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Using Social Media for Mobilisation: Discussion with Dina Mehta and Peter Griffin
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<b>Zainab Bawa reports on the discussion with Peter Griffin and Dina Mehta, hosted at CIS on 19 June 2009, on 'Using Social Media for Mobilisation'. </b>
<p></p>
<p>Iran
Elections and the Twitter Revolution …</p>
<p>Memes
– how and why do some memes become popular on Twitter?</p>
<p>FaceBook
– privacy, community, locality, socializing?</p>
<p>Blogs
– once, we thought they would revolutionize the world, but how are blogs now placed
vis-à-vis twitter and facebook?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Many
questions abound concerning the phenomenon called 'social media', particularly
in the wake of the protests taking place in Iran and the ways in which information has
reached out to the world about what is going on in the country. The panel
discussion on social media, organised by the Centre for Internet and Society
(CIS) on 19 June 2009, aimed to understand how mobilisations take
place through social media and how memes are engineered and spread across
communities. We invited Dina Mehta and Peter Griffin to join us as panellists at the event and share
their experiences.</p>
<p>Dina
and Peter set up the tsunami help blog in December 2004 (<a href="http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/">http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com</a>)
which for the first time demonstrated the importance of social media tools in
coordinating local efforts and disseminating information in the region. What
caused them to become involved through this medium? Both Dina and Peter used
discussion forums and email during the formative years of the internet in
India. 'The sheer miracle of chat', as Peter puts it, also allowed them to
connect with people. When the tsunami struck, they became nodes through which
action was mobilised and information was spread. It still remains to be
explored how nodes develop in different circumstances, how spaces of
conversations develop and what causes some individuals to enter the space of
social media and inhabit them in significant ways, to the extent of becoming
nodes for coordination and mobilisation.</p>
<p>So,
what is social media? Dina says she does not like the term. But, since it is
used so commonly, she follows the tide. For Dina and Peter, social media is a
set of tools which can be mobilised for various purposes – for a call to action,
response to a crisis, and persuading people to support a cause, among many other
things. What is curious however is that the use of social media becomes more marked
and prominent during moments of crisis. This observation led one audience member to ask
whether social media is mirroring some of the behaviours of mainstream media.
Dina pointed out that social media does not exist in opposition to mainstream
media – both complement each other. Social media becomes more powerful
during moments of crisis due to some of the following factors:</p>
<ol><li>Powerful search functions;</li><li>Tools for aggregating content which helps in picking
up the noise;</li><li>Hash (#) tags which make it easy to search and to
connect and contribute to ongoing conversations and mobilizations.
</li></ol>
<p>These
help to amplify what is going on. Dina also referred to the simplicity of
social media tools which enables diverse individuals to participate in their
own ways. She cited the recent example of showing solidarity with the Iranian
revolutionaries by adding the colour green to one’s Twitter image. 'I only had
to click to indicate whether I wanted to show support in this way and a program
automatically applied the green colour to my twitter image without my having to
do anything. I don’t have to write code to participate in this medium. I can be
anyone,' she added.</p>
<p>What
is also unique is that unlike newspapers and early television, interactions via
social media tend to be two-way. For instance, blogs have made it possible for
individuals to become publishers of their own materials whether it is diary-like entries or filter blogging. Moreover, in the case of the protests
following the Iran elections, people used their mobile phones to capture
images, make videos and post these on the internet for others to see.</p>
<p>Individuals
from the audience raised questions about how they and their organisations could
use social media tools effectively to raise funds and to communicate their
causes/issues to other people. To this, both Dina and Peter suggested that it
is important to find the spaces where conversations about issues are already
taking place and to participate in them. They also stated that credibility is
built over time through acts of giving to different communities that develop
around various issues. Dina also emphasised the need to recognise target
audiences, identify the mediums they use regularly and accordingly develop
strategies concerning the use of social media. If the outreach group is more
tuned into radio, it is more effective to reach out to them in this way. Dina
mentioned that the mobile phone is a powerful medium that is
often neglected because of the publicity that the internet tends to receive.
She said that in South East Asian countries, people have better mobile phone
connectivity, and often, political activism has taken place by spreading
messages through mobile phones. One of the participants questioned the feasibility of moving from an existing yahoogroup to start a new discussion group; to
which another audience member responded that it is preferable to stay with
existing mediums used rather than to switch. Discussion forums require
more participation and if the goal is only to send out announcements, a
yahoogroup serves the purpose.</p>
<p>The
issue of arm-chair activism was also raised – whether social media is in fact
leading people to participate in issues only through clicking ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Peter stated that this is true, but the ease of transmitting information to
others enhances the possibility of moving beyond arm-chair activism. 'For
instance, I am concerned about eve teasing and harassment of women in public
spaces, but I may not have the time to participate in an intervention or gathering
on a particular day. However, I forward the email/invitation to my friends who are
concerned similarly and they may choose to participate on-site,' he explained.</p>
<p>The
lack of connectivity to the internet and therefore to social media was referred
to in the discussions. An audience member pointed out that according to a
recent study, only 10% of the people in India are connected to the internet.
