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Digital Natives : Talking Back
https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/talkingback
<b>One of the most significant transitions in the landscape of social and political movements, is how younger users of technology, in their interaction with new and innovative technologised platforms have taken up responsibility to respond to crises in their local and immediate environments, relying upon their digital networks, virtual communities and platforms. In the last decade or so, the digital natives, in universities as well as in work spaces, as they experimented with the potentials of internet technologies, have launched successful socio-political campaigns which have worked unexpectedly and often without precedent, in the way they mobilised local contexts and global outreach to address issues of deep political and social concern. But what do we really know about this Digital Natives revolution? </b>
<p><strong>Press Release</strong></p>
<p> Youth are often seen as potential agents of change for reshaping
their own societies. By 2010, the global youth population is expected
reach almost 1.2 billion of which 85% reside in developing countries.
Unleashing the potential of even a part of this group in developing
countries promises a substantially impact on societies. Especially now
when youths thriving on digital technologies flood universities, work
forces, and governments and could facilitate radical restructuring of
the world we live in. So, it’s time we start listening to them.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> Because of the age bias and the dependence of a large section of
Digital Natives around the world, on structures of authority, there has
always been a problem of power that has restricted or reduced the scope
of their practice and intervention. For younger Digital Natives,
Parental authority and the regulation from schools often becomes a
hindrance that thwarts their ambitions or ideas. Even when they take the
initiative towards change, they are often stopped and at other times
their practices are dismissed as insignificant. In other contexts,
because of existing laws and policies around Internet usage and freedom
of expression, the voices of Digital Natives get obliterated or
chastised by government authorities and legal apparatuses which monitor
and regulate their practices. The workshop organised at the Academia
Sinica brings in 28 participants from contested contexts – be it the
micro level of the family or the paradigmatic level of governance – to
discuss the politics, implications and processes of ‘Talking Back’.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> What does it mean to Talk Back? Who do we Talk Back against? Are we
alone in our attempts or a part of a larger community? How do we use
digital technologies to find other peers and stake-holders? What is the
language and vocabulary we use to successfully articulate our problems?
How do we negotiate with structures of power to fight for our rights?
These are the kind of questions that the workshop poses. The workshop
focuses on uncovering the circuitous routes and ways by which Digital
Natives have managed to circumvent authorities in order to make
themselves heard. The workshop also dwells on what kind of support
structures need to be developed at global levels for Digital Natives to
engage more fruitfully, with their heads held high and minds without
fear, with their immediate environments.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The proceedings of the first workshop in Taipei, 16-18th August, 2010 are available at <a class="external-link" href="http://digitalnatives.in/">http://digitalnatives.in/</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/talkingback'>https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/talkingback</a>
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No publishernishantDigital ActivismDigital NativesYouthFeaturedWorkshopDigital subjectivitiesResearchers at Work2015-05-15T11:50:19ZBlog EntryThe Attention Economy - A Brief Introduction
https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/gaming-and-gold/attention-economy
<b>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.</b>
<h3>What is attention economy?</h3>
<p>Attention economy was made prominent through the writings of Thomas Davenport<strong>1</strong>and Micheal Goldhaber<strong>2</strong>, who examine 'attention' as a scarce commodity in an information rich environment and divulge into examining exchanges and investments of attention and their results. Not particularly a new concept, attention economy focuses on the examination of attention as a scarce commodity in the information-rich societies influenced by the Internet and new digital technologies. The concept was first noted and written about by the political scientist Herbert Simon (1971), who notes “What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients… [and thus arises] the need to allocate that attention efficiently among the over-abundance of information sources that might consume it.” In the abundance of information and access to information, the consumption or the ‘prosumption’ of information relies on the investment of attention, which becomes a scarce commodity – expended in the act of consumption. For the expended resource is no longer information or its scarcity in terms of availability – which has been the classical concerns in the industrialized market economy – but the amount of attention that is expended on the consumption of information. Economics is governed by what is scarce and the abundance of information is not a measurable function, rather what is expended in its consumption, namely human attention. From a cognitive science perspective, attention can be read as the investment of focused cognitive faculties in a particular ‘prioritized’ activity. In this way attention becomes an essential factor in capital production activities, in that the investment of attention generates capital through the direction of work (labour) and time in any particular activity. Derek Lomas (2008) and Peter Hughes<strong>3</strong> treat media objects as artificial organisms that need attention for sustenance and energy for reproduction, somewhat in the nature of a Darwinian struggle where the most ‘able’ and ‘fit’ organism survives. All media organisms need one crucial element to survival, sustenance and reproduction – ‘attention’. In viral spreads and reproduction of a media organism the possibility of its procreation and viral distribution is realized through the investment of attention – the amount which enables survival and reproduction. By extension, virtual products are essentially media (artificial) organisms, and by extrapolation virtual goods and (possibly) even identities are organisms that thrive on the attention it receives for survival and reproduction.</p>
<h3>The Economy and the Currency</h3>
<p>Goldhaber (1997) notes that attention economy does not indeed have a market and operates unlike post-industrial markets. Although there is considerable material influence in terms of the investments of labour, time, and real money, often there is no direct means to measure it. Concepts of property, dichotomies of production, work, leisure and play require reformulation in light of this economy thriving on attention and its monetization. Davenport and Beck (2001) reinforces a measure of Goldhaber's arguments by stating that telecommunications bandwidth is not a problem but human bandwidth is. Goldhaber proceeds to say that a transfer of information must always be accompanied by a transfer of attention – measurable by the amount of time that is invested in the process. Even though both Goldhaber and Davenport seem to agree that examining time investment is a poor measure of the attention that is expended.</p>
<p>Attention economics in earlier discourses and theses are connected with examining the failures and shortcomings of ‘the design’ of informational systems that locate, falsely, informational scarcity as the root of the problem leading to a deficit in attention, whereas the problem lies in the flow of attention itself and not information. The theories on ‘attention’ deal with a multitude of perspectives – from examining the psychological aspects, on the one hand, to economics, politics and sociology (including a measure of anthropology) of online networks on the other. A recent research on attention economy has largely been towards attention:</p>
<p>a) as a scarce resource that was incentivized [providing an incentive to invest]<strong>4</strong> in some manner and thus the attention currency – which is one reading of the attention currency; and</p>
<p>b) as non-material capital, termed most appropriately as attentional capital and as measurable as wealth is to income, assuming that income can be measured and wealth and holdings are diverse and often immeasurable. Other studies focus on incorporating attention into design such that it captures user’s attention and rewards the time spent on the consumption of that information – so that the prioritization is the gambit of the providers of information and the subsequent hierarchies (such as Google and Yahoo) rather than the users. Prioritization of avatar information is also prominent in the representations in the achievement hierarchy – a system common to how search engines prioritize information – only in gaming this system systematically categorizes information pertaining to the avatar and its achievements and growth. This is both internal to the game world in question as well as external in that external tools outside of the game gather and prioritize avatar information. Such practices have been termed as metagaming.<strong>5</strong></p>
