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
If there’s a lesson to be learned from the resistance to the Trump administration, it is this — patriotism is not a feeling, it is an action.
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Digital native: Who will watch the watchman?: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 03, 2017 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
The state mining its citizens as data and suspending rights to privacy under the rhetoric of national security is alarming.
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Figures of Learning: The Conditional Artist: by Tara Kelton — published May 05, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:42 AM — filed under: Research, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge, Figures of Learning
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of ‘bodies of knowledge’ which draws upon these conversations, participants were invited to write short sketches on these figures of learning. This abstract by Tara Kelton explores the conditional artist, and the outcomes of inserting chance in the realization of art work through the use of new multimedia and digital technologies.
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Studying Internet in India: Selected Abstracts: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 10, 2015 — last modified Aug 28, 2015 06:53 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Featured, Internet Studies, RAW Blog
We received thirty five engaging abstracts in response to the call for essays on 'Studying Internet in India.' Here are the ten selected abstracts. The final essays will be published from June onwards.
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April 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2015 — last modified May 31, 2015 04:29 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Researchers at Work, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
Newsletter for the month of April below.
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Digital native: You are not alone: by Nishant Shah — published Aug 27, 2017 — last modified Sep 12, 2017 01:22 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Away from the guidance of adults, the internet can be a lonely place for youngsters, pushing them towards self-harm.
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Bridging the Information Divide - Political Quotient: by Denisse Albornoz — published Apr 14, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:28 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Net Cultures, Making Change, Research
On this post, we will unpack 'information poverty'- a problem lying at the very foundation of the crises that inspired this project and a barrier impacting political action. We interview Surabhi HR, the founder director of the political consulting firm Political Quotient, an initiative that seeks to change how youth interacts with politics in India
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From Taboo to Beautiful - Menstrupedia: by Denisse Albornoz — published Apr 30, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:25 PM — filed under: Making Change, Net Cultures, Research, Featured, Researchers at Work
On this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind Menstrupedia, an India-based social venture creating comics to shatter the myths and misunderstandings surrounding menstruation around the world.
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April 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 03:38 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The newsletter for the month of April can be accessed below:
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Blogs: Technology, Social Justice and Higher Education
Since the last two years, we at the Centre for Internet and Society, have been working with the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, on a project called Pathways to Higher Education, supported by the Ford Foundation.

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Dec 07, 2011 03:35 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Featured, Higher Education, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge; Mobility Shifts 2011 — An International Future of Learning Summit
The summit was organised by the New School and sponsored by MacArthur Foundation and Mozilla. It was held from October 10 to October 16, 2011 at the New School, New York City.

Posted by Prasad Krishna at Nov 28, 2011 08:50 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge; Learn it Yourself
The peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.

Posted by Nishant Shah at Dec 02, 2011 01:55 AM | Permalink

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