Peter immediately remarked that the figure of 10% translated into 10 million
people which is still a large number that can be reached out to. Similarly, it
was pointed out that English is still the predominant language of the web and
therefore social media can be exclusive. In this respect, the issues are
developing technologies for facilitating the use of scripts, the extent to
which the masses use languages other than English on the internet and also
whether people in fact use the internet and other communication technologies as
a means to learn English. In this context, a participant drew our attention to a
twitter community of approximately 800 people who tweet regularly in Malayalam.</p>
<p>The
discussion brought up some interesting nuanced perspectives on social media that users and
novices may not have thought about. Questions still remain about the efficacy
of social media, the nature and characteristics of communities that are formed
around use of social media, distinctions between networks and communities, etc. Over time, these questions will be answered as usage increases
and trends are studied in all their complex aspects.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/event-blogs/using-social-media-for-mobilisation-discussion-with-dina-mehta-and-peter-griffin'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/event-blogs/using-social-media-for-mobilisation-discussion-with-dina-mehta-and-peter-griffin</a>
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Social media
Digital Activism
Discussion
2011-08-20T22:28:42Z
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Measuring the effectiveness of online activism
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/measuring-the-effectiveness-of-online-activism
<b>Article by Sruthi Krishnan in The Hindu, 21 June 2009</b>
<p><em>There
are forms of social activism, which are not looked upon favourably </em></p>
<hr noshade="noshade" /><em>
<p>After the Iran elections, social networking sites are used by supporters of Opposition candidate</p>
<p>For the success of an online campaign, the power of the message also counts</p>
</em>
<hr noshade="noshade" />
<p>CHENNAI: Sit-ins and police arrests. Placards hoisted high and
slogans rippling through the crowds. Pamphlets distributed at the dead
of night. It was called activism and is still called that — just that
the cat and mouse game with the Big Brother has a binary code
underlying it.</p>
<p>Social activism in the world of Web 2.0 follows most of the rules of
the real world. But the nature of the medium does have an impact on the
message, and the jury is still out on how effective activism is online.</p>
<p>After the Iran elections, social networking sites are being used
extensively by supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has challenged
the validity of the elections. As the Iranian government has placed
restrictions on the traditional media, the supporters have sought
refuge in the electronic world.</p>
<p>If you search for #IranElection, which is the tag on Twitter, a
messaging service, for any update related to the Iran elections, there
are minute-by-minute posts by users around the globe. The effects of
this decentralised campaign are manifold.</p>
<p>“This raises the awareness of the issues among the people who may
not have been exposed to these issues because of the space constraints
of traditional media,” says Sunil Abraham, director-policy, Centre for
Internet and Society, Bangalore. “It encourages activists on the ground
in Iran because it clearly demonstrates global solidarity.” The
increased transparency also has a pre-emptive effect by making it more
difficult for states and corporations to engage in repressive
activities without attracting international condemnation.</p>
<p>But there are forms of social activism online, which are not looked upon favourably.</p>
<p>Campaigns urging you to ‘Click on this link and eradicate world
hunger’ lead to an oxymoronic state of sedentary activism or
‘slacktivism.’ Evgeny Morozov, a fellow at the Open Society Institute
at New York, has coined this term to describe “feel-good online
activism” that has no political or social impact. On the one hand, it
will be easy to dismiss the click-to-participate campaigns as being
useless. But they could attract people who would have normally not
bothered with the issue. Mr. Morozov concludes that the only way to
resolve the debate is by surveying campaigns to analyse impact.</p>
<p>“As far as I know, there are no such studies. But there is anecdotal
evidence that clicks on a Web 2.0 system can lead to deeper engagement
with social campaigns,” says Mr. Abraham. He cites the example of
Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa, who was able to get some
members of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group (with over
90,000 members) to raise questions during open houses called by
Canadian Members of Parliament. Thanks to this campaign, the government
backed down from legislating anti-consumer intellectual property laws,
he says.</p>
<p>For the success of an online campaign, the power of the message also
counts. Here, Mr. Abraham refers to the Pink Chaddi campaign. “It did
not directly respond to the arguments of the Ram Sene. It used humour
to mock the fundamentalists into irrelevance.”</p>
<p>Though there is no clear path to an effective online campaign, the
successes have demonstrated the potential of the medium that promises
to connect millions with a click. But just as a message can grow
stronger as it reaches more people, it can also be spread wafer-thin
and lose significance.</p>
<em>
</em>
<p>
© Copyright 2000 - 2009 The Hindu</p>
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<p>To read the original article on the website of The Hindu, please <a class="external-link" href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/21/stories/2009062154641300.htm">click here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/measuring-the-effectiveness-of-online-activism'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/measuring-the-effectiveness-of-online-activism</a>
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Internet Governance
2011-04-02T15:56:15Z
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Follow-up Letter in Support of WIPO Treaty for Reading Disabled
http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/follow-up-letter-in-support-of-wipo-treaty-for-reading-disabled
<b>CIS has sent another letter to the Department of Higher Education, Ministry for Human Resource Development, petitioning it to support the WIPO Treaty for the reading disabled. </b>
<p>In November last year, CIS launched <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blog-1/wbu-proposal-for-a-wipo-treaty-for-the-visually-impaired-and-reading-disabled" class="external-link">a nation wide
signature campaign</a> to support the treaty for the blind, visually impaired and
other reading disabled proposed by the World Blind Union to the WIPO. Since then, the list of signatories <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/signatory-list" class="external-link">was updated</a>. In May 2009, WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held another meeting, and in light of this, the endorsement of the treaty and appeal to the government to support it was resubmitted, by an increased number of signatories, including members of the DAISY Forum of India.</p>
<p>
The letter and list of signatories is available below.</p>
<p>To</p>
<p>Mr. R. P. Aggarwal<br />
Secretary </p>
<p>Department of Higher Education<br />Ministry
of Human Resource Development<br />‘C’ Wing, Shastri Bhavan <br />New Delhi-110001<br />
<br />
</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dear Sir,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Re: Letter
of support for the proposed Treaty for the blind and visually impaired
submitted by the World Blind Union.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We were extremely gratified that the Government took note of
our letter in November, 2008, containing endorsements of 16 organisations
urging the government to support the Treaty for the Blind, which was proposed by the World Blind Union in the WIPO
SCCR meeting from Nov 1<sup>st</sup>-6<sup>th</sup>,2008. In light of the fact
that there is another SCCR meeting scheduled from May 25<sup>th</sup>-29<sup>th</sup>,
where this issue is to be taken up, we are resubmitting our endorsement and urgent
plea to the Government to actively support this treaty, since it will be
extremely beneficial to all blind, visually
challenged and print disabled persons in India. The list of endorsers
has expanded to include about 50 more
organizations. There are many more who have verbally expressed support. We look
forward to an active response from the Government on this. Thanking you,</p>
<p>Yours Faithfully,</p>
<p>Nirmita Narasimhan<br />Programme Manager<br />(Centre for Internet and Society)</p>
<p> </p>
<p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" align="left">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Sr. No</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Name of
Organization</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Contact
Person</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Akhil
Bharatiya Drishtiheen Kalyan
Sangh,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Ajay M. Joshi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Amulya
Sahara</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Ashok Kumar Goyal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Andhjan
Kalyan Trust,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Praful N. Vyas</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Arushi</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Anil Mudgal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Astha</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms Radhika M. Alkazi,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Atmajyoti
Vikas Samitee</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Priti Yadav</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blind
People's Association (Ahmedabad)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. R.P. Soni</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blind
Person's Association (Kolkata)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Amiyo Biswas</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blind