<p>Defining metagaming becomes problematic in that it is not a concept peripheral to the absent centre of gaming rather – metagaming or activities and processes associated with metagaming become multiple centres by itself. Applying this to the secondary/goldfarming market may lead to interesting readings but here I digress. Attention and the flows of attention are connected to the ways in which information is structured into hierarchies and channelled, such that ranking systems and the achievement hierarchy moderates attention flows and shifts – players and gamers who grow in short spans of time through strategic and organizational excellence get more visibility in these hierarchies.</p>
<p>Attention economies are largely read and identified in online economies and ecosystems. Davenport and Beck (2001) switch this dichotomy around and attempt a reading of organizational systems and how the offline attention economy affects organization and concepts of productivity and production. However, for the purposes of this study – online gaming economies take a central focus and a generic reading of multiple MMORPG economies is attempted.</p>
<p>Before Castronova (2003), Castronova et al (2007), and much later Consalvo (2009) engaged with questions on Virtual Economies and Gaming Worlds (for the sake of argument – Castronova’s term, Synthetic Worlds is used interchangeably with Virtual Worlds), Goldhaber and his contemporaries engaged with questions of production of informational goods – those that would in a primitive fashion address virtual production, consumption and exchange of digital informational goods and the relevance of attention expended within these economies. A colloquial reading of attention is that it is always translated as the investment of labour and time in different measures. Furthermore, the investment of time and labour on the consumption of any particular information<strong>6</strong> is is incentivized and thus prioritized based on its position in the hierarchy. The higher its visibility, lower its incentives and vice versa. The writers on gaming cultures and economies do not directly engage with questions of attention flows and shifts but by using their concepts on the investment of time, activities of production, cultural, avatarial, and gaming capital, as well as virtual currencies – I engage with the concept of attention as a currency necessary to survival in virtual worlds particularly in MMORPGs, where there are elements of progress, exploration, conquest, warfare and constant struggle.</p>
<h3>Reciprocal Attention and Survival</h3>
<p>An investment in attention always ‘seeks’ a reciprocity in attention, such that an investment ensures a positive net gain either directly or indirectly owing to a growth in the attention repositories or collection of attention capital. This need not be manifest in the service–provider–user relationship but the user–user relationship. This enables reading the production of attention and the systematic means by which attention is channelled through a complex system of hierarchies in society as well as in the Virtual Gaming Worlds<strong>7</strong> more accessible.</p>
<p>Attention can also be approached as the necessity for survival in human society in much the same manner as human society is dependent on the flows of attention for the development of the individual or group in a society or community. It can be argued that attention inevitably forms a basic necessity that indirectly influences survival, sustenance, and reproduction. Production of attention, production of virtual goods, and the production of attentional capital<strong>8</strong> are dependent on the minimal and pre-requisite investment in attention. The focus of this paper is to pitch attention as a currency, a currency that can be examined as one only when certain thresholds of attention have been achieved and relevant to the survival in MMORPG gaming worlds— worlds that are capable of viable social and economic interaction.</p>
<p>Questions on the attention economy is inevitably connected to questions of production and consumption and more recently prod-usage and pro-sumption (hyphenated for emphasis) in digital technology mediated environments, whether graphically represented complex virtual worlds or text based MUDs.</p>
<p>Although irrelevant to this trajectory, attention economy has also been approached from a systems and organizational perspective, which is what Davenport and Beck (2001) focus on. Similar studies revolve around examining attention flows in Social Network Systems (SNS) – Lomas (2008) and maximizing user value – Huberman and Wu (2008).</p>
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<p class="discreet">Davenport has explored the implication so of the attention economy from an organizational perspective and the impact on human life – so to speak – particularly in Davenport and Beck 2001 – 'The Attention Economy', the primitive precursor of which was Davenport 1997 – 'Information Ecology'.</p>
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<p class="discreet">Micheal Goldhaber has written and spoken in considerable detail on The Attention Economy – most prominent and seminal of which is 'The Attention Economy – The Natural Economy of the Net' 1997 in the Journal First Monday.</p>
</li><li>
<p class="discreet">I quote directly from Peter Hughes who posits: “Artificial organisms might live on attention--they 'sleep' when no one is looking at them and gain energy (cycles) when someone is. Since energy could be used to reproduce, the most attention-grabbing forms would be selected.” - Italics imposed for Emphasis.</p>
</li><li>
<p class="discreet">Some discourses focus on the means by which attention can be converted into currency – one of those means would be to provide incentives to invest attention in a particular action, this incentive then moves its priority higher in the informational hierarchy and in a limited focus, reading the achievement hierarchy.</p>
</li><li>
<p class="discreet">I believe the term to be conceptually unanchored and nearly meaningless in its vast array of usages and applications – but to locate some of these practices using metagaming might provide an interesting insight into the very nature of these practices and the way in which they are encapsulated and epitomized in other terms.</p>
</li><li>
<p class="discreet">Informational goods and virtual goods are read side by side and are not differentiated in this article, for the purposes of this argument – 'informational goods' as a term is a larger concept of which virtual goods may form a subset.</p>
</li><li>
<p class="discreet">Termed the Achievement Hierarchy – The Achievement Hierarchy represents the complex internal and metaverse rankings in an online game. This includes the game’s internal achievement ranking system that categorises players’ and gamers on different growth patterns and achievements as well as external tools not part of the game which assists in a detailed ranking system. Often players themselves subscribe to external ranking mechanisms, to keep track of others and their own progress. Wowprogress is one such external achievement hierarchy that ranks players in multiple realms. Travian World Analyzer, Traviandope and many other external resources support gameplay but are not in essence a part of intended gameplay. Metagaming can prove to be a usable and relevant term to define these practices. I have intentionally avoided linking them as some of these sites employ hostile scripts.</p>
</li><li>
<p class="discreet">I consistently use attentional capital as an extended concept which includes avatarial capital – avatar capital is a term proposed by Castronova (2005) and cited by Consalvo (2007).</p>
</li></ol>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/gaming-and-gold/attention-economy'>https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/gaming-and-gold/attention-economy</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaGamingGaming EconomyInternet HistoriesHistories of InternetResearchers at Work2015-04-03T10:48:21ZBlog EntryAn Artist's Hunt for Lost Stepwells
https://cis-india.org/news/hunt-for-lost-stepwells
<b>As part of the Maps for Making Change project, Kakoli Sen has brought to light some facts which she stumbled upon while mapping the stepwells in Vadodara. She mapped these and also discovered 14 such architectural heritage structures. The news was covered in the Times of India.</b>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/hunt-for-lost-stepwells'>https://cis-india.org/news/hunt-for-lost-stepwells</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaPracticeResearchers at WorkMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:05:26ZNews ItemMapping the Things that Affect Us
https://cis-india.org/news/mapping-the-things
<b>'Map for making change' is a project using geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India</b>
<p>As we go around living our lives, living in a city that is transforming, it is interesting to know that there are people interested in mapping the changing face of, not just the city, but the changing country.</p>
