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Courses Taught and Designed by CIS
by Nishant Shah — published Aug 20, 2011
not only introduce the area to students but also capture technology as crucial to the practices of producing knowledge and of class-room teaching. CIS hopes to partner with different spaces in Indian and Asian academia to design unique courses, workshops and seminars that are geared towards multidisciplinary understanding of technologies and the technologised nature of the world that we live in.
Located in Publications (Automated) / Curricula & Teaching
Blog Entry The Digital is Political
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 08, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:14 AM — filed under:
Technologies are not just agents of politics, there is politics in their design, writes Nishant Shah in this article published in Down to Earth in the Issue of June 15, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Say 'Password' in Hindi
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 08, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:18 AM — filed under:
English might be the language of the online world, but it’s time other languages had their say, writes Nishant Shah. The article was published in the Indian Express on June 5, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Power to the People
by Nishant Shah — published May 15, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:35 AM — filed under:
The digital revolution has helped make NGOs and civil society more influential, independent and transparent, writes Nishant Shah in this article published in the Indian Express on Sunday, May 15, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Public Talk by Dr. Ian Brown on Privacy, Trust and Biometrics
by Nishant Shah — published Mar 20, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:15 AM — filed under: ,
Trust is hard to build, but easy to lose. What factors affect individuals' trust in new technologies? How can governments create citizen trust in biometric security tools? Can biometrics be designed to be privacy-friendly? And how did these questions lead to the cancellation of the UK's national identity scheme, after a decade of development costing tens of millions of pounds? About the speaker: Dr Ian Brown's research is focused on public policy issues around information and the Internet, particularly privacy and copyright. He also works in the more technical fields of communications security and healthcare informatics.
Located in Events
Clicktivism & a brave new world order
by Nishant Shah — published Jan 06, 2011 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:02 AM — filed under:
THE FIRST decade of this century has been one of accelerated change. The proliferation of the Internet has ushered in ubiquitous transformations in the way we live. And yet, the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry Make a Wish
by Nishant Shah — published Dec 22, 2010 — last modified Apr 16, 2013 06:37 AM — filed under:
It is that time of the year again, where we ring in the new, ring out the old, and say goodbye to another year that has passed us by. The earnest will take the time to reflect on things gone by, the romantics will look forward with hope to the future and the realists will point out that we are now one decade into the 21st century, and the world is changing. However, if you are a true digital native, you are probably going to head over to a website that helps you figure out 43 things that you want to do, not just in the next year, but in your foreseeable future.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Blog Entry 3G Life
by Nishant Shah — published Nov 23, 2010 — last modified May 10, 2012 10:54 AM
You can video chat, stream music and watch TV on your phone. Offering high-speed internet access, 3G would change the world of mobile computing. Nishant Shah's article was published in the Indian Express on 14 November 2010.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Identity, Identification and Media Representation in Video Game Play: An Audience Reception Study
by Nishant Shah — published Nov 18, 2010 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:22 AM — filed under:
Adrienne Shaw from the Annenberg School for Communication, who is a visiting fellow at MICA is giving a public talk on research on representation in video games on 27 November 2010 at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
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Blog Entry Change has come to all of us
by Nishant Shah — published Oct 24, 2010 — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The general focus on a digital generational divide makes us believe that generations are separated by the digital axis, and that the gap is widening. There is a growing anxiety voiced by an older generation that the digital natives they encounter — in their homes, schools and universities and at workplaces — are a new breed with an entirely different set of vocabularies and lifestyles which are unintelligible and inaccessible. It is time we started pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a digital native.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
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