Welfare Council</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Yusuf Kapadiya</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Centre
For Internet And Society</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sunil Abraham,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Devnar
Foundation for the Blind</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. A. Saibaba Goud</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Discipleship
Centre</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. John A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Farook
College</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Prof. K. Kuttialikutty</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Prabha Puran Sharma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Human
Development Institute</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. R.C. Meena</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Indian
Association for the Blind</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. S.M.A. Jinnah,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Indira Mahila
Mandal Hudco New Nandeds</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Nagnath Ramji Kadam</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jamia
Millia Islamia</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Prof. Zubair Meenal,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Janta
Adarsh Andh Vidyalaya</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Kalpana Sharma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jawahar
Navodaya Vidyalaya</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Rajesh Gupta</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jyoti Sroat School</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bertha G. Dkhar</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>L.V.
Prasad Eye Institute</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr./Ms. Beula Christy</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Lakshmi
Bai College</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Nalini Govind</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Maulana</p>
<p>AzadLibrary(AligarhMuslim
<br />
Universit)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mitra
Jyothi</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Madhu Singhal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Montfort
Centre For Education</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Michael Mathew</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind, Delhi</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>28</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>NAB-Phiroze</p>
<p>&NoshirMerwanjiRehabilitationCentre
for the Blind (Mount Abu)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Vimal Kumar Dengla</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind (Uttarakhand)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Shyam Dhanak,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind (Chandigarh)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Vinod Chadha</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National</p>
<p>Association
for the Blind (H.)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Shalini Vats Kimta</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind (India)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Suhas V. Karnik</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind(Jharkhand)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Ar. Sahay</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind(Junagad)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Rinaben V. Jasani</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind</p>
<p>(Karnataka),</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>(Mrs.) Saroja Ramachandra</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>36</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind (Kerala)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Manoj Kurian</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>37</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind (Sikkim Branch)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Rajesh Verma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>38</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind(West Bengal)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Arup Chakroborty</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>39</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Federation of the Blind (Guwahati)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mohd. Imran Ali</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>North Ex. Blind Welfare & Educational Society</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Subhash Garg</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>41</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Orissa
Association for the Blind</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Bihari Nayak</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>42</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Rajasthan
Netraheen Kalyan Sangh</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Jitendra Bhargava</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>43</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ramakrishna
Mission Blind Boys' Academy</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Sunilbaran Pattanayak</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>44</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Saksham</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Deepika Sood,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>45</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Salwan
Public School</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Vandana Puri</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>46</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Samarthanam
Trust for the Disabled</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Ganesh</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>47</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Samrita
Trust</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Seetarama Sastry Nori</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>48</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>School
for the Deaf Mutes Society</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Homiyar Mobedji</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>49</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Score
Foundation,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>George Abraham</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shikshit
Yuva Sewa Samiti Basti</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Gopal Krishna Agarwal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>51</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shree
Andhjan Vividhlaxi Talim Kendra,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Prakash Mankodi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>52</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shri
Navchetan Andhjan Mandal,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Himanshu Sampura</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>53</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shri
Venkateswara College</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ayesha Maliwal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>54</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shri Vrajlal
Durlabhji Parekh Andh Mahila Vikas Grah,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. P.J. Mankodi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>55</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shruti
Information Centre of Yashoda Charitable Trust</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Sonal Sena</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>56</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shubham</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Sangeeta Agarwal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>57</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Springdales
School</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Sonali Bose</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>St.
Mary's School</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>59</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Tagore
International School,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Aparna Sharma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>60</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The
Blind Relief Association (Delhi)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Kailash Chandra Pande</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>61</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>University
of Hyderabad</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Madhireddy Anjaneyulu</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>62</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Venu Eye
Institute & Research Centre</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Tanuja Joshi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>63</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Victoria
Memorial School for the Blind</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Radha Subrahmanian</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>64</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Welfare
Centre For Visually Handicapped,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Profulla Kumar Rout</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Welfare
Society for the Blind,</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Smt. Jharna Sur</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>66</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Xavier's
Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Sam Taraporevala</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>67</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sense
International (India)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Akhil
Paul</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>68</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>N.
