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Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New Delhi: by Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia, Simiran Lalvani and Noopur Raval — published May 05, 2022 — filed under: Platform Economy, Gig Work, Researchers at Work
A report by Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and Azim Premji University (APU) maps platform work in India and notes from four studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for platform companies.
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Studying the Emerging Database State in India: Notes for Critical Data Studies (Accepted Abstract): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Aug 02, 2015 — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:54 AM — 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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Studying the Internet Discourse in India through the Prism of Human Rights: by Deva Prasad M — published Jul 22, 2015 — filed under: Human Rights, Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Human Rights Online, Researchers at Work
This post by Deva Prasad M is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Deva Prasad is Assistant Professor at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. In this essay, he analyses key public discussions around Internet related issues from the human rights angle, and explores how this angle may contribute to understanding the features of the Internet discourse in India.
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Talk on Game Studies by Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, July 28, 6 pm: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Jul 20, 2016 — last modified Sep 16, 2016 01:21 PM — filed under: Gaming, Web Cultures, Digital Knowledge, Game Studies, Digital Media, Researchers at Work, Event
This talk will explore the story-telling aspects of game studies and how it relates to discussions of other digital media, Internet cultures and also traditional Humanities. As an introduction, it also aims to open up discussions for Game Studies in India.
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Tech Anthropology Today: Collaborate, Rather than Fetishize from Afar: by Geert Lovink and Ramesh Srinivasan — published May 16, 2017 — last modified May 16, 2017 02:51 PM — filed under: Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Ethnography, Offline, Researchers at Work
"That is why the 'offline' if you will is so critical to understanding the 'online'—because they do not exist in isolation and what we have constructed is an illusory binary between the two." In this interview, Geert Lovink discusses with Ramesh Srinivasan: “how can we embrace the realities of communities too-often relegated to the margins?”
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Technology, Social Justice and Higher Education: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Mar 30, 2015 02:54 PM — filed under: Featured, Higher Education, Researchers at Work, Digital Knowledge
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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That Is Not A Livelihood – That Is Helplessness”: Field notes from the Fraazo Delivery Workers Strike in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad: by Rikta Krishnaswamy — published Apr 24, 2024 — filed under: Labour Futures, Digital Economy, Gig Work, Digital Labour, Researchers at Work
In this essay, Rikta Krishnaswamy of the All India Gig Workers’ Union (AIGWU) narrates her experiences of organising and supporting delivery workers’ collective action against Fraazo (a now-defunct platform for produce and grocery delivery). Her essay sheds light on the challenges workers face in organising for better conditions of work. She describes how platforms hide behind legal smokescreens and threats of police action to shirk their responsibility as employers. To make matters worse, obscure employment terms and work management systems make it harder for workers to seek redress from the government through labour dispute resolution processes. The essay is illustrative of how digital platforms have exploited and violated freedoms of the gig workers they employ, while facing no accountability. For this to change, gig workers have to be guaranteed employment rights along with collective rights to their data.
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The 'Beyond the Digital' Directory: by Maesy Angelina — published Nov 07, 2010 — last modified May 15, 2015 11:33 AM — filed under: Youth, Digital Activism, Digital Natives, Web Politics, Street sexual harassment, Blank Noise Project, Beyond the Digital, Communities, art and intervention, Researchers at Work
For the past few months, Maesy Angelina has been sharing the insights gained from her research with Blank Noise on the activism of digital natives. The ‘Beyond the Digital’ directory offers a list of the posts on the research based on the order of its publication.
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The Aakash Tablet and Technological Imaginaries of Mass Education in Contemporary India (Excerpt): by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Feb 14, 2016 — last modified Feb 14, 2016 10:11 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Education Technology, Internet Histories, Research
In a recently published paper, Jahnavi Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the disadvantaged in independent India. Here is an edited excerpt from the paper that traces the recent history of technological solutions for mass education and unpacking the narrative of ‘failure’ that is associated with the Aakash experiment.
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The Attention Economy - A Brief Introduction: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 22, 2010 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:48 AM — filed under: Gaming, Gaming Economy, Internet Histories, Histories of Internet, Researchers at Work
This post examines attention economy as a brief prelude to a paper and monograph to be published on it. It examines the current theses on attention economy and a few approaches to reading attention economy in gaming besides foregrounding the attention economy and its functions and influence in MMORPGs.
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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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