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Digital Native: The bigger picture
For all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things. by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:11 AM — Filed under: , ,
Digital Native: How smart cities can make criminals out of denizens
People download information and share it without knowing about the intellectual property rights. On social media bullying, harassment and hate speech find easy ... by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:19 AM — Filed under: , ,
Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from India
This working paper by Ritam Sengupta, Dr. Richard Heeks, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Dr. Christopher Foster draws from the field study undertaken by Ritam ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:33 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
We Are All Cyborgs
The cyborg reminds us that who we are as human beings is very closely linked with the technologies we use. by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 24, 2015 12:00 PM — Filed under: , ,
The Digital Classroom: Social Justice and Pedagogy
What happens when we look at the classroom as a space of social justice? What are the ways in which students can be engaged in learning beyond rote ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 08, 2015 12:36 PM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India
CIS has been undertaking a two-year project studying the entry of digital platforms in the domestic and care work in India, supported by the Association for ... by Aayush Rathi, and Ambika Tandon last modified Jul 07, 2021 03:19 PM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Staying silent about cyberbullying is no longer an option
Cyberbullying is the dangerous new normal. by Nishant Shah last modified Jul 02, 2019 03:52 AM — Filed under:
Digital Native: On mute, the Voice of the People
We are at the mercy of trigger-happy governments and profit-hungry corporations that hold our digital lives ransom. They have the capacity to censor, contain, ... by Nishant Shah last modified Jul 05, 2017 05:04 PM — Filed under: ,
July 2017 Newsletter
by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 23, 2017 02:03 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
A Question of Digital Humanities
The emergence of digital humanities as a new field of interdisciplinary research enquiry has also seen growth in literature around the problem of its ... by Sneha PP last modified Mar 30, 2015 12:47 PM — Filed under: , ,
Reaping the Benefits of Gamification
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 ... by Dipali Sheth last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:24 PM — Filed under: , , ,
In Search of the Other: Decoding Digital Natives
This is the first post of a research inquiry that questions the ways in which we have understood the Youth-Technology-Change relationship in the contemporary ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 14, 2015 12:12 PM — Filed under: , ,
Inputs to the public consultation on the draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020 - Joint submission by an alliance of trade unions and civil society organisations
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) contributed to a joint submission by IT for Change and various trade union and civil society organisations in ... by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon last modified Dec 22, 2020 09:52 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Data Lives of Humanities Text
The ‘computational turn’ in the humanities has brought with it several questions and challenges for traditional ways of engaging with the ‘text’ as an object ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Dec 23, 2020 01:07 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Inputs to the Report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Report on Non-Personal Data Governance ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Dec 30, 2020 09:40 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Reclaiming the right to privacy: Researching the intersection of privacy and gender
It was our privilege to be supported by Privacy International, UK, during 2019-2020, to undertake a research project focusing on reproductive health and data ... by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi last modified Jan 25, 2021 10:42 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
The Digital Classroom in the Time of Wikipedia
The digital turn in education comes across a wide range of initiatives and processes. The Wikipedia which is the largest user generated content website stands ... by Nishant Shah last modified Oct 05, 2015 02:53 PM — Filed under: , , ,
CIS Featured in 'Building Expertise to Support Digital Scholarship: A Global Perspective' Report
This report, authored by Vivian Lewis, Lisa Spiro, Xuemao Wang, and Jon E. Cawthorne, sheds light on the expertise required to support a robust and sustainable ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Oct 16, 2015 07:43 AM — Filed under: , , ,
The Digital Humanities from Father Busa to Edward Snowden
What do Edward Snowden, the whistle-blower behind the NSA surveillance revelations, and Father Roberto Busa, an Italian Jesuit, who worked for almost his ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Oct 04, 2017 11:02 AM — Filed under: , ,
Pathways to Higher Education
The Pathways Project to Higher Education is a collaboration between the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications (HEIRA) at the Centre for the ... by Nishant Shah last modified Mar 30, 2015 02:52 PM — Filed under: ,
Buying into the Aakash Dream - A Tablet’s Tale of Mass Education
The low-cost Aakash tablet and its previous iterations in India have gone through several phases of technological changes and ideological experiments. Did the ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 25, 2016 08:04 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Call for Proposal: Big Data for Development – Initial Field Studies
The Centre for Internet and Society, as part of a project with the University of Manchester and University of Sheffield, is inviting calls from researchers to ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 28, 2016 07:28 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
April 2016 Newsletter
Welcome to the CIS newsletter for April 2016. The key issues we worked on this month included the Aadhaar Act 2016, Standard Essential Patents, cyber security ... by Sunil Abraham last modified May 10, 2016 06:26 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
On Fooling Around: Digital Natives and Politics in Asia
Youths are not only actively participating in the politics of its times but also changing the way in which we understand the political processes of ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 14, 2015 12:11 PM — Filed under: , , ,
DWRU, BBGS & MKU - The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Invisible Workers of the Household Economy
Domestic Workers Rights Union (DWRU), Bruhat Bangalore Gruhakarmika Sangha (BBGS), and Manegelasa Kaarmikara Union (MKU) have prepared a report on the ... by Geeta Menon last modified Jun 19, 2020 12:34 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Brindaalakshmi.K - Gendering of Development Data in India: Beyond the Binary
This report by Brindaalakshmi.K seeks to understand the gendering of development data in India: collection of data and issuance of government (foundational and ... by Brindaalakshmi.K last modified Jun 30, 2020 10:26 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Raina Roy and Abhiraj Bag - Kolkata’s trans community has been locked out of healthcare and livelihood
Over six months into the outbreak of Covid-19 in India, it has become clear that the pandemic does not affect everybody equally. It has amplified the ... by Raina Roy and Abhiraj Bag last modified Aug 01, 2020 02:54 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety
Between July to November 2019, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, ... by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office last modified Jun 29, 2021 06:53 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19
This report, by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, explores the ... by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office last modified Jun 29, 2021 07:27 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Alt needs to Shift
People maybe talking more online, but they all seem to be talking about the same kind of thing. by Nishant Shah last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:03 AM — Filed under: , ,