RAW Blog
Designing Domestic Work Platforms
- August 13, 2022
This research was conducted by The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) with funding from Association for Progressive Communication (APC) through the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN), supported by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The authors are deeply grateful to the platform workers who talked to us and shared their experiences of finding work through Urban Company. Their responses shaped our research and their insights guided the creation of this final report.
Read more →Procurement Through Digital Platforms
- July 26, 2022
Procurement policies, both public and private, can play a significant role in determining inclusive market participation, particularly for informal women workers and their collective enterprises.
Read more →The State of the Internet's Languages Report
- March 07, 2022
The first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages Report was launched by Whose Knowledge? on February 23, 2022 (just after the International Mother Language day), along with research partners Oxford Internet Institute and the Centre for Internet and Society. This extraordinarily community-sourced effort, with over 100 people involved is now available online, with translations in multiple languages.
Read more →Locating Migrants in India’s Gig Economy: A Scoping Report
- January 04, 2022
Gig workers working for on-demand platform services have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more →Are India’s much-lauded startups failing their women workers?
- December 06, 2021
Recent protests outside Urban Company’s head office highlight the gendered nature of work in the country’s digital economy.
Read more →Between Platform and Pandemic: Migrants in India's Gig Economy
- December 06, 2021
In response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India, the central government announced a nationwide lockdown in March 2020.
Read more →Datafication of the Public Distribution System in India
- July 01, 2022
In this study, we look into the datafication of social protection schemes with a special focus on the Public Distribution System in India. Proponents of datafication claim that the benefits will reach the right person and curb leakages through the automation and digitisation of all PDS processes. Aadhaar is the most important link in the datafication; supporters claim that it makes technology people-centric. This study looks at the status of PDS datafication and its impact on the delivery of the scheme in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. We also try to understand to what extent the stated objective of portability has been met and how far the challenges faced by the rights holders of the PDS have been resolved.
Read more →Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts
- September 03, 2019
In response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 4 pieces to be published as part of a series titled #List on the [email protected] blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts. The call for essays on #List remains open, and we are accepting and assessing the incoming abstracts on a rolling basis.
Read more →Call for Essays — #List
- July 12, 2019
The [email protected] programme at CIS invites abstracts for essays that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the ‘list’. We have selected 4 abstracts among those received before August 31, 2019, and are now accepting and evaluating further submissions on a rolling basis.
Read more →Welcome to [email protected] blog!
- January 02, 2019
We from the [email protected] programme at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are delighted to announce the launch of our new blog, hosted on Medium. It will feature works by researchers and practitioners working in India and elsewhere at the intersections of internet, digital media, and society; and highlights and materials from ongoing research and events at the [email protected] programme.
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