<p>The invite read ‘Map for making change’, elaborating that the project explored the potential of geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India. Stepping inside the CIS workspace in Domlur, the large screens and tiny laptops projected maps of India, with dots that intrigue and piqued the onlooker. Maps that reflected pavement dwellers in Mumbai and problems of their eviction and rehabilitation, of mining areas from Goa to Madhya Pradesh, to the ‘hunted’ Chattisgarh, to maps that pointed heritage sites in Cochin and Ahmedabad you could explore using the GPRS on your mobile or demolished building in Kolkatta.</p>
<p>The idea was mapping the changing face of the country. The 25 participants were a mix of activists, researchers, artists and techies. The brain behind the project, researcher Anja Kovacs, explains the idea behind the project: “The idea took seed two years ago in 2007, when, as a trained sociologist I realised that anthropologists around the world were studying cyber-anthropology and I didn’t even know about social media sites like Facebook or Orkut.”</p>
<p>Hit by an idea, she says, “I realised that as activists, we tend to make a mistake by ignoring the technological changes happening around us, since technology, no doubt is transforming our lives.” More importantly, she made a connect: “I realised that we as activists could use it to our favour.”</p>
<p>Her first thoughts were maps. She explains her choice: “Maps were used in colonial times and maps affect the lives of those who do not use them the most.” She pointed out how “even to this day maps are used for governance and by policy makers. In that sense they can be really important”.</p>
<p>The map is a powerful medium to convey information in an innocent manner, she says. “When the land in a map is hid behind dots, one knows there is a problem,” she says matter-of-factly.</p>
<p>Currently a fellow with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), she co-coordinated and organised the project and says the last five months the selected participants have had several workshops, one of them she mentions was of them learning the “whole mapping exercise”.</p>
<p>A work-in-progress is what all these projects are, and Kovacs says, after an intense five months, they are also looking at answering the “what next”, for now, however, she is happy, “to have begun tracing the transformation”.</p>
<p>Read the original article in <a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_mapping-the-things-that-affect-bangalore_1377923">DNA</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/mapping-the-things'>https://cis-india.org/news/mapping-the-things</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaPracticeResearchers at WorkMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:05:45ZNews ItemTheir India has No Borders
https://cis-india.org/news/their-india-has-no-borders
<b>Bangalore felt far for them, they would mark it outside the country. India, for migrant labourers, is different from the India we know</b>
<p>To 30-year-old Shankar, a
migrant worker in Bangalore who came from Jharkhand, Mumbai is near
West Bengal and Bangalore is in the North-East. If someone were to
travel to Mumbai by Shankar’s map of India, he would land up in Kolkata.</p>
<p>Shankar’s map was part of an
installation art show that concluded in the city on Wednesday, showing
the maps of India as seen by migrant workers in Bangalore. The
installation was a 14ft-by-18ft space enclosed with asbestos sheets.
Wires crisscrossed the tiny room, and from the wires hung maps of
India, drawn according to the perceptions of the migrant workers.</p>
<p>Shankar
is only one among thousands of migrant workers in Bangalore who have a
very different perception of where the cities where they work are
located. Their India is a world away from the maps of India that
educated Indians know of. It has none of the directions, orientation or location of places as we know it.</p>
<p><strong>Start Thinking</strong></p>
<p>“We want Bangaloreans to stop
and think about migrant workers, who live amongst us,” says Ekta. Along
with Yashaswini and Paromita, she spoke to 70 migrant workers on Old
Madras Road before tracking their journeys on the maps. While Ekta has
founded Maraa, a collective that looks at art and culture in the public
domain, Yashaswini and Paromita are independent film makers.</p>
<p> “Our
perception of location is meaningless to migrant workers,” says Ekta.
For them, locations, distances and directions are all very different
from the true picture. Their ideas of places are all drawn from their
lives, as they travel from city to city to earn their livelihoods, she
adds.</p>
<p>For instance, if Assam was westwards from his home, a
migrant worker would mark it in West India. And if Bangalore felt far
for him, he would mark it outside the country. Borders hardly came in
the way and distances are measured by the time spent in a journey,
including train delays and stopovers at transit points, they say.</p>
<p>When
the workers say long distances or far way, they mean places such as
Jharkhand, Bihar, Nepal, Punjab, Andhra, and North Karnataka.</p>
<strong>India in a Room</strong>
<p> </p>
<p>While
they work here, their families are in villages back home, even as far
away as Nepal. Many workers live in asbestos shanties that are as small
as 10ft by 10ft. They live huddled within the small space, creating a
mini India right here in Bangalore, says Ekta. Spluttering rai (mustard
seeds) mingle with the smell of Andhra chutneys in a room adorned with
photos of Amritsar’s Golden Temple in the same tiny space.</p>
<p>As
the group spoke to the workers, the latter also shared their stories of
the weather, people, smells, cultures, personal, nostalgic and
fantastical, of places — by their memories of what they saw, felt and
remembered. They go beyond the geo-political maps of India and present
a new, spatial experience of places.</p>
<p>The project is part of a
workshop called Maps for Making Change, which was started by Centre for
Internet and Society, to examine ways of using maps to help social
causes.</p>
<p>Read the original in <a class="external-link" href="http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=10&contentid=201004292010042904535369081298296">Bangalore Mirror</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/their-india-has-no-borders'>https://cis-india.org/news/their-india-has-no-borders</a>
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No publisheranjaPracticeResearchers at WorkMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:08:36ZNews ItemDigital Natives at Republica 2010
https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/dnrepub
<b>Nishant Shah from the Centre for Internet and Society, made a presentation at the Re:Publica 2010, in Berlin, about its collaborative project (with Hivos, Netherlands) "Digital Natives with a Cause?" The video for the presentation, along with an extensive abstract is now available here.</b>
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<p> </p>
<p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>
<p>As a growing population in
emerging Information Societies, particularly in Asia, experience a
lifestyle mediated by digital technologies, there is also a correlated
concern about the young digital natives constructing their identities
and expressions through a world of incessant consumption, while
remaining apathetic to the immediate political and social needs of
their times. Governments, educators, civil society theorists and
practitioners, have all expressed alarm at how the digital natives
across the globe are so entrenched in practices of incessant
consumption that they have a disconnect with the larger external
reality and contained within digital deliriums.<img title="Weiterlesen..." src="http://re-publica.de/10/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt="" /> They discard the emergent communication and expression trends,
mobilisation and participation platforms, and processes of cultural
production as trivial or unimportant. Such a perspective is embedded in
a non-changing view of the political landscape and do not take into
account that the Digital Natives are engaging in practices which might
not necessarily subscribe to the earlier notions of political
revolution, but offer possibilities for great social transformation and
participation.</p>
<p>The oldest Digital Native in the world – if popular definitions of
Digital Natives are accepted – turned 30 this year, whereas the youngest
is not yet born. In the last three decades, a population has been
growing up born in technologies, and mediated their sense of self and
their interactions with external reality through digital and internet
technologies. These interactions lead to significant transitions in the
landscape of the social and political movements as the Digital Natives
engage and innovate with new technologies to respond to crises in their
local and immediate environments. However, more often than not, these
experiments remain invisible to the mainstream discourses. The
mechanics, aesthetics and manifestation of these localised and
contextual practices hold the potentials for social transformation and
political participation for the future. This presentation looks at three
different case studies to look at how, through processes and
productions which have largely been neglected as self indulgent or
frivolous, Digital Natives around the world are actively participating
in the politics of their times, and also changing the way in which we
understand the political processes of mobilisation, participation and
transformation.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/dnrepub'>https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/dnrepub</a>
