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Designing Domestic Work Platforms: by Divyansha Sehgal and Yathrath — published Aug 13, 2022 — filed under: Researchers at Work, RAW Blog, Domestic Work
This research was conducted by The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) with funding from Association for Progressive Communication (APC) through the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN), supported by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The authors are deeply grateful to the platform workers who talked to us and shared their experiences of finding work through Urban Company. Their responses shaped our research and their insights guided the creation of this final report.
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Procurement Through Digital Platforms: by SEWA Cooperative Federation and Centre for Internet & Society — published Jul 26, 2022 — filed under: Researchers at Work, RAW Blog
Procurement policies, both public and private, can play a significant role in determining inclusive market participation, particularly for informal women workers and their collective enterprises.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published May 24, 2022 — last modified May 24, 2022 02:38 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Researcher's Conference, Featured, IRC22, Homepage, Internet Studies
We are excited to announce that the fifth edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference will be held online on May 25-27, 2022.This annual conference series was initiated by the [email protected] ([email protected]) programme at CIS in 2016 to gather researchers and practitioners engaging with the internet in/from India to congregate, share insights and tensions, and chart the ways forward. This year, the conference brings together a set of reflections and conversations on how we imagine and experience the home —as a space of refuge and comfort, but also as one of violence, care, labour and movement-building.
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Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New Delhi: by Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia, Simiran Lalvani and Noopur Raval — published May 05, 2022 — filed under: Platform Economy, Gig Work, Researchers at Work
A report by Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and Azim Premji University (APU) maps platform work in India and notes from four studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for platform companies.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22) - Selected Sessions: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Apr 25, 2022 — last modified Apr 26, 2022 07:00 AM — filed under: IRC22, Internet Studies, Internet Researcher's Conference, Researchers at Work
Here is the list of selected sessions and individual presentations for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC22) - #Home. IRC22 will be held online from May 25-27, 2022. The conference announcement, along with details on registration will be published in the first week of May.
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Feminist Design Practices: by Aayush Rathi, Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon — published Apr 16, 2022 — filed under: Gender, Research, Platform Economy, Peer Reviewed Article, Domestic Work, Researchers at Work
Aayush Rathi and Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon co-authored a research paper on 'Feminist Design Practices' which was published in a special issue of Apria, a peer-reviewed journal hosted at ArtEZ University. The special issue "Feminist by Design" highlights the work of the Feminist Internet Research Network and its contributions to building an equitable internet through design interventions.
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22) - Proposed Sessions: by Admin — published Mar 17, 2022 — last modified Apr 26, 2022 07:07 AM — filed under: Proposed Sessions, Infrastructure Studies, Internet Researcher's Conference, IRC22, Researchers at Work
Here is the list of sessions proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
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The State of the Internet's Languages Report: by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — published Mar 07, 2022 — last modified Mar 07, 2022 03:01 PM — filed under: RAW Research, Featured, Researchers at Work, RAW Blog
The first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages Report was launched by Whose Knowledge? on February 23, 2022 (just after the International Mother Language day), along with research partners Oxford Internet Institute and the Centre for Internet and Society. This extraordinarily community-sourced effort, with over 100 people involved is now available online, with translations in multiple languages.
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To be Counted When They Count You: Words of Caution for the Gender Data Revolution: by Noopur Raval — published Feb 01, 2022 — filed under: RAW Publications, Big Data, Researchers at Work, BD4D, RAW Research, Big Data for Development
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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Locating Migrants in India’s Gig Economy: A Scoping Report: by Kaarika Das and Srravya C — published Jan 04, 2022 — filed under: RAW Research, Gig Work, Researchers at Work, RAW Blog
Gig workers working for on-demand platform services have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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