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Blog Entry The Mother and Child Tracking System - understanding data trail in the Indian healthcare systems — by Ambika Tandon — last modified Dec 30, 2019 05:18 PM
Reproductive health programmes in India have been digitising extensive data about pregnant women for over a decade, as part of multiple health information systems. These can be seen as precursors to current conceptions of big data systems within health informatics. In this article, published by Privacy International, Ambika Tandon presents some findings from a recently concluded case study of the MCTS as an example of public data-driven initiatives in reproductive health in India.
Blog Entry Big Data and Reproductive Health in India: A Case Study of the Mother and Child Tracking System — by Ambika Tandon — last modified Dec 06, 2019 04:57 AM
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.
Blog Entry Doing Standpoint Theory — by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Dec 06, 2019 04:59 AM
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.
Blog Entry Digital mediation of domestic and care work in India: Project Announcement — by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Oct 10, 2019 08:09 AM
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.
Blog Entry Kashmir’s digital blackout marks a period darker than the dark side of the moon — by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 26, 2019 04:26 PM
While we mourn the loss of connection with the moon, remembering a digital blackout closer home.
Blog Entry Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Sep 03, 2019 01:38 PM
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.
Workshop on Archival Standards and Digitisation Workflow — by Admin — last modified Aug 22, 2019 02:04 AM
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.
Blog Entry Digital Native: How free is the internet? — by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 04, 2019 01:47 AM
It is contradictory and confusing as it amplifies as well as destabilises the order of things.
Blog Entry Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages! — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Aug 07, 2019 12:29 PM
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.
Blog Entry Why I’m not going to tell you about the dangers of apps like FaceApp — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 31, 2019 02:37 AM
Concerns about privacy, aimed solely at users, are better directed at owners of digital infrastructure.
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