Krishnaswamy Barrier Break Technologies (Mumbai)</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shilpi
Kapoor</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>69</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Association for the Blind (NAB) Bangalore</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Pruthviraj</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>70</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>National
Federation for the Blind (Delhi)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>S.K.Rungta</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>71</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mitrajyoti
(Bangalore)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
<p>Madhu
Singhal</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>72</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Accessability
(New Delhi)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Vikas
Sharma</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>73</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Alternative
Law Forum (Bangalore)</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Lawrence
Liang</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>74</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
<p>Acrodelon
Technologies Pvt Ltd(Chennai)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Rahul
Cherian</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Enable
India</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Shanthi
Raghavan</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>76</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>College
Students and Graduates Association of the Blind(Chennai)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ponmudi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>77</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Indian
Association for the Blind(Chennai)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>S.M.A.
Jinnah </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>78</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Prayatna(Chennai
& Bangalore)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Aruna
Sankaranarayanan</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>79</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Worth
Trust, Katpadi (TN)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Venki/Mike</p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/follow-up-letter-in-support-of-wipo-treaty-for-reading-disabled'>http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/follow-up-letter-in-support-of-wipo-treaty-for-reading-disabled</a>
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Accessibility
2011-08-25T08:43:42Z
Blog Entry
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Using Social Media for Mobilisation
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/using-social-media-for-mobilisation
<b>Panel discussion with Dina Mehta and Peter Griffin</b>
<div>For some time now, blogs, facebook and other forms of social
media have been used extensively for rallying people around an issue or
a cause. However, what makes some of these campaigns more successful
than others? Does the workability of social media for mobilisation
depend on the manner in which information is designed
and/or disseminated? </div>
<div> </div>
<div>This panel brings together two well-known names
from the world of social media, Dina Mehta and Peter Griffin, to
explore "meme engineering" and understand what makes some forms of use
of social media more effective than others.</div>
<div> </div>
<h3><strong>Speakers</strong></h3>
<div> </div>
<div>Dina Mehta i<span class="Apple-style-span">s
a founder and Managing Director of Mosoci India. She has spent twenty
years specializing in qualitative research and ethnography. She is at
the forefront of technology trend research in India and works with a
global portfolio of companies; including learning journeys, and
immersions for innovation teams. She brings her unique perspective to
understanding the emerging social aspects of new technology and the
impact of new media on youth and mobility. Her work has led her to
study the impact of technology in rural markets, follow trend-setting
youth in urban settings, dig deep into motivations and possible
triggers across a wide range of demographic and psychographic groups,
explore and identify underlying value propositions and key
drivers/barriers in several categories.</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div>Peter Griffin is a well-known blogger and has been
involved with a number of collaborative projects, including the
South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami blog (also known as
TsunamiHelp), MumbaiHelp, Think Bombay, and the WorldWideHelp group and
its associated projects. All of these project have been concerned with
bringing together the web and free tools on one hand, and concerned web
natives and public goodwill on the other, to assist in disaster relief.
Peter is also the co-founder, joint editor and co-moderator of the
writing community, Caferati. He is currently associated with a national business magazine in the capacity of editor, special features.<br />
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Friday, 19 June, 2009; 6.30-8.00 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
</div>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/using-social-media-for-mobilisation'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/using-social-media-for-mobilisation</a>
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Internet Governance
2011-04-05T04:33:30Z
Event
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Art and Augmented Reality
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-augmented-reality
<b>Talk by Jose David Cuartas Correa</b>
<p>
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Free Software Users' Group, Bangalore, invite you to a talk by Jose
David Cuartas Correa
on his project on Augmented Reality (with <a href="http://www.sologicolibre.org/">Sologico
Libre Foundation</a>,
with the support of Caldas University, CEMA (Center of Experimental
Media Arts) and Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology). In this presentation, Jose David will discuss the concept of Augmented Reality (fusion of
the real world with the virtual objects and data), and demonstrate how it can be used as an alternative model of manipulation, integration
and interaction for media and information. This new technology
gives us new ways to create and think; Graphical Interfaces
and options for the construction of new worlds, environments and
alternative spaces. Augmented Reality is thus a useful tool that can be used by
artists, designers and expert users.</p>
<p>
The presentation will also analyse the metaphors used in the development of previous, present and next-generation Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) and look some
examples of interaction interfaces developed by different research
groups around the world.</p>
<p>Finally, Jose David will demonstrate the <a href="http://www.sologicolibre.or/projects/atomic/en">ATOMIC
Authoring Tool</a>,
software initially developed to create Augmented Reality
applications and mind maps, created under the <strong class="western">GPL</strong>
licence.</p>
<h3>Speaker</h3>
<p align="left">Jose
David Cuartas Correa is a student
of visual design at the Caldas University in Manizales, Colombia,
South America. He is at present an exchange student in the Advanced Diploma
in Experimental Media Arts at CEMA – Srishti School of Art, Design
and Technology, Bangalore, India. He also serves as visiting
faculty at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, teaching the
course “Interaction and Interface Design in the Web” at the
foundation level. Jose David is the founder of the Junior Research
Group in Free Software for Design, Caldas University, and current
president of the <a href="http://www.sologicolibre.org/">SoLógiCo
Libre ONG</a>, which promotes the use and development of the free software, free
culture and emergent technologies for art, design and
entertainment.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Wednesday, 17 June, 2009; 6.00-7.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p align="left"><br /></p>
<h3 align="left">Augmented Reality</h3>
<p>ATOMIC
Authoring
Tool - September 2008 </p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://sologicolibre.org/projects/atomic/atomic/en">http://sologicolibre.org/projects/atomic/atomic/en</a></p>
<p>
atSourceforge</p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://atomic-project.sourceforge.net"><u>http://atomic-project.sourceforge.net</u></a></p>
<p>
March 2009</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Puzzle
in Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4g7nzl5DKI"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4g7nzl5DKI</u></a></p>
<p>
June
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Music
Player in Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIN1diZuzA"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIN1diZuzA</u></a></p>
<p>
May
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Interactive
Sound Mixer in Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLHO2c7lMQ"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLHO2c7lMQ</u></a></p>
<p>
May
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Color
theory demonstration using Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDaBHiFhRs"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDaBHiFhRs</u></a></p>
<p>
April
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-augmented-reality'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-augmented-reality</a>
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Research
2011-04-05T04:33:55Z
Event
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'Internet and Deliberative Democracy': Panel Discussion Featuring Sunil Abraham, Philippe Aigrain and Mario Losano
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/internet-and-deliberative-democracy
<b>Sunil Abraham, Director (Policy), Centre for Internet and Society, attended the first edition of the Biennale Democrazia in Turin, 22-26 April 2009. He participated in a panel discussion on the topic 'Internet and Deliberative Democracy'. This blog entry links to a video of his contribution to the discussion. </b>
<p>Sunil Abraham, director of the <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/../../" target="_blank">Centre for Internet and Society</a>
in Bangalore expresses previously unpublished views on piracy,
attribution and the IP regime in a panel discussion on Internet and
Deliberative Democracy with Philippe Aigrain (<a href="http://www.sopinspace.com/" target="_blank">Sopinspace</a>), and Prof. Mario Losano (jurist, Univ. Piemonte Orientale) moderated by J.C. De Martin of <a href="http://www.nexa.polito.it/" target="_blank">NEXA Center for Internet and Society</a> at the premier edition of the Democracy Biennial, Torino May 25 2009.</p>
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<p> </p>
<p>-----</p>
Please <a class="external-link" href="http://www.cluster.eu/v2/themes/democracy_video_2/">click here</a> to read the original post on the Cluster website.
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/internet-and-deliberative-democracy'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/internet-and-deliberative-democracy</a>
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2011-08-04T04:42:20Z
Blog Entry
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Dialogue Systems in Education and Learning
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/dialogue-systems-in-education-and-learning
<b>A talk on dialogue interfaces for intelligent tutoring systems (ITS)</b>
<p>One-to-one tutoring has been shown to increase learning gain in
students because instruction can be adapted to the student's expertise.
Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) are computer programs that
adaptively provide students with exercise problems to solve and a
detailed feedback once they resolve the problems. However the interface
between the student and the system is restricted to GUI and therefore
detailed discussion on what went wrong in problem solving cannot be
discussed. Dialogue interfaces to tutoring systems resolves this
drawback and enables the student to have a conversation on the mistakes
he/she committed. In tutorial dialogue systems, the system interacts
with the students in natural language either spoken or typed. The
system and the student engage in a conversation after the student
presents a solution to the problem. In case of an incorrect solution,
the system helps the student to solve the problem by engaging the
student in a remediation dialogue by asking simpler questions and
giving clues. Such systems have been shown to be more effective than
its GUI counterparts. Can such systems be used to improve the learning
gain amongst students in India? <br /><br /></p>
<h3>Speaker</h3>
<p><br />Srinivasan
Janarthanam is a third year Ph.D student at the University of
Edinburgh, UK. He works in Spoken Dialogue Systems with focus on making
user adaptive systems. His Ph.D is supported by UK India Education Research
Initiative. Previously, he worked as a research associate in Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetam, Coimbatore on English-Tamil Machine Translation. He
did his M.Sc in Intelligent Systems from the University of Sussex, UK
and his B.E from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. His other
interests are Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Indian languages,
application of NLP and Artificial Intelligence for education.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Friday, 12 June, 2009; 5.30-6.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/dialogue-systems-in-education-and-learning'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/dialogue-systems-in-education-and-learning</a>
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Miscellaneous
2011-04-05T04:35:46Z
Event
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National Workshop on Web Accessibility, June 2009
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/national-workshop-on-web-accessibility-june-2009
<b>A workshop on web accessibility (for web developers only) in Bangalore</b>
<p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">The
Centre for Internet and Society (<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/../">www.cis-india.org</a>)
and Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled (<a href="http://www.samarthanam.org/">www.samarthanam.org</a>)
are organizing a workshop on web accessibility for web developers from the
public and private sector from June 5 to 7, 2009. The workshop will take place at the Centre for Internet and Society office on Cunningham Road, Bangalore, between
09:30-17:30 hours each day.</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The
workshop seeks to bring together practitioners from the private and public sector from all across the country. The
primary aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance of creating
accessible web sites and to educate the developers of government and private
web sites on how to incorporate accessibility features into new as well as
existing web sites.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The
training will comprise both theory-oriented and practical sessions. The
trainers will be specialists in various aspects of web accessibility. The main
focus will be on WCAG 2.0 guidelines. The participants will be persons already
involved in developing web sites with good knowledge of HTML, XML, CSS, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In
addition to training web developers in accessibility, the workshop will also
serve as a platform for capacity building by training potential accessibility
trainers. Many of the sessions will be documented as lessons on accessibility
and put up on the CIS web site. As part
of one of the outcomes of the workshop, five inaccessible government web sites
will be identified and taken up for retrofitting with accessibility features
within the next few months.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Registration</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To register, please email Nirmita Narsimhan at nirmita@cis-india.org or call 080-4092-6283. There is no registration fee.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>National Policy on Electronic Accessibility </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One
of the primary endeavors of several disability organizations around the country
is to have a national policy which governs electronic accessibility in India. CIS has
been a forerunner in advocating for the policy and is actively working with the
government in formulating the policy. As part of its advocacy efforts, CIS is
also involved in capacity building through organizing workshops and awareness
spreading in the private and public sectors.</p>
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<p><strong>Trainers</strong></p>
<p><em>Rahul Gonsalves</em></p>
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<p align="left" style="text-align: justify;">Rahul
has been building accessible websites since 2005 (sample work at <a href="http://rahulgonsalves.com/projects/">http://rahulgonsalves.com/projects/</a>). He has been actively involved in promoting web and accessibility standards.
