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Rethinking the last mile Problem: A cultural argument: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 02, 2009 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:54 AM — filed under: Histories of Internet, Researchers at Work, Internet Histories, Digital Governance
This research project, by Ashish Rajadhyaksha from the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, is mainly a conceptual-archival investigation into India’s history for what has in recent years come to be known as the ‘last mile’ problem. The term itself comes from communication theory, with in turn an ancestry in social anthropology, and concerns itself with (1) identifying the eventual recipient/beneficiary of any communication message, (2) discovering new ways by which messages can be delivered intact, i.e. without either distortion of decay. Exploring the intersection of government policy, technology intervention and the users' expectations, with a specific focus on Internet Technologies and their space in the good governance protocols in India, the project aims at revisiting the last mile problem as one of cultural practices and political contexts in India.
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The Leap of Rhodes or, How India Dealt with the Last Mile Problem - An Inquiry into Technology and Governance: Call for Review: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 14, 2010 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:55 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Histories of Internet, Internet Studies
Re-thinking the Last Mile Problem research project by Ashish Rajadhyaksha is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. The ‘last mile’ is a communications term which has a specific Indian variant, where technology has been mapped onto developmentalist–democratic priorities which have propelled communications technologies since at least the invention of radio in the 1940s. For at least 50 years now, the ‘last mile’ has become a mode of a techno-democracy, where connectivity has been directly translated into democratic citizenship. It has provided rationale for successive technological developments, and produced an assumption that the final frontier was just around the corner and that Internet technologies now carry the same burden of breaching that last major barrier to produce a techno-nation. The project has fed into many different activities in teaching, in examining processes of governance and in looking at user behaviour.
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Production Sprint — A Public Exhibition at CIS: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 03, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:23 PM — filed under: RAW Events, Making Change, Net Cultures, Researchers at Work, Event
The Making Change project invites you for a public exhibition of stories of change from all over Asia, where the first of its Production Sprints will take place. The exhibition will be held at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) office in Bangalore on June 7, 2014 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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January 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 01, 2017 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Welcome to the January 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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Digital native: Back at it Again: by Nishant Shah — published Jan 22, 2017 — last modified Feb 02, 2017 03:04 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
The Indian digital landscape has put us in a loop of hashtags and outrage, a space where we have mastered the art of shame.
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Combinations and Competition: Why the draft DCB must account for digital mergers and acquisitions: by Abhineet Nayyar and Isha Suri — published Aug 05, 2024 — last modified Aug 08, 2024 07:47 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Markets, Competition, Antitrust
Mergers and Acquisitions (collectively, M&As or Combinations) have been a common practice in industry consolidation for many years now. In fact, as Zuckerberg’s infamous quote suggests, it might be one of the central pillars of today’s internet economy.
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Gig and platform workers’ perspectives on worker collectives: by Shaik Salauddin — published Aug 13, 2024 — filed under: Digital Labour, Researchers at Work, Labour Futures, Digital Economy
This report highlights findings from a survey conducted by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union on platform workers’ perspectives around various worker collectives, particularly platform worker unions and cooperative societies. The survey was conducted with workers working for app-based platform companies like Ola, Uber, InDriver, Swiggy, Zomato, and Flipkart.
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Porn: Law, Video, Technology: by Namita A Malhotra — published Sep 28, 2011 — last modified Apr 14, 2015 12:43 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Histories of Internet, RAW Publications, Publications
Namita Malhotra’s monograph on Pornography and Pleasure is possibly the first Indian reflection and review of its kind. It draws aside the purdah that pornography has become – the forbidden object as well as the thing that prevents you from looking at it – and fingers its constituent threads and textures.
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Platforming precarity: Data narratives of workers sustaining urban platform services: by Aayush Rathi, Abhishek Sekharan, Ambika Tandon, Chetna V. M., Chiara Furtado, Nishkala Sekhar, and Sriharsha Devulapalli — published Oct 15, 2024 — filed under: Labour Futures, Digital Economy, Homepage, Digital Labour, Featured, Researchers at Work
CIS conducted quantitative surveys with over 800 workers employed in the app-based taxi and delivery sectors across 4 cities in India as part of the ‘Labour Futures’ project supported by the Internet Society Foundation. The surveys covered key employment indicators, including earnings and working hours, work-related cost burdens, income and social security, and platform policies and management. Findings from these surveys are presented as data visualisation briefs centring workers’ everyday experiences. These data briefs form a foundational evidence base for policy and action around labour rights, social protection, and urban inclusion in platform work.
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The Bots That Got Some Votes Home: by Nilofar Ansher — published Jun 20, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:56 AM — filed under: Featured, Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Nilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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