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No publishernishantConferenceDigital ActivismDigital NativesCyberculturesDigital subjectivitiesResearchers at Work2015-05-15T11:35:48ZBlog EntryPublic Event: Exploring Maps for Making Change
https://cis-india.org/events/public-event-exploring-maps-for-making-change
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with Tactical Tech, would like to invite you to 'A Conversation on Maps for Making Change - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India', at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.</b>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>When
a migrant labourer draws a map of India, what does it look like? Can
maps prove a correlation between corporate investment and Operation
Green Hunt in Chhattisgarh? </strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">For
the past five months, twenty five activists, researchers, artists and
techies have explored together, as part of the Maps for Making Change
project, the potential of geographical mapping techniques to support
struggles for social justice in India. As Maps for Making Change
comes to an end, they would like to share with you their journey,
their thoughts and their work, and to enter into a conversation with
a much wider group of people about the potential and challenges of
mapping for social justice now that new
technologies can in theory be mobilised to fight for social justice
by anyone with an interest in maps, but in practice remain confined
to the hands of a privileged few.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>Join
us:</strong></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><em><strong>from
4 pm onwards</strong></em>, for an exhibition that allows you to explore
the work of Maps for Making Change participants through
installations, websites, conversations, information, video, ... and
maps.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><em><strong>from
5 pm to 5.30 pm</strong></em>, for refreshments.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><em><strong>from
5.30 pm onwards</strong></em>, for a panel discusion which our panelists
will kick off by sharing some of their own reflections and comments
on mapping for social justice, to open up the conversation to a much
broader discussion with all those present in the audience.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Panelists:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Reuben
Jacob, Inclusive Planet</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"> Shakun
Mohini, Vimochana</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"> Shubhranshu
Choudhary, Knight International Journalism Fellow and Community
Media Activist</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"> </p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><em>For
more information, please contact Anja Kovacs, Centre for Internet and
Society: 98 11 74 72 12, <a href="mailto:anja@cis-india.orgO">anja@cis-india.org</a>.
Or check out the Maps for Making Change wiki:
maps4change.cis-india.org.</em></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>Looking
forward to seeing you at CIS on 28 April!</strong></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/events/public-event-exploring-maps-for-making-change'>https://cis-india.org/events/public-event-exploring-maps-for-making-change</a>
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No publisheranjaRAW EventsPracticeResearchers at WorkEventMaps for Making Change2015-10-24T14:19:32ZEventThird Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
https://cis-india.org/events/third-maps-for-making-change-workshop
<b>The third and final workshop in the Maps for Making Change project will take place at Visthar, in Bangalore, from 26 until 28 April. During this workshop, participants will fine-tune and polish their maps; explore ways to connect with broader movements and disseminate their maps among target audiences; and reflect on their own experiences so as to distill learnings that can help us decide where to go from here. While participation in the workshop is closed, the workshop will end with a public event at the CIS office on 28 April, from 4 pm onwards, open to everybody (more information to follow soon). If you, too, share our interest in mapping for social change, then do join us there.</b>
<p><strong>The
aims of the workshop are to: </strong></p>
<ul><li>
<p>give
participants an opportunity to fine-tune and polish their maps, with
the assistance of others where needed, so that they can be shared
with a wider audience;</p>
</li><li>
<p>explore
campaigning tools and strategies for disseminating the maps produced
among target audiences, including other movements and activists;</p>
</li><li>
<p>distill
the learnings participants have made from this project, both
individually and as a group, and prepare a plan to build upon these
in the future.</p>
</li></ul>
<p><strong>By
the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:</strong></p>
<ul><li>
<p>make
informed decisions about every step of the design and implementation
process of a mapping project.</p>
</li></ul>
<p><strong>Also,
participants and organisers will be able to:</strong></p>
<ul><li>
<p>identify
the political and ethical challenges of mapping, in particular as
they apply for social justice in India;</p>
</li><li>
<p>understand
better the particularities of online activism and ways in which it
can connect better with activism on the ground in the country;</p>
</li><li>
<p>apply
their knowledge of mapping to other campaigns and movements in India
and function as a point of contact for other activists for a network
of activists using maps for making change.</p>
</li></ul>
<p><strong>The preliminary schedule of the workshop is as follows:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Monday 26 April</strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong>Time</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Session</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>9.00-10.00</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Registration at
Visthar</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10.00-11.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Welcome and
introductions (icebreaker)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11.00-1.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90 Seconds: Where are
we with our projects (and what do we need to achieve during this
workshop)?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>1.00-2.00</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Lunch </em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2.00-3.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Building partnerships
between techies and activists: what is required? (debate and
discussion)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>3.30-3.45</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Tea/coffee Break</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>3.45-5.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Project time as per
participants' needs (which can relate to technical issues, design,
hosting, ...)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5.00-6.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Afternoon
'Lab' Sessions (CHOOSE ONE):</p>
<p>Elective
1. Hosting and creating websites and embedding maps</p>
<p>Elective 2. Technology
and Security Concerns for Activists</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6.15-6.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Evening Circle</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6.30-7.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Free Time</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>7.30-8.30</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Dinner</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8.30-10.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Screening
of Swagat Sen's film on the second workshop and social gathering</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Tuesday 27 April <br /></strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong>Time</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Session</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>8.00-9.00</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Breakfast </em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9.00-9.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Morning Circle</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9.30-11.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Maps as agents of
change – uses and challenges (including in terms of how to
connect with movements on the ground)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>11.00-11.30</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Tea/coffee Break </em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11.30-1.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Communication and
campaigning strategies to take mapping outcomes forward to broader
audience, both online and offline (poss. Incl. Use of creative
media)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>1.00-2.15</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Lunch</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2.15-4.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Project time as per
participants needs</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>4.00-4.30</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Tea/coffee break</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4.30-5.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Evaluating Maps for