He spoke at the first international accessibility and technology
conference in India, Techshare 2008,
where he made a case for accessibility and conducted a workshop on
retrofitting accessibility to existing websites, a concern for most large
institutions with an existing online presence (slides available at <a href="http://www.barrierbreak.com/events-conference/techshare_presentations2008.php#track3">http://www.barrierbreak.com/events-conference/techshare_presentations2008.php#track3</a>)</p>
<p align="left" style="text-align: justify;">In September 2008, he presented a paper examining ways in which people with
various impairments - both physical and mental – engage with online content,
and demonstrated practical ways in which authors can make online content
accessible at the National Conference on ICT for Differently Abled People. He
is a supporter of the push for having a national policy for governing
electronic accessibility in India.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Dinesh Kaushal</em></p>
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<p align="left" style="text-align: justify;">Dinesh has been involved in
the area of accessibility, specifically product development throughout his
career. He started with developing SAFA (Screen Access for All), which is the
first Indian language screen reader. He worked independently on this for a
year, during which time he got a good
understanding of the complete software development life cycle. SAFA was
envisioned to facilitate reading and writing in Indian languages at
affordable cost, with a view to enabling better jobs and education for persons with blindness
and low vision. SAFA is a unique software as it has to interact with other applications
to get information and present this information to the users in the format
convenient for them. SAFA is currently being used by blind persons in their
jobs, for their studies, and even for their exams and is available in 11 iIdian
languages for which text to speech synthesizers are available. His subsequent
work involved leading a team to develop a Daisy book player. Daisy books are
xml based marked-up digital books which provide efficient access to the
information for persons with blindness. His responsibilities were team
coordination, software requirement specification, design specification, and
monitoring testing. He is presently working with Code Factory as Lead Developer (Braille) for screen readers for the windows mobile platform. This software
enables persons with blindness to get access to mobile phones and PDAs, making
it possible to access information at par with their sighted colleagues. His role
is to provide this information via Braille displays. The Braille display allows
blind persons to read SMS, work with contacts and documents, navigate
with the help of GPS, etc using electronic Braille. This product is available
for more than 20 languages and is available all over the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Ajay
Kolhatkar</em></p>
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Dr. Ajay Kolhatkar co-leads the web usability and accessibility research at
the Web 2.0 Research Labs at SETLabs. Presently he manages the
evangelization of Web Accessibility Assessment and Remediation product
called Infosys iProwe developed by their lab. Ajay has a PhD in technology
marketing from IIT Bombay. His research there focused on Consumer's
Acceptance of Technology Based Services. The key research problem was
modeling the attitude-behaviour linkage for technology acceptance and the
critical role played by personality factors and situational factors. The
context for the study was Automated Teller Machines. Presently his research
interests include usability of self-service channels; technology adoption;
consumer behaviour in technology interfaces etc. An electrical engineer from
the College of Engineering, Pune and an MBA in Marketing from Symbiosis
Institute, Pune, Ajay has over 16 years of industry experience. He can be
contacted at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Ajay_Kolhatkar@infosys.com">Ajay_Kolhatkar@infosys.com</a></p>
<h3>Proposed Sessions</h3>
<p><strong> Day 1</strong></p>
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<p> 09:00-10:00: Introduction of participants, trainers and organisers<br />
10:00-11:30: Session 1</p>
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<p>Understanding disability;</p>
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Working with disabilities -- The need for an accessible web</p>
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This session will familiarise the participants with different types of disabilities and the work arounds, in terms of assistive technologies or simple modifications which will enable them to work effectively using computers.</p>
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11:30-11:45: Tea Break<br />
11:45-13:00: Session 2 - Building an Accessible Website</p>
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Laying Accessible Foundations</li><li>
Table-less layouts</li><li>
Well-structured markup</li><li>
Valid code<br /></li></ul>
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13:00-14:00: Lunch<br />
14:00-15:30: Session 3--Group exercise<br />
Participants will have to identify and use semantic markup to describe different parts of a given layout. They will then have to write basic HTML/CSS code to present the website and validate it using online/desktop tools.<br />
15:30-15:45: Tea break<br />
15:45-17:15: Session 4 - Building an Accessible Website<br />
Participants will have a chance to use a variety of assistive technologies (screen readers/braille displays) and there will be an exercise followed be a group
discussion. Sequential Access/Role play will be conducted which will help them understand some of the problems related to electronic accessibility.<br />
17:15-17:30: Summary and winding up</p>
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<strong>Day 2</strong><br />
09:15-11:00: Session 5 - Building an Accessible
Website</p>
<ul><li>
Removing Barriers</li><li>
Principle 1 - Perception</li><li>
Non-text content</li><li>
Audio/Visual content</li><li>
Adaptability</li><li>
Contrast</li></ul>
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11:00-11:15: Tea break</p>
<p>11:15-13:00: Session 6 - Principle 2 - Operable</p>
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Keyboard Access</li><li>
Enough Time</li><li>
Seizures</li><li>
Navigable</li></ul>
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13:00-14:00: Lunch</p>
<p>14:00-15:30: Group Exercise</p>
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Participants will be given online tools to evaluate colour contrast. They will have to evaluate and correct a layout for adequate contrast.</li><li>
