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Digital mediation of domestic and care work in India: Project Announcement
— by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi — last modified Oct 10, 2019 08:09 AMIt is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a study on digital mediation of domestic and care work in India, as part of and supported by the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The study is exploring the ways in which structural inequalities, such as those of gender and class, are being reproduced or challenged by digital platforms. The project sites are Delhi and Bangalore, where we are conducting interviews with workers, companies, and unions. In Bangalore, we are collaborating with Stree Jagruti Samiti to collect qualitative data from different stakeholders. The outputs of the research will include a report, policy brief, and other communication materials in English, Hindi, and Kannada. This study is being led by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, along with Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
Kashmir’s digital blackout marks a period darker than the dark side of the moon
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 26, 2019 04:26 PMWhile we mourn the loss of connection with the moon, remembering a digital blackout closer home.
Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts
— by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Sep 03, 2019 01:38 PMIn response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 4 pieces to be published as part of a series titled #List on the r@w blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts. The call for essays on #List remains open, and we are accepting and assessing the incoming abstracts on a rolling basis.
Workshop on Archival Standards and Digitisation Workflow
— by Admin — last modified Aug 22, 2019 02:04 AMP.P. Sneha attended a workshop on Archival Standards and Digitization Workflow organised by the British Library at NCBS, Bangalore, on August 19 - 20, 2019.
Digital Native: How free is the internet?
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 04, 2019 01:47 AMIt is contradictory and confusing as it amplifies as well as destabilises the order of things.
Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!
— by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Aug 07, 2019 12:29 PMWhose Knowledge?, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Centre for Internet and Society are creating a State of the Internet’s Languages report, as baseline research with both numbers and stories, to demonstrate how far we are from making the internet multilingual. We also hope to offer some possibilities for doing more to create the multilingual internet we want. This research needs the experiences and expertise of people who think about these issues of language online from different perspectives. Read the Call here and share your submission by September 2, 2019.
Why I’m not going to tell you about the dangers of apps like FaceApp
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 31, 2019 02:37 AMConcerns about privacy, aimed solely at users, are better directed at owners of digital infrastructure.
The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theorists
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 31, 2019 02:33 AMThe moon landing deniers were the original fake news propagandists. Only, they didn’t have the internet.
July 2019 Newsletter
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2019 01:50 PMCentre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for July 2019.
Call for Essays — #List
— by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Oct 11, 2019 05:07 PMThe researchers@work programme at CIS invites abstracts for essays that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the ‘list’. We have selected 4 abstracts among those received before August 31, 2019, and are now accepting and evaluating further submissions on a rolling basis.
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