Making Change</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5.15-6.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>What next?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6.15-6.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Evening Circle</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6.30-7.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Free Time</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>7.30-8.30</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Dinner</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8.30-...</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Social
evening</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Wednesday 28 April</strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong>Time</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><strong>Session</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>8.00 – 9.00</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Breakfast</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9.00 – 9.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Morning Circle</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9.30-12.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Finalise preparations for
public event (project work or other, eg slides on loop etc)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>10.30-11.00</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Tea/coffee Break </em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11.00-12.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Finalise preparations for
public event (cont.)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>12.30-1.30</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Lunch</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1.30-2.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Travel to CIS</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2.00-4.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Set
up the public event</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4.00-7.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Public event (with a
discussion from 5.30 onwards)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><em>7.30-9.00</em></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>Dinner (venue to be
decided) + workshop evaluation</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9.00-9.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Return to Visthar</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9.30-...</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Great-working-with-you-guys Party
at Visthar</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/events/third-maps-for-making-change-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/events/third-maps-for-making-change-workshop</a>
</p>
No publisheranjaRAW EventsPracticeWorkshopResearchers at WorkEventMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:10:23ZEventMaps for Making Change Wiki Now Open to the Public
https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change-wiki-now-open-to-the-public
<b>Since December 2009, CIS has been coordinating and nurturing the Maps for Making Change project, organised in collaboration with Tactical Tech. During the past four months, participants have been on a challenging yet fertile and inspiring journey that is now slowly coming to an end. Would you like to know more about what has happened in the time that has passed? The Maps for Making Change wiki is a good place to start.</b>
<p>Since December 2009, CIS has been coordinating and nurturing the Maps for Making Change project, organised in collaboration with Tactical Tech. Maps for Making Change provides a select group of activists and supporters of movements and campaigns for progressive social change in India with an opportunity to collectively debate ànd explore in practice the potential of digital mapping as a tool to support their work. </p>
<p>Over the months, the project's wiki has turned into a rich resource that reflects the challenging yet fertile and inspiring journey participants have made in the course of this project. The wiki contains detailed information about the project and individual participants' projects-within-the-project, as well as resource persons' profiles, workshop schedules and links to facilitator's presentations. In a separate section, there are links to a range of resources on mapping for social change more generally - including 'how to' guides, inspiring examples and mapping tools that are available for free. </p>
<p>If you would like to know more about what has happened in Maps for Making Change over the past four months, do therefore go and have a look – the link to the wiki is:</p>
<p><a title="http://maps4change.cis-india.org" class="external text" href="http://maps4change.cis-india.org/" rel="nofollow">maps4change.cis-india.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>And if you know of others who might be interested, do of course feel free to pass on the word!</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change-wiki-now-open-to-the-public'>https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change-wiki-now-open-to-the-public</a>
</p>
No publisheranjaPracticeResearchers at WorkMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:05:06ZBlog EntrySecond Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
https://cis-india.org/events/second-maps-for-making-change-workshop-using-geographical-mapping-techniques-to-support-struggles-for-social-justice-in-india
<b>The second workshop of the Maps for Making Change project will take place at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, from 1 until 3 February 2010. The workshop will allow a select group of activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India to start developing digital maps that they can use in their advocacy work, under the expert guidance of international digital mapping rights activists, Indian mapping experts, design professionals and techies with an interest in activism. The workshop is organised by the Centre for Internet and Society and Tactical Tech, in cooperation with MediaShala at NID. </b>
<p>
<strong>The
aims of the workshop are to: </strong></p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<ul><li>
<p align="LEFT">explore
in depth tools and techniques for mapping</p>
</li><li>
<p align="LEFT">assist
participants in starting to develop their own maps in the context of
the projects that they have suggested</p>
</li><li>
<p align="LEFT">help
participants identify important design concerns and elements of
their project that require attention at an early stage if they are
to communicate effectively</p>
</li></ul>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>By
the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to:</strong></p>
<ul><li>
<p align="LEFT">identify
which mapping tools best suit their project</p>
</li><li>
<p align="LEFT">identify
additional data required to complete their mapping project</p>
</li><li>
<p align="LEFT">make
informed choices about issues relating to privacy, licensing, etc</p>
</li><li>independently continue to develop their own maps using the tools they have explored during the workshop<br /></li><li>
<p align="LEFT">
apply
core concerns of information design to their mapping project to
maximise its effectiveness and impact</p>
</li></ul>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>The provisional programme of the workshop is as follows:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Monday 1
February </strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>Time</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>Session</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">8.00–10.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">Breakfast
and registration at NID</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">10.00–10.45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Welcome
and introductions (icebreaker) - Anja Kovacs & Kate Morioka</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">10.45–11.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Opening
plenary - Lars Bromley:</p>
<p align="LEFT">“Mapping
the truth: how geo-technologies are uncovering human rights
violations and injustice”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">11.30
– 1.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Morning
Session - MediaShala team:</p>
<p align="LEFT">“Information
Design: the art of making campaigning messages visually
compelling”</p>
</td>
<td>
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">1.00
– 2.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Lunch</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">2.15
– 3.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Project
Time - All:</p>
<p align="LEFT">revising
project scope based on morning sessions (audience, purpose,
objectives)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">3.15
– 4.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Afternoon
'Lab' Sessions (choose ONE)</p>
<p align="LEFT">Elective
1. Using Google Maps for Social Activism - Henry Addo</p>
<p align="LEFT">Elective
2. Mapping with Open Layers- Alagesa Pandian</p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">4.30
– 5.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">Break</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">5.00
– 6.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Elective
1. Advanced GIS- Lars Bromley</p>
<p align="LEFT"> Elective