Participants will have to prepare a transcript of a one-minute film.</li></ul>
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15:30-15:45: Tea break</p>
<p>15:45:16:15: Session 7 - Accessibility in documents<br />
16:15-17:30: Session 8 - Principle 3 - Understandable, and Principle 4 - Robust</p>
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Natural Language</li><li>
Predictable</li><li>
Input Assistance</li><li>
Compatible</li></ul>
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Winding up, feedback and clarification</p>
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<p><strong>Day 3</strong></p>
<p>09:15 -9:45: Flash accessibility</p>
<p>9:45-11:15: Group Exercise
- Putting it all together<br />
Participants will complete building the website(s)</p>
<p>11:15-11:30: Tea Break</p>
<p>11:30-12:45: Accessibility testing</p>
<p>Group Exercise
- Testing + Validating using automated testing tools as well as manual testing</p>
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The website that has been built will be validated to HTML, CSS and WCAG standards.</li><li>
All errors identified will have to be corrected in a participatory fashion.</li></ul>
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<p>12:45-13:00: Wrapping up</p>
<p>Action points -- The road
ahead</p>
<p>13:15- 14:00: Lunch</p>
<h3>Videos</h3>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/national-workshop-on-web-accessibility-june-2009'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/national-workshop-on-web-accessibility-june-2009</a>
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International Communication Association Pre-Conference on 'India and Communication Studies'
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/ica-preconference
<b>Sunil Abraham, Director-Policy, CIS, is to take part in a panel discussion on 'Media, Technology, and Governance' at the International Communication Association Pre-Conference on 'India and Communication Studies' on 21 May 2009, 1.00-2.15 pm. </b>
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<p><strong>PRECONFERENCE #2</strong><br /><br />Sponsored
by the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for
Communication, University for Pennsylvania, and Centre for Culture,
Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi</p>
<p>Title: India and Communication Studies</p>
<p>Time: Wednesday, May 20, 13:00 – 19:00 and<br /> Thursday, May 21, 8:00 – 17:00</p>
<p>Limit: 50 persons</p>
<p>Cost: $100.00USD (Includes refreshment breaks, lunch and reception)<br /> $50.00USD Students</p>
<p><strong>Organizers:</strong></p>
<p>• Monroe Price, Director, Center for Global Communication Studies,
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania<br />• Biswajit Das, Director, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi<br />• Aswin Punathambekar, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<br />• Radhika Parameswaran, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington</p>
<p><strong>Overview:</strong></p>
<p>India plays an increasingly important role in the processes of
globalization, including the global production of culture and the
communications technology industry. At the same time, the field of
communication studies in India is expanding. Yet there is no Indian
Communications Association and little in the way of considered and
formal review of contributions to the field. </p>
<p>This pre-conference is an effort to create a new coherence and a new
salience for this subject by mapping the area of communication and
culture studies in India; to strengthen ties among leading and emerging
scholars and institutions in India and elsewhere; to develop and
cultivate a research agenda for the field; and to explore the creation
of an Indian Communication Studies Association.</p>
<p>The pre-conference will take place over 2 days. The first day will
be dedicated to paper presentations from emerging scholars on a diverse
range of issues, including media and cultural representations, gender,
minorities, issues of nationalism and culture, and structural questions
of governance. </p>
<p>The second day will be centered around three panels, which will
address the development of communication studies in India; issues of
technology, governance and development; and a discussion of scholarship
about India. The organized panels will draw from academia, business,
civil society, and government/policy-making circles.<br />Schedule for India and Communication Studies ICA Pre-Conference:</p>
<p><br /><strong>May 20 (Day One):</strong></p>
<p>13.00 – 13.15 Opening Remarks, Monroe Price and organizers<br />13.15 – 14.30 Paper presentations: Session 1<br />14.30 – 15.45 Paper presentations: Session 2<br />15.45 – 16.00 Break<br />16.00 – 17.15 Paper presentations: Session 3</p>
<p>Moderators for paper sessions: TBC</p>
<p>17.30 – 19.00 Reception for pre-conference participants and guests</p>
<p><br /><strong>May 21 (Day Two):</strong></p>
<p>8.00 – 9.00: Breakfast for pre-conference participants</p>
<p>9.00 – 10.15 Opening Keynote Discussion -- India and Cultural Pathways: Reflections on Identity, History and Scholarship:</p>
<p>The opening keynote will address the history of communications/media
studies in and about India, placing it in the broader context of global
communication studies and globalization and international relations.</p>
<p>• Biswajit Das, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University<br />• Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green University<br />• Sevanti Ninan, Honorary Secretary, The Media Foundation (TBC)<br />• Arvind Singhal, University of Texas (TBC)<br />• Daya Thussu, University of Westminster</p>
<p>Moderator: Monroe Price, Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>10.15 – 10.30 – Coffee Break</p>
<p>10.30 -- 11.45 Panel One: The Complex Challenge of Developing Communications Studies in India</p>
<p>This panel will seek to begin mapping the intellectual network of
scholars that has informed communications scholarship in and about
India. Panelists will discuss the history and development of "Indian"
communication studies, including the approaches taken towards this
subject; the competition between production and commercial goals and
theoretical study; and the institutional and other pressures and
challenges encountered by emerging programs..</p>
<p>• Biswajit Das, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University<br />• Vinod Pavarala, University of Hyderabad<br />• Anjali Monteiro, Tata Institute of Social Sciences<br />• Atul Tandon, MICA<br />• Peng Hwa Ang, MICORE</p>
<p>Moderator: Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University</p>
<p>11.45 – 13.00 –Lunch</p>
<p>13.00 – 14.15 Panel Two: "Media, Technology & Governance"</p>
<p>This panel will be approached through cases as presented by the
panelists. It seeks to (a) open the door to the growing work on the IT
