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Blog Entry Thinking Digital Beyond Tools: Interview with Dr. Nishant Shah
by Noopur Raval — published Sep 12, 2013 — filed under:
Dr. Nishant Shah is the co-founder and Research Director at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India. He is an International Tandem Partner at the Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University, Germany and a Knowledge Partner with the Hivos Knowledge Programme, The Netherlands. He is committed to producing infrastructure, frameworks and collaborations in the global south to understand and analyse the ways in which the emergence of digital technologies have shaped the contemporary social, political and cultural milieu.
Located in RAW / Digital Humanities
File To be Counted When They Count You
by Noopur Raval — published Feb 01, 2022
Located in RAW
Blog Entry To be Counted When They Count You: Words of Caution for the Gender Data Revolution
by Noopur Raval — published Feb 01, 2022 — filed under: , , , , ,
In 2015, after the announcement of the SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals, a new global developmental framework through the year 2030, the United Nations described data as the “lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for accountability” for the purpose of realizing these developmental goals. This curious yet key link between these new developmental goals and the use of quantitative data for agenda setting invited a flurry of big data-led initiatives such as but not limited to Data2X, that sought to further strengthen and solidify the relationship between ‘Big Development’ and ‘Big Data.’
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Blog Entry Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!
by Noopur Raval — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot
by Noopur Raval — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Oct 31, 2012 08:17 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
This report analyses a series of meetings and workshops held in Rajkot, a city in Gujarat, India during the month of October 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia
by Noopur Raval — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Nov 04, 2012 02:12 AM — filed under: , , ,
This was a competition to raise Wikipedia awareness and help students discover the joy of writing articles in their native language and an attempt to connect producers having knowledge in Gujarati to a wide audience of more than four lakh readers.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai
by Noopur Raval — published Nov 21, 2012 — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:01 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Wiki Women Workshop was organized at the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala in Mumbai on November 4, 2012. It was attended by over 60 women participants who were taught how to contribute to Wikipedia articles and briefed about the knowledge gaps in Wikipedia — the free encyclopedia. Noopur Raval has prepared a report of the event.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry A Wikipedia Workshop at SRM University, Chennai
by Noopur Raval — published Dec 27, 2012 — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi in association with Metawings Institute organized a one-day workshop on contributing to Wikipedia at SRM University on December 17, 2012. About 40 students from different engineering colleges in Chennai participated in the workshop. Metawings coordinated for the logistics and for spreading the word among the students.
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Blog Entry New Avenues: Media Wiki Groups
by Noopur Raval — published Dec 27, 2012 — last modified Jan 05, 2013 01:46 AM — filed under: , , ,
This blog post is a brief recap and snippets of my conversation with Harsh Kothari, a volunteer on Gujarati Wikipedia on what we've been doing to help with MediaWiki groups.
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Blog Entry Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012
by Noopur Raval — published Jan 31, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
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 to December 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog
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