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Celebrating 5 Years of CIS
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 25, 2014 09:15 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Karnataka’s uniform fare policy—Do attempts at parity consider the impact on workers?
Chiara Furtado and Nishkala Sekhar write in The News Minute about the Karnataka transport department’s February 2024 fare policy aiming for parity between ... by Chiara Furtado and Nishkala Sekhar last modified Jul 08, 2024 03:53 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Digital Native: How free is the internet?
It is contradictory and confusing as it amplifies as well as destabilises the order of things. by Nishant Shah last modified Sep 04, 2019 01:47 AM — Filed under:
Kashmir’s digital blackout marks a period darker than the dark side of the moon
While we mourn the loss of connection with the moon, remembering a digital blackout closer home. by Nishant Shah last modified Sep 26, 2019 04:26 PM — Filed under:
Big Data and Reproductive Health in India: A Case Study of the Mother and Child Tracking System
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 ... by Ambika Tandon last modified Dec 06, 2019 04:57 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
The Mother and Child Tracking System - understanding data trail in the Indian healthcare systems
Reproductive health programmes in India have been digitising extensive data about pregnant women for over a decade, as part of multiple health information ... by Ambika Tandon last modified Dec 30, 2019 05:18 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages 2019 - From Conversations to Actions
Whose Knowledge? is organising the Decolonizing the Internet's Languages 2019 gathering in London on October 23-24 — with a specific focus on building an ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Nov 01, 2019 05:53 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
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 ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Aug 07, 2019 12:29 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , ,
State of the Internet's Languages 2020: Announcing selected contributions!
In response to our call for contributions and reflections on ‘Decolonising the Internet’s Languages’ in August, we are delighted to announce that we received ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Nov 01, 2019 06:12 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
User Experiences of Digital Financial Risks and Harms
The reach and use of digital financial services has risen in recent years without a commensurate increase in digital literacy and access. Through this project, ... by Amrita Sengupta, Chiara Furtado, Garima Agrawal, Nishkala Sekhar, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Yesha Tshering Paul last modified Dec 22, 2023 04:05 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
Unpacking Algorithmic Infrastructures: Mapping the Data Supply Chain in the Healthcare Industry in India
The Unpacking Algorithmic Infrastructures project, supported by a grant from the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab, aims to study the Al data supply chain ... by Amrita Sengupta, Chetna V. M., Pallavi Bedi, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, Shweta Mohandas and Yatharth last modified Jan 05, 2024 02:38 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
India’s proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese laws
The proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese restrictions. The new intermediaries liability and content monitoring act that will ... by Nishant Shah last modified Feb 04, 2019 02:05 AM — Filed under:
January 2019 Newsletter
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the first issue of its e-Newsletter for 2019. by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 03, 2019 04:34 PM — Filed under: , ,
Manuel Beltrán - Institute of Human Obsolescence - Cartographies of Dispossession
Join us at the Delhi office of CIS on Thursday, April 4, at 5 pm for a talk by Manuel Beltrán, founder of the Institute of Human Obsolescence (IoHO), which ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 01, 2019 08:00 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Presentation at Global Digital Humanities Symposium
P.P. Sneha gave a virtual presentation of her work on digital cultural archives at the Global Digital Humanities Symposium organised by Michigan State ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified May 03, 2019 09:41 AM — Filed under:
Locating the Mobile: An Ethnographic Investigation into Locative Media in Melbourne, Bangalore and Shanghai
From Google maps, geoweb, GPS (Global Positioning System), geotagging, Foursquare and Jie Pang, locative media is becoming an integral part of the smartphone ... by Larissa Hjorth and Genevieve Bell last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:41 PM — Filed under: , ,
Mrutyunjay Mishra - India Online: Measuring, Understanding, and Making Decisions about Internet in India (Delhi, September 01, 6 pm)
With great pleasure we announce that Mrutyunjay Mishra, co-founder of Juxt-SmartMandate and India Open Data Association, will be the speaker for the September ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Aug 29, 2017 10:18 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Between the Stirrup and the Ground: Relocating Digital Activism
In this peer reviewed research paper, Nishant Shah and Fieke Jansen draws on a research project that focuses on understanding new technology, mediated ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 14, 2015 12:14 PM — Filed under: , , ,
The Rules of Engagement
Why the have-nots of the digital world can sometimes be mistaken as trolls. I am not sure if you have noticed, but lately, the people populating our social ... by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:48 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Korean Trans Cine-Media in Global Contexts: Asia and the World
This conference to be held from March 27 to 29, 2013 is being organized by Trans - Asia Screen Culture Institute, Cinema Studies, Korean National university ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 21, 2013 10:32 AM — Filed under: ,
Rethinking the last mile Problem: A cultural argument
This research project, by Ashish Rajadhyaksha from the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, is mainly a conceptual-archival investigation into India’s ... by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:54 AM — Filed under: , , ,
The Leap of Rhodes or, How India Dealt with the Last Mile Problem - An Inquiry into Technology and Governance: Call for Review
Re-thinking the Last Mile Problem research project by Ashish Rajadhyaksha is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:55 AM — Filed under: , ,
Production Sprint — A Public Exhibition at CIS
The Making Change project invites you for a public exhibition of stories of change from all over Asia, where the first of its Production Sprints will take ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:23 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
January 2017 Newsletter
Welcome to the January 2017 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 01, 2017 06:00 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Digital native: Back at it Again
The Indian digital landscape has put us in a loop of hashtags and outrage, a space where we have mastered the art of shame. by Nishant Shah last modified Feb 02, 2017 03:04 PM — Filed under: ,
Combinations and Competition: Why the draft DCB must account for digital mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions (collectively, M&As or Combinations) have been a common practice in industry consolidation for many years now. In fact, as ... by Abhineet Nayyar and Isha Suri last modified Aug 08, 2024 07:47 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Gig and platform workers’ perspectives on worker collectives
This report highlights findings from a survey conducted by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union on platform workers’ perspectives around various ... by Shaik Salauddin last modified Aug 13, 2024 02:50 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Porn: Law, Video, Technology
Namita Malhotra’s monograph on Pornography and Pleasure is possibly the first Indian reflection and review of its kind. It draws aside the purdah that ... by Namita A Malhotra last modified Apr 14, 2015 12:43 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Platforming precarity: Data narratives of workers sustaining urban platform services
CIS conducted quantitative surveys with over 800 workers employed in the app-based taxi and delivery sectors across 4 cities in India as part of the ‘Labour ... by Aayush Rathi, Abhishek Sekharan, Ambika Tandon, Chetna V. M., Chiara Furtado, Nishkala Sekhar, and Sriharsha Devulapalli last modified Oct 15, 2024 02:42 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
The Bots That Got Some Votes Home
Nilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post. by Nilofar Ansher last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:56 AM — Filed under: , ,