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Digital (Alter)Natives with a Cause? — Book Review by Maarten van den Berg

Digital (Alter)Natives with a Cause? — Book Review by Maarten van den Berg

by Prasad Krishna last modified May 15, 2015 11:30 AM

‘Digital (Alter)Natives with a cause?’ is a collection of four books with essays published by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, and the Dutch NGO Hivos. The books come in a beautifully designed cassette and are accompanied by a funky yellow package in the shape of a floppy disk containing the booklet ‘D:coding Digital Natives’, a corresponding DVD, and a pack of postcards portraying the evolution of writing - in the sentence ‘I love you’, written with a goose feather in 1734, to the character set ‘i<3u’ entered on a mobile device in 2011.

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Mumbai Takes Note of Sexting, the Seamier Side of Texting

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 23, 2011 09:55 AM

When Chitra started getting SMSs and emails laced with sexual innuendoes from an unknown individual, she didn't tell her mother or rush to the police. The 21-year-old grew so despondent that she dialed a psychologist for help. This article was published in the Times of India on June 19, 2011.

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Bright lights, geek city

Bright lights, geek city

by Prasad Krishna last modified May 01, 2011 02:41 AM

Bangalore serves as my anchor because this is where the geek is, says Nishant Shah. The news was published in the Hindu on April 28, 2011.

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Lives suspended in the Web

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:45 PM

When 14-year-old Manish sits behind his laptop, punching away at keys, his facial expressions reflecting his various online interactions, his parents stand in the doorway, watching curiously. Their son is physically at home, but to all purposes, lost in the limbo of the Internet. By all standards, Manish is a good, responsible young adult but his parents worry because they don’t seem to have any control over Manish’s online life. They find it difficult to understand the digital realms that he seamlessly integrates into his life.

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Can the twitterati change the world?

Can the twitterati change the world?

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:30 PM

Whether it is the Ganapati immersion in Mumbai or a labour union dharna at Jantar Mantar or a hunger strike in Kolkata, India has had a rich history of people coming out on the streets. However, as cities are reshaped in the image of a 'world-class city', public spaces are being steadily appropriated into gated communities which cater to an elite section of the population.

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A Refreshing Start!

A Refreshing Start!

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:49 PM

Parmesh Shahani enters the New Year inspired by the various ideas he’s been exposed to in The Hague and Lavasa.

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Knowledge Warriors

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:50 PM

Dieci anni fa, quando Jimmy "Jumbo" Wales lanciò l'idea di una piattaforma della conoscenza partecipativa e plurilingue, di tipo enciclopedico, basata sul web, pochi erano pronti a raccoglierla. L'industria della conoscenza era rigidamente divisa tra chi la produceva, chi la fruiva e chi mediava tra i due gruppi.

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Digital Natives with a Cause? - Workshop in Chile seeks participants

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:50 PM

The third and final workshop in the Digital Natives with a Cause? research project will take place in Santiago, Chile, from the 8 to 10 February. An open call for participation follows.

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Information, the world's new capital - Digital Natives

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:41 AM

Information is the new capital and currency of the world, Nishant Shah, of the India-based Digital Natives with a Cause, told Bizcommunity.com yesterday, 10 November 2010, as the three-day workshop on digital and internet technologies that brought together young delegates from nine African countries ended in Johannesburg, South Africa. "If the 20th century was the age of the industrial revolution, the 21st century is now actually the age of the knowledge information," Shah said.

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What it means to be a child today

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:42 AM

They move seamlessly between reality and virtual reality. The digital landscape they inhabit comprises generations — not of family — but of technology such as Web 2.0, 3G, PS4 and iPhone5. Their world has moved beyond their neighbourhood, school and childhood friends to encompass a 500-channel television universe, the global gaming village, the endless internet. These are the children born in the last decade and half — possibly the first generation that has never known a world without hi-tech.

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科技改變社會 數位原生代計畫

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:22 AM

The Chinese language press covered the Digital Natives workshop in Taipei.

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科技改變社會數位原生代掀波

科技改變社會數位原生代掀波

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:22 AM

The Chinese press published an article on Digital Natives.

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Digital them about yourself?

Digital them about yourself?

by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 03, 2012 11:07 AM

If you’re on Facebook or have a blog, you could be a digital native, says Akhila Seetharaman. The article was published in TimeOut Bengaluru.

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Digital Natives Research Project Coordinator

by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:48 PM

The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, in collaboration with Hivos Netherlands, is looking for a Research Project Coordinator to help develop a knowledge network and coordinate international workshops for the project "Digital Natives with a Cause?"

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Native plays

Native plays

by Radha Rao last modified Jan 03, 2012 11:08 AM

Online activist groups are helping change perceptions about the internet generation, says Shweta Taneja, Time Out Bengaluru.

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