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Blog Entry Living in the Archival Moment — by Sneha PP — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:27 AM
The archive has been and continues to be a key concept in Digital Humanities discourse, particularly in India. The importance of the archive to knowledge production in the Humanities, the implication of changes in archival practice with the advent of electronic publishing and digitisation, and the focus on curation as a critical and creative process are some aspects of the debate that this blog post looks at.
Blog Entry Not a Goodbye; More a ‘Come Again’: Thoughts on being Research Director at a moment of transition — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 15, 2014 02:17 AM
As I slowly make the news of my transition from being the Research Director at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, to taking up a professorship at the Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany, there is a question that I am often asked: “Are you going to start a new research centre?” And the answer, for the most part, is “No.”
Production Sprint — A Public Exhibition at CIS Jun 07, 2014 from 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM — The Centre for Internet and Society (opposite Domlur Club) and near to TERI Complex, No.194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560071, — by Prasad Krishna
The Making Change project invites you for a public exhibition of stories of change from all over Asia, where the first of its Production Sprints will take place. The exhibition will be held at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) office in Bangalore on June 7, 2014 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
April 2014 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 04, 2014 03:38 AM
The newsletter for the month of April can be accessed below:
Blog Entry Reaping the Benefits of Gamification — by Dipali Sheth — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:24 PM
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.
Blog Entry From Taboo to Beautiful - Menstrupedia — by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:25 PM
On this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind Menstrupedia, an India-based social venture creating comics to shatter the myths and misunderstandings surrounding menstruation around the world.
Blog Entry Digital Humanities and the Problem of Definition — by Sneha PP — last modified Mar 30, 2015 12:47 PM
The Digital Humanities as a field that still eludes definition has been the subject of much discourse and writing. This blog post looks at this issue as one of trying to approach the field from a disciplinary lens, and the challenges that this may pose to the attempts at a definition.
Blog Entry Multimedia Storytellers: Panel Discussion — by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:26 PM
This post brings three storytellers together to find points of intersection between their methods. The format will be that of a panel discussion and it features: Arjun Srivathsa from Pocket Science India, Ameen Haque from the Storywallahs, and Ajay Dasgupta from The Kahani Project. They discuss technology, interpretation and action in storytelling.
Blog Entry Bridging the Information Divide - Political Quotient — by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:28 PM
On this post, we will unpack 'information poverty'- a problem lying at the very foundation of the crises that inspired this project and a barrier impacting political action. We interview Surabhi HR, the founder director of the political consulting firm Political Quotient, an initiative that seeks to change how youth interacts with politics in India
Blog Entry ‘Doing’ Digital Humanities: Reflections on a project on Online Feminism in India — by Sneha PP — last modified Mar 30, 2015 12:48 PM
A core concern of Digital Humanities research has been that of method. The existing discourse around the field of DH assumes a move away from traditional humanities and social sciences research methods to more open, collaborative and iterative forms of scholarship spanning some conventional and other not so conventional practices and spaces. In this guest blog post, Sujatha Subramanian reflects upon her experience of undertaking a research study on online feminist activism in India and its various challenges.
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