2. GPS Basics - Hardeep Singh Rai, with Arky and Sajjad</p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">6.15-6.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">Evening
Circle - Anja Kovacs</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">6.30
– 7.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Free
Time / Knowledge Sharing @ Speakers' Green</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">7.30
– 9.00</p>
<p align="LEFT">(open
invite)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Film screening: “10 Tactics: Turning Information into
Action” - Kate Morioka.</p>
<p align="LEFT">This film produced by Tactical Tech explores how rights advocates around the world have used information and digital technologies to create change. </p>
</td>
<td>
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">9.00
– 10.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Dinner </p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Tuesday 2
February</strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>Time</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>Session</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">7.30
– 9.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">Breakfast
(Hotel)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">9.00-9.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Morning
Circle - Anja Kovacs</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">9.30
– 11.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Guest
Speakers</p>
<p align="LEFT">“The
experiences of Ushahidi” - Henry Addo</p>
<p align="LEFT">“An
Introduction to Open Street Maps for Activism” - Mikel Maron (online)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">11.30
– 1.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Participatory
mapping process and techniques - Kate Morioka</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">1.00
– 2.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Lunch</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">2.15
– 4.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">Project
Time - All:</p>
<p align="LEFT">identifying methodology and technical implementation of
participants' mapping projects</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">4.00
– 5.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Break/
Knowledge Sharing @ Speakers' Green</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">5.00-6.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Elective
1. Google Earth for Advocacy - Henry Addo</p>
<p align="LEFT">Elective
2. An Introduction to Open Street Maps - Hardeep Singh Rai</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">6.15-6.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Evening
Circle - Anja Kovacs</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">6.30
– 7.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Free
time</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">7.30
– 9.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Exploring
the Ahmedabad Markets</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">9.00
– 10.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Dinner
at Vishala</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Wednesday 3
February</strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>Time</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>Session</strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">7.30
– 9.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT">Breakfast
(Hotel)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">9.00-9.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Morning
Circle - Anja Kovacs</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">9.30
– 11.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Panel
Discussion</p>
<p align="LEFT">“To
Map or Not to Map: Issues of privacy, licensing and other
rights-related concerns”</p>
<p align="LEFT">Followed
by a group discussion</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">11.15
– 11.45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Break</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">11.45
– 1.00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Introduction
to GIS and remote sensing for human rights advocacy - Lars Bromley</p>
</td>
<td>
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">1.00
– 2.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Lunch</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">2.15
– 3.45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Project
Time - All</p>
<p align="LEFT">time to work on individual projects and obtain feedback from
fellow participants and facilitators</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">3.45-4.15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Break</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">4.15
– 4.45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Closing
Plenary - Pratyush Shankar</p>
<p align="LEFT">“Reflection”</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">4.45
– 5.30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Evaluation - Madhuresh Kumar</p>
<p align="LEFT">Briefing
on the next workshop - Anja Kovacs</p>
<p align="LEFT">Close - Anja Kovacs and Kate Morioka</p>
</td>
<td>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT">Assistant
Facilitators: Arky Ambati and Sajjad Anwar</p>
<p align="LEFT">Technical
Assistance: Kiran (Jace) Jonnalagadda</p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"><strong>VIDEO</strong></p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<p align="LEFT"> </p>
<iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/AYLW3hkA.html" frameborder="0" height="250" width="250"></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#AYLW3hkA" style="display:none"></embed>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/events/second-maps-for-making-change-workshop-using-geographical-mapping-techniques-to-support-struggles-for-social-justice-in-india'>https://cis-india.org/events/second-maps-for-making-change-workshop-using-geographical-mapping-techniques-to-support-struggles-for-social-justice-in-india</a>
</p>
No publisheranjaRAW EventsPracticeWorkshopResearchers at WorkEventMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:09:51ZEventRe:wiring Bodies: Call for Review
https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/rewiring-bodies/rewiring-call-for-review
<b>Dr. Asha Achuthan's research project on "Rewiring Bodies" is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. From her vantage position, straddling the disciplines of medicine an Cultural Studies, through a gendered perspective. Dr. Achutan historicises the attitudes, imaginations and policies that have shaped the Science-Technology debates in India, to particularly address the ways in which emergence of Internet Technologies have shaped notions of gender and body in India.</b>
<p>The Researchers At Work Programme, at the Centre for Internet and Society, advocates an Open and transparent process of knowledge production. We recognise peer review as an essential and an extremely important part of original research, and invite you, with the greatest of pleasures, to participate in our research, and help us in making our arguments and methods stronger.</p>
<p>Dr. Asha Achuthan's research project on "Rewiring Bodies" is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. From her vantage position, straddling the disciplines of medicine an Cultural Studies, through a gendered perspective. Dr. Achutan historicises the attitudes, imaginations and policies that have shaped the Science-Technology debates in India, to particularly address the ways in which emergence of Internet Technologies have shaped notions of gender and body in India. Her work at the Centre for Contemporary Studies (IISC, Bangalore) gives a further context to unpack Internet Technologies in a larger context of Technology-Society interface. This original monograph draws from Gender studies, STS research, extand policies, empirical data, Cultural Studies and Feminist epistemological of Sciences, to build a new knowledge framework to address the Internet questions which popular cybercultures or mainstream media studies have ignored.</p>
<p>The monograph by Dr. Asha Achuthan, has emerged out of the "Rewiring Bodies" project which started nine months ago. The project has involved many public entries available at http://www.cis-india.org/research/cis-raw/histories/rewiring. The first draft of the monograph is now available for public review and feedback. Please click on the links below to choose your own format for accessing the document.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/re-wiring-bodies.docx" class="internal-link" title="Re:wiring Bodies Word">Word</a> [word file, 339 kb]<br /></li><li><a href="https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/re-wiring-bodies.pdf" class="internal-link" title="Re:wiring Bodies PDF">PDF</a> [PDF, 712 kb]<br /></li></ul>
<p>We appreciate your time, engagement and feedback that will help us to bring out the monograph in a published form. Please send all comments or feedback to nishant@cis-india.org or you can use your Open ID to login to the website and leave comments to this post.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/rewiring-bodies/rewiring-call-for-review'>https://cis-india.org/raw/histories-of-the-internet/blogs/rewiring-bodies/rewiring-call-for-review</a>
</p>
No publishernishantCyborgsHistories of InternetResearchers at WorkInternet Histories2015-04-03T10:50:15ZBlog EntryMaps for Making Change Kicks Off, and You Can Get Involved!
