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Big Data and Reproductive Health in India: A Case Study of the Mother and Child Tracking System
- October 17, 2019
In this case study undertaken as part of the Big Data for Development (BD4D) network, Ambika Tandon evaluates the Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) as data-driven initiative in reproductive health at the national level in India. The study also assesses the potential of MCTS to contribute towards the big data landscape on reproductive health in the country, as the Indian state’s imagination of health informatics moves towards big data.
Read more →Doing Standpoint Theory
- October 10, 2019
Feminist research methodology has evolved from different epistemologies, with several different schools of thought. Some of the more popular ones are feminist standpoint theory, feminist empiricism, and feminist relativism. Standpoint theory holds the experiences of the marginalised as the source of ‘truth’ about structures of oppression, which is silenced by traditional objectivist research methods as they produce knowledge from the standpoint of voices in positions of power. In this essay published on the GenderIT website, Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi [1] discuss the practical applicability of these epistemologies to research practices in the field of technology and gender.
Read more →Digital mediation of domestic and care work in India: Project Announcement
- October 01, 2019
It is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a study on digital mediation of domestic and care work in India, as part of and supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The study is exploring the ways in which structural inequalities, such as those of gender and class, are being reproduced or challenged by digital platforms. The project sites are Delhi and Bangalore, where we are conducting interviews with workers, companies, and unions. In Bangalore, we are collaborating with Stree Jagruti Samiti to collect qualitative data from different stakeholders. The outputs of the research will include a report, policy brief, and other communication materials in English, Hindi, and Kannada. This study is being led by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, along with Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
Read more →Kashmir’s digital blackout marks a period darker than the dark side of the moon
- September 26, 2019
While we mourn the loss of connection with the moon, remembering a digital blackout closer home.
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 r@w 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 →Workshop on Archival Standards and Digitisation Workflow
- August 22, 2019
P.P. Sneha attended a workshop on Archival Standards and Digitization Workflow organised by the British Library at NCBS, Bangalore, on August 19 - 20, 2019.
Read more →Digital Native: How free is the internet?
- September 04, 2019
It is contradictory and confusing as it amplifies as well as destabilises the order of things.
Read more →Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
- August 07, 2019
Whose Knowledge?, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Centre for Internet and Society are creating a State of the Internet’s Languages report, as baseline research with both numbers and stories, to demonstrate how far we are from making the internet multilingual. We also hope to offer some possibilities for doing more to create the multilingual internet we want. This research needs the experiences and expertise of people who think about these issues of language online from different perspectives. Read the Call here and share your submission by September 2, 2019.
Read more →Why I’m not going to tell you about the dangers of apps like FaceApp
- July 31, 2019
Concerns about privacy, aimed solely at users, are better directed at owners of digital infrastructure.
Read more →The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theorists
- July 31, 2019
The moon landing deniers were the original fake news propagandists. Only, they didn’t have the internet.
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