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Public Art, Technology and Citizenship - Blank Noise Project: by Denisse Albornoz — published Nov 30, 2013 — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:43 AM — filed under: Social Media, Web Politics, Digital Natives, Making Change, Blank Noise Project, Researchers at Work
Jasmeen Patheja speaks about the active citizen in the digital age, its challenges in the public and private spheres and interdisciplinary methods to overcome them.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Reaping the Benefits of Gamification: by Dipali Sheth — published Apr 30, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:24 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Net Cultures, Making Change, Research
As a part of the Making Change blog-post series, in this post we will identify a new technique: gamification. This technique is being used for sustainable environment conservation by modern day change-makers. We interview two out of three co-founders of Reap benefit- Kamal Raj and Gautam Prakash who believe in the adoption of more sustained environmental practices that induce social change towards conserving the environment.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Storytelling and Technology - Sartaj Anand: by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Mar 12, 2014 11:43 AM — filed under: Making Change, Digital Natives
This post outlines the general characteristics of storytelling. The second section is an interview with Sartaj Anand, the founder of EgoMonk and BIllion Strong, who talks about storytelling as a strategy to build trust at the intersections of business and technology. This is the first of a series of installments exploring the potential of storytelling for social change.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 1: by Denisse Albornoz — published Feb 24, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:31 PM — filed under: Digital Activism, Making Change, Research, Blank Noise Project, Net Cultures, Researchers at Work
This post compares the production behind a performance with the process of storytelling. To illustrate this analogy, we explore the stories of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian- two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. This post looks at the stages of pre-production and the screenplay to explore methods and narratives in storytelling.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 2: by Denisse Albornoz — published Feb 27, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:30 PM — filed under: Making Change, Research, Blank Noise Project, Net Cultures, Researchers at Work
This post compares the method of storytelling with performances. To illustrate this, we explore the narratives of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian, two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. Part 2 looks at the role of actors and the stage in performances to explore the role of agency and the public space in storytelling.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change

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