https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change-kicks-off-and-you-can-get-involved
<b>A first in India, Maps for Making Change explores the use of geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India. On 3 December, the project officially kicks off during a one-day workshop in Delhi. But even if you can not be there with us in Delhi, there are ways to get involved. </b>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change-kicks-off-and-you-can-get-involved'>https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change-kicks-off-and-you-can-get-involved</a>
</p>
No publisheranjaDigital ActivismPracticeWorkshopResearchers at WorkMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:03:39ZBlog EntryMaps for Making Change - The First Workshop
https://cis-india.org/events/maps-for-making-change-the-first-workshop
<b>In this first workshop in a series of three, participants will think through the potential of mapping in the context of a project that they have suggested in their application and the preparations they need to make to make these ideas a reality. </b>
<p>On 3 December, 'Maps for Making Change:
Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social
Justice in India' will officially kick off at the India Islamic
Cultural Centre on Delhi's Lodhi Road. In this first workshop in a
series of three, participants will think through the potential of
mapping in the context of a project that they have suggested in their
application and the preparations they need to make to make these
ideas a reality.</p>
<p>A joint initiative by the Centre for Internet and Society
in Bangalore and the Tactical Tech Collective in Bangalore and the
UK, Maps for Making Change is a two month project that seeks to
explore the potential of digital mapping for social change
specifically in the Indian context. For the first time, activists
and supporters of movements and campaigns working for progressive
social change in the country will get the opportunity to collectively
debate and explore in detail the potential of digital mapping as a
tool to support their work. </p>
<p align="left"><strong>The aims of
this first workshop are to: </strong></p>
<ul><li>
<p align="left">introduce
tools and techniques for mapping</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">assist
participants to identify the information they need to collect for
their mapping project</p>
</li></ul>
<p align="left"><strong>By the end
of the workshop, the participants will be able to:</strong></p>
<ul><li>
<p align="left">understand
the socio-political context of mapping and how maps can be used to
maximise advocacy efforts</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">identify
different types of maps (static, interactive, collaborative, etc)</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">identify
some of the tools used for creating, uploading and editing maps (not
covering the technical aspects nor the step-by-step process for
making maps, but focusing on the general web-based mapping
techniques)</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">understand
data collection for mapping</p>
</li></ul>
<p align="left"><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>The preliminary workshop schedule is as follows:</strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">Welcome
and introductions</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">Why
mapping?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left"><strong>15 min
break</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">Mapping
and Advocacy Discussion</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">How
do you 'map'? Basic tools and techniques</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">What
can you 'map'?</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left"><strong>Lunch
break</strong><strong> </strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">Project
scoping of participants' projects</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left">Summary</p>
<p align="left"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/events/maps-for-making-change-the-first-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/events/maps-for-making-change-the-first-workshop</a>
</p>
No publisherAnja KovacsRAW EventsPracticeWorkshopResearchers at WorkEventMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:09:14ZEventDigital Natives with a Cause?
https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/dnrep
<b>Digital Natives With A Cause? - a product of the Hivos-CIS collaboration charts the scholarship and practice of youth and technology with a specific attention for developing countries to create a framework that consolidates existing paradigms and informs further research and intervention within diverse contexts and cultures.</b>
<p></p>
<p><img class="image-left" src="../dnr/image_preview" alt="Digital Natives Report" /><a href="https://cis-india.org/" class="external-link">The Centre for Internet and Society</a>, Bangalore and <a class="external-link" href="http://http://www.hivos.net/">Hivos</a> have assessed
the state of knowledge on the potential impact of youth for social
transformation and political engagement in the South. This report ‘<em>Digital Natives with a Cause?’</em>
charts the scholarship and practice of youth and technology and informs
further research and intervention within diverse contexts and cultures.</p>
<p>
The report displays that digital natives have a potential impact as
agents of change. It concludes that multidisciplinary theoretical
approaches venturing beyond the cause-and-effect model and providing
the necessary vocabulary and sensitivity are crucial to understanding
Digital Natives. The lament that youths are apolitical is a result of
insufficient attention to activities that do not conform to existing
notions of political and civil society formation. Digital Natives are
sensitive and thoughtful. It is time to listen to them and their ideas,
and to focus on their development as responsible and active citizens
rather than on their digital exploits or technologised interests.</p>
<p>The report specifically focuses on youth as e-agents of change within emerging information societies to explore questions of technology mediated identities, embedded conditions of social transformation and political participation, as well as potentials for sustained livelihood and education. It identifies the knowledge gaps and networks and further areas of intervention in the field of Digital Natives.</p>
<p>As a first step in working towards enabling Digital Natives for
social transformation and political engagement, Hivos and CIS will
organize a Multistakeholder Conference Fall 2010.</p>
<p>A summary of the report, as well as the detailed narrative are now available for discussion, debate, suggestions and ideas.</p>
<p class="Inleiding"> </p>
<p class="Inleiding">Digital Natives with a Cause? - Report Download Pdf document <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/uploads/dnrep1" class="internal-link" title="Digital Natives with a Cause? - Report">Here</a></p>
<p class="Inleiding">Digital Natives with a Cause? - Report Summary Download Pdf document<a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/uploads/dnsum" class="internal-link" title="Digital Natives with a Cause? - Summary of Report"> Here</a></p>
<p class="Inleiding"> </p>
<p class="Inleiding">The report is also available at <a class="external-link" href="http://http://www.hivos.net/Hivos-Knowledge-Programme/Themes/Digital-Natives-with-a-Cause/News/New-Publication-on-Digital-Natives">http://http://www.hivos.net/Hivos-Knowledge-Programme/Themes/Digital-Natives-with-a-Cause/News/New-Publication-on-Digital-Natives</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/dnrep'>https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/blog/dnrep</a>
</p>
No publishernishantRAW PublicationsDigital NativesWeb PoliticsFeaturedBooksDigital subjectivitiesResearchers at Work2015-05-15T11:31:14ZBlog EntryCall for Applications: 'Maps for Making Change' - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India
https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change
<b>Deadline: 20 November 2009.
