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The Violence of Knowledge Cartels
We are all struck with a sense of loss, grief and shock since we heard of the death of Aaron Swartz, by suicide. People who have been his friends have written ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 18, 2013 07:33 AM — Filed under: ,
Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction
Last month, on December 12 and 13, 2012, the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet & Society along with Wikipedia community members organized a ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jan 25, 2013 06:30 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012
I have compiled the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012. As usual, in this report, my aim is to provide my perspectives on ... by Shiju Alex — last modified Feb 03, 2013 02:40 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013
Wikipedia Club Pune, a local community based outreach user group in Pune has recently organized Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 to spread words about “Spoken ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Apr 16, 2013 12:48 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator — Taking it to the Next Level
An introductory session on Konkani in Wikipedia was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society, Delhi in the Konkani Department at Goa University on ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jan 25, 2013 07:34 AM — Filed under: , ,
Aaron Swartz: The First Martyr of the Free Information Movement
Well known American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist died on January 11, 2013. Lawrence Liang from the Alternative Law ... by Lawrence Liang — last modified Jan 24, 2013 12:26 PM — Filed under: , ,
Promoting GLAM in Goa
We organised an introductory Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAM) session at Goa State Central Library on December 13, 2012. It was well attended by ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:27 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa
A three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:33 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain
On December 14, 2012, a meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:35 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Remembering Aaron Swartz, Taking Up the Fight
I encountered the Aaron Swartz memorial the other day that helps ‘liberate’ a randomly selected article from JSTOR, as an act of civil disobedience, to ... by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 28, 2013 04:51 AM — Filed under:
Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012
This post provides an overview of the activities done by the Access to Knowledge team under the grant provided by the Wikimedia Foundation from September 2012 ... by Noopur Raval — last modified Jan 31, 2013 10:14 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary
Odia Wikipedia saw its first edit on January 29, 2004. After a dormancy of many years it got revived in 2011. To commemorate the effort of many volunteer ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Feb 28, 2013 04:32 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Wikimedia Bangalore Meetup @ Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Wikispeed and NASSCOM is organizing meetup at the Indian Institute of ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2013 06:01 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Report of Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight
On 19th and 20th January, HasGeek organized a hacknight to commemorate the life and works of Aaron Swartz. Zainab Bawa from HasGeek shares with us the ... by Zainab Bawa — last modified Mar 02, 2013 01:32 PM — Filed under: ,
Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal
The Odia Wikipedia community collaborated with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal and hosted a pilot Odia Wikipedia Education Program. The ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Aug 23, 2013 02:01 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi University
A digital literacy workshop was organised at the Department of Arts, Delhi University for students pursuing their masters in Modern Indian Languages and ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Mar 05, 2013 01:03 AM — Filed under: , , ,
FOSS, Wikimedia and Mozilla Under One Roof at GNUnify 2013, Pune
GNUnify 2013 organized in the campus in Pune from February 15 to 17, 2013. The event was organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group (PLUG) and Symbiosis ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:55 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore
The 54th Wikimedia meet-up in Bangalore was held at the Indian Institute of Management on February 25, 2013. The event was planned and organized by ... by Noopur Raval — last modified Mar 06, 2013 09:09 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Creative Commons comes to India
Creative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:49 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Ahmednagar — Marathi Wikipedia Workshop
Wikipedia Community members helped the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications Programme (HEIRA), CSCS Bangalore organize a day-long workshop on ... by Tanveer Hasan — last modified Jul 26, 2013 09:34 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society was invited by Nikhil Dixit, Public Relations Officer at the Birla Institute of Technology ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:40 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Wiki Women's Day in Goa
International Women's Day (IWD), also called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8, every year. There were a series of Wikipedia events ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified Mar 19, 2013 06:32 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project #1: Visualising Basic Parameters
Sajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattapadhyay bring you a visualisation of the growth of Indic Wikipedia in this first post on Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project. ... by Sajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Mar 26, 2013 10:04 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Iraqi Public Data Scenario Workshop: A Summary
A workshop on public data was conducted by Sunil Abraham and Sumandro Chattapadhyay for the officials of the Government of Iraq. It was organized by UNDP Iraq ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 02, 2013 04:55 AM — Filed under:
Wikipedia Indian Languages Workshop at IIT, Bombay
This is a brief report on the Wikipedia Indian languages workshop held on March 9, 2013 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in partnership with ... by Noopur Raval — last modified Mar 28, 2013 11:44 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project #2: Visualising Page Views and Project Pages
In this blog post, we bring you a visualisation of the page views statistics and the project specific pages that we created last month. The page views indicate ... by Sajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 22, 2013 01:37 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Indian WikiWomen celebrate Women’s History Month
March 2013 was a busy month for women Wikimedians in India, as we conducted various events, such as edit-a-thons and workshops to celebrate the presence of ... by Netha Hussain — last modified Apr 29, 2013 09:21 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Odia Wikipedia - Bhubaneswar Community Meetup (March 17, 2013)
The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society and the Odia Wikipedia community held a meetup in Bhubaneswar on March 17, 2013. Vishnu ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Apr 30, 2013 03:52 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikipedia - Cuttack Community Meetup (March 16, 2013)
A meetup of Odia wikipedians was organised by the Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet and Society and the Odia wikipedia community on March 16, ... by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:40 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Analysis of Konkani Wikipedia: Facts & Challenges
Nitika Tandon, in this blog post, provides an analysis of the Konkani Wikipedia. She reflects on the challenges faced by Konkani Wikipedia and identifies four ... by Nitika Tandon — last modified May 08, 2013 02:26 AM — Filed under: , , ,
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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