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Security: Privacy, Transparency and Technology
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Aug 19, 2015
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last modified
Sep 15, 2015 10:53 AM
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Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been involved in privacy and data protection research for the last five years. It has participated as a member of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee, which has influenced the draft Privacy Bill being authored by the Department of Personnel and Training. It has organised 11 multistakeholder roundtables across India over the last two years to discuss a shadow Privacy Bill drafted by CIS with the participation of privacy commissioners and data protection authorities from Europe and Canada.
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Blog
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Digital Activism in Asia Reader
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 08, 2015
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:36 PM
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filed under:
Digital Activism,
Digital Activism in Asia Reader,
Featured,
Research,
Net Cultures,
Publications,
Researchers at Work
The digital turn might as well be marked as an Asian turn. From flash-mobs in Taiwan to feminist mobilisations in India, from hybrid media strategies of Syrian activists to cultural protests in Thailand, we see the emergence of political acts that transform the citizen from being a beneficiary of change to becoming an agent of change. In co-shaping these changes, what the digital shall be used for, and what its consequences will be, are both up for speculation and negotiation. Digital Activism in Asia marks a particular shift where these questions are no longer being refracted through the ICT4D logic, or the West’s attempts to save Asia from itself, but shaped by multiplicity, unevenness, and urgencies of digital sites and users in Asia. It is our great pleasure to present the Digital Activism in Asia Reader.
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RAW
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Studying the Emerging Database State in India: Notes for Critical Data Studies (Accepted Abstract)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 02, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:54 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Research,
Featured,
Aadhaar,
Researchers at Work,
E-Governance
"Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by 'Big Data.' Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages." The Big Data and Society journal has provisionally accepted a paper abstract of mine for its upcoming special issue on Critical Data Studies.
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RAW
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Konkani Wikipedia Goes Live After 'Nine Years' of Incubation
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jul 18, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:15 PM
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filed under:
Creative Commons,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Homepage
Konkani Wikipedia is the second Wikimedia project after Odia Wikisource that has gone live out of incubation. The project stayed in the incubation for nine long years and the community has gone through a long debate to have a Wikipedia of their own. Here is a blog highlighting three Konkani Wikimedians and an advocate of the Wikipedia movement whose efforts finally paid off.
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Openness
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Blog
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DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India
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by
Laird Brown
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published
Jun 20, 2015
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last modified
Jun 29, 2015 04:25 PM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security Film,
Featured,
Chilling Effect,
Cyber Security,
Homepage,
Cyber Security Interview
As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary. The film produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries - A Synthesis Report
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 16, 2015
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filed under:
Data Systems,
Open Data,
Featured,
Open Data Community,
Openness
The roles of intermediaries in open data is insufficiently explored; open data intermediaries are often presented as
single and simple linkages between open data supply and use. This synthesis research paper offers a more
socially nuanced approach to open data intermediaries using the theoretical framework of Bourdieu’s social model, in particular, his concept of species of capital as informing social interaction... Because no single
intermediary necessarily has all the capital available to link effectively to all sources of power in a field, multiple
intermediaries with complementary configurations of capital are more likely to connect between power
nexuses. This study concludes that consideration needs to be given to the presence of multiple intermediaries in an open data ecosystem, each of whom may possess different forms of capital to enable the use and unlock the
potential impact of open data.
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Workshop on Open Data for Human Development
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 02, 2015
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last modified
Jun 02, 2015 03:34 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Featured,
Workshop,
Policies
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sunil Abraham will take part in the workshop being organised for government officials from Bhutan, Maldives, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Tripura, by the International Centre for Human Development (IC4HD) of UNDP India, during June 3-6, 2015. The workshop will be held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies Campus in Bengaluru. Sunil will be one of the panelists in the opening discussion on 'data and transparency in governance,' and Sumandro will provide input for and lead the sessions on developing the draft implementation plan for the Sikkim Open Data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy. Sumandro worked with the IC4HD team to design the objectives and the agenda of the workshop.
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Blog
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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated)
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
May 31, 2015
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last modified
May 06, 2018 03:51 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Making in the Humanities – Some Questions and Conflicts
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
May 22, 2015
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last modified
Nov 13, 2015 05:46 AM
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filed under:
Digital Knowledge,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India,
Research,
Featured,
Digital Humanities,
Researchers at Work
The following is an abstract for a proposed chapter on 'making' in the humanities, which has been accepted for publication in a volume titled 'Making Humanities Matter'. This is part of a new book series titled 'Debates in the Digital Humanities 2015' to be published by University of Minnesota Press (http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/cfps/cfp_2015_mhm). The first draft of the chapter will be shared by mid-August 2015.
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RAW
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Studying Internet in India: Selected Abstracts
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 10, 2015
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last modified
Aug 28, 2015 06:53 AM
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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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