Maps for Making Change is a two-month project specifically designed for activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India. It provides participants with an exciting opportunity to explore how a range of digital mapping techniques can be used to support struggles for social justice. It also allows you to immediately develop and implement in practice a concrete mapping project relevant to your campaign or movement, with full technical support. Interested in joining us? Send in your application by 20 November 2009. </b>
<p align="justify"><em><strong>Background</strong> </em></p>
<p align="justify">Most of us think of maps as representations of territory. But have you ever wondered why <em>bastis</em>, slums, unauthorised colonies and monuments of minorities and poor people rarely are given prominence on maps – or at times are even absent altogether? All too often only seats of power, such as big hospitals, the colonies of the rich and diplomatic missions, receive detailed mention. This is because maps simultaneously also function as representations of relations of power and control: which places, communities, historical monuments, townships, colonies and roads are highlighted on a map reflects the power and control that various communities and classes possess or lack. In modern times, this is particularly obvious in planning processes, which incorporate maps as crucial tools in villages and cities alike. To challenge the practice of privileging the powerful on maps, and to create maps from the margins and of margins, therefore has emerged as an important aspect as well as a tool of our fights against injustice in society.</p>
<p align="justify"><em><strong>Maps for Making Change</strong></em></p>
<p align="justify">Today, with the emergence of new technologies such as GPS and the Internet, mapping techniques have advanced beyond the confines of professional cartographers and can be mobilised and used to fight for social justice by anyone with an interest in maps. Are you someone concerned with the state of social justice in the country today? Are you working closely, as an activist or a supporter, with a campaign or social movement? Are you interested in exploring how digital geographical mapping techniques might help facilitate or support your advocacy and awareness raising campaigns and understanding of the power relations in society? Perhaps you already have some ideas on how maps can fit into your work, but you require technical support to put these into practice? Then this is for you.</p>
<p align="justify">Maps for Making Change is a two-month project that will provide you with the opportunity to explore how mapping can be used to support your campaigns, struggles and movements to fight against injustice. It is jointly organised by the Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore) and the Tactical Technology Collective (Bangalore and London), and brings together activists and technologists. Over the course of the project, participants will:</p>
<ul><li>
<p align="justify">explore and share ideas about the possible uses of geographical maps within the context of campaigns and movements in India;</p>
</li><li>
<p align="justify">try out a range of mapping tools and get training and support in the creation and use of maps;</p>
</li></ul>
<ul><li>
<p align="justify">develop and implement your own mapping project, involving the creation and use as well as dissemination of maps, relevant to your campaign's or movement's advocacy and goals.</p>
</li></ul>
<p align="justify"><em><strong>Format</strong></em></p>
<p align="justify">Maps for Making Change will take the form of three workshops, with time in between each for participants to work on a mapping project of their choice. The first workshop will take place in Delhi on 3 December, and will be an introductory event, where tools and tactics will be explored and discussed and participants can determine the nature of the information they need to collect to implement their own mapping project. The second workshop will take place over 3 days during the first week of January (exact dates and location to be decided), and will involve actual work on mapping projects, using data and other resources collected by participants in the intervening time. The third workshop will be a two-day event during the first week of February (exact dates and location to be decided), and will be the time for participants to provide overall feedback, as well as to do the final touches on the projects and launch them. Not only during the workshops, but throughout the two-month project period, and at every stage of the development of your project plan, technical support will be available to help participants make your ideas a reality.</p>
<p align="justify">The organisers will cover travel and accommodation expenses of those who are selected to participate in the project. There is no participation fee. By applying, applicants commit themselves, however, to devoting the necessary time to this project. Where relevant, an organisational commitment to allow you to do this would also be required.</p>
<p align="justify"><em><strong>Who should apply?</strong></em></p>
<p align="justify">This is an event for activists and supporters of movements and campaigns based in India. Preference will be given to applicants that intend to use the project directly for their work within a campaign or movement. Applications are welcomed from individuals, but also from groups of people who are working within the same campaign or movement and who would like to develop and implement a mapping project together. Those who have been centrally involved in designing and implementing communication strategies of campaigns and movements are particularly encouraged to apply, but such a role is not at all a prerequisite to be part of Maps for Making Change. Participants from appropriate backgrounds who simply want to explore the technology and its uses without immediately implementing it will be welcome in so far as space allows.</p>
<p align="justify">We would like to also encourage applications from students who are involved with campaigns or movements and who would like to learn these skills so as to use them in their advocacy efforts. Students will be provided with special assistance during the programme.</p>
<p align="justify">All participants should have some familiarity with computer use. While more advanced technology skills are useful, they are not essential: technology support will be provided as required for all participants to ensure that everyone completes their own mapping project.</p>
<p align="justify">Regretfully, we will be able to accommodate translation only from Hindi to English and vice versa, so applicants will need to be comfortable with either of these languages.</p>
<p align="justify"><em><strong>How to apply</strong></em></p>
<p align="justify">Please answer the questions below in Hindi or in English. You do not need to write long responses (up to 300 words max), but please provide us with enough information to understand your involvement in and commitment to campaigns or movements for social justice, as well as your skills and interest. We also would like to know why you want to be part of the Maps for Making Change project and what are some of the contributions (of whatever kind) you could make to it.</p>
<p align="justify">You can send your answers by email to <a href="mailto:mapsforchange@cis-india.org">maps4change@cis-india.org</a>, or by post to:</p>
<div align="justify" class="visualClear">Maps for Making Change</div>
<div align="justify" class="visualClear">c/o Centre for Internet and Society</div>
<div align="justify" class="visualClear">No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers</div>
<div align="justify" class="visualClear">14, Cunningham Road</div>
<div align="justify" class="visualClear">Bangalore 560052</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;" class="visualClear"> </div>
The last day for applications is 20 November 2009. Early applications will make us very happy though! :)<em><strong><br /><br />Application Questions:</strong></em>
<p> </p>
Please provide answers to all the following questions.
<p align="left">1) Basic personal information:</p>
<ul><li>
<p align="left">Name:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Gender:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Date of birth:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Nationality:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Affiliation/organisation:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">E-mail address (if available):</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Telephone and emergency contact number(s):</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Preferred language of communication:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Veg/non veg:</p>
</li><li>
<p align="left">Anything else we should know about you (allergies, medical condition, special needs):</p>
</li></ul>
<p align="left">Are you applying individually or as part of a team? If as part of a team, please provide the names of the other team members here;</p>
<p align="left">2) Where are you from, where do you live now, and what is your current movement/organisational affiliation (movement/organisation you work with, its mission, position you have within it, is your organisation a non-profit, etc.)?</p>
<p align="justify">3) What is your wider experience of working with campaigns or movements for social justice? What kinds of initiatives have you been involved in? What kind of responsibilities have you taken up within these?</p>
<p align="justify">4) Have you been involved with any technology projects for non-profit organisations or campaigns or movements for social change? If so please briefly explain your experience (what worked, what didn't, what did you like, what not, etc?) and your role within the project. If you haven't been involved with such a project, please explain why you are interested in exploring the use of technology for social change.</p>
<p align="justify">5) Why are you interested in joining Maps for Making Change in particular? How can you and your movement/organisation benefit from your participation?</p>
<p align="justify">6) Do you already have an idea in mind that involves using maps for social change and that you would like to develop into a project that can support the work of the campaign or movement that you are involved with? If so, please explain.</p>
<p align="justify">7) To help us better understand the kind of technical support we will need to provide during Maps for Making Change, please describe your current technical expertise and ability.</p>
<p align="justify">8) All participants are encouraged to teach as well as to learn. What kind of contribution to the group's learning do you think you could make?</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>If you require more information about the project or about the application process, please email us at <a href="mailto:mapsforchange@cis-india.org">maps4change@cis-india.org</a>, or call us at 080 4092 6283.</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Looking forward to hearing from you!</p>
<p align="justify">The Maps for Making Change Team</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change'>https://cis-india.org/advocacy/other-advocacy/maps-for-making-change</a>
</p>
No publisheranjaDigital ActivismPracticeWorkshopResearchers at WorkMaps for Making Change2015-10-05T15:04:12ZBlog Entry