industry and ICT for Development; and (b) outline a tighter set of
analytics to encourage a stronger connection between academic research
& public policy in India.</p>
<p>• David Page or William Crawley (TBC), Media South Asia Project, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, UK<br />• Victoria Farmer, Department of Political Science and International Relations SUNY-Geneseo<br />• Steve McDowell, Department of Communication, Florida State University <br />• Sunil Abraham, Director (Policy), Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore<br /> <br />Moderator:
Vibodh Parthasarathi, Associate Professor, Centre for Culture, Media
& Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University</p>
<p>14.15 – 14.30 Coffee Break</p>
<p>14.30 – 15.45 Panel Three: Nodes of Contact: How to Map Scholarship about India</p>
<p>This panel aims to map the intellectual patterns and trajectories in
media and communications scholarship on India. Panelists will address
specific areas within communications research--gender and
interdisciplinarity, new media, diaspora, television, and media
production and reception--to chart and analyze the theoretical and
empirical terrain that scholars have covered, and to suggest new and
productive directions for future research.</p>
<p>• Radha Hegde, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University<br />• Shanti Kumar, Department of Radio-Television-Film, The University of Texas at Austin<br />• William Mazzarella, University of Chicago<br />• Ananda Mitra, Department of Communication, Wake Forest University <br />• Hemant Shah, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Moderator: Radhika Parameswaran, School of Journalism, Indiana University</p>
<p>15.45 – 16.15 Concluding Remarks and Wrap-up</p>
<p>This last part of the ICA Pre-Conference Program will feature open discussion and commentary from the organizers and audience.</p>
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<p><em>For more information about this pre-conference, please contact Susan
Abbott, Associate Director, Center for Global Communication Studies: <a href="mailto:sabbott@asc.upenn.edu">sabbott@asc.upenn.edu</a></em></p>
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‘Housing the Democratic City’: Panel Discussion Featuring Bill Dunster, Cino Zucchi and Sunil Abraham
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/housing-the-democratic-city
<b>Sunil Abraham, Director (Policy), Centre for Internet and Society, attended the first edition of the Biennale Democrazia in Turin, 22-26 April 2009. He participated in a panel discussion on the topic 'Housing the Democratic City'. This blog entry links to videos of his contribution to the discussion and reproduces the promotional material on the event as a whole. </b>
<p>In these videos (Part I, Part II & Part III) Sunil Abraham replies to three questions on the role of democracy in contemporary urban form:</p>
<p><strong>In the future do you envisage a home for everyone?</strong></p>
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<p><em>Part I - Housing The Democratic City, Torino April 26, 2009</em>.</p>
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<p><strong>How can we proceed towards more sustainable – or less unsustainable – development in the future?</strong></p>
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<p><em>Part II - Housing The Democratic City, Torino April 26 2009.</em></p>
<p><strong>In your opinion what makes an urban place ‘democratic’, and
is there a relationship between architecture, urbanism and democracy?</strong></p>
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<p><em>Part III - Housing The Democratic City, Torino April 26 2009.</em></p>
<p>—</p>
<p><strong>Cluster in collaboration with the Architects Association of Turin (FOAT) participates at the Democracy Biennial.</strong><br />
<img src="http://www.cluster.eu/v2/themes/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/democracy.jpg" alt="democracy" /></p>
<p>The first edition of the <a href="http://www.biennaledemocrazia.it/" target="_blank">Biennale Democrazia</a>,
will take place in Turin the 22 – 26 April 2009, it is an international
cultural event entirely dedicated to the ethical and political project
of democracy a political system which, by definition, is in constant
evolution and development, continually facing new challenges to be
overcome. The Democracy Biennial is organized by the City of Turin, the
Italia Committee and the Piedmont Regional government. It forms part of
a series of programmes and public events called <a href="http://www.italia150.it/" target="_blank">Esperienza Italia</a>
organized to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of
Italy in 1861. The Democracy Biennial takes its inspiration from the
profound studies on democracy carried out by Norberto Bobbio and it is
intended to function as a tool for spreading a culture of Democracy
that can also be put into practice in everyday life. It aims to create
a permanent, ongoing workshop, open to the public, that explores and
debates, from both a local and international point of view, the
fundamental values of democracy, the forms it has adopted and the
challenges it faces today. The event will consist of different
preparatory activities (workshops, debates, readings, international
forums, in-depth seminars and events actively involving citizens (as
well as films, theatre and music events).</p>
<p>In partnership with the Biennale Democrazia the Architects Association of Turin (<a href="http://www.to.archiworld.it/" target="_blank">FOAT</a>),
has curated a section, within the event program, entitled “Housing the
Democratic City”. The section offers a series of sessions: a workshop,
conferences and a call for paper that aim to stimulate reflections on
issues related to housing the city, for a future of urban democracy.</p>
<p>In occasion of this important event Cluster, in collaboration with
the Architects Association (FOAT), has invited a collaborator from
Bangalore, India, <a href="http://www.cluster.eu/v2/profiles/sunil-abraham/" target="_blank">Sunil Abraham</a>
to speak at the conference “Housing the Democratic City” at Teatro
Gobetti on Sunday 26th April. Other participating speakers are <a href="http://www.zedfactory.com/" target="_blank">Bill Dunster</a> (UK), <a href="http://www.zucchiarchitetti.com/" target="_blank">Cino Zucchi</a> (Italy).</p>
<p>Sunil Abraham is an industrial and production engineer from Bangalore in India. In 1998 he founded <a href="http://www.mahiti.org/" target="_blank">Mahiti</a>,
an association dedicated to reducing the cost and complexity of
information and communication technology for the voluntary sector. In
August 2008 he co-founded <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/../../" target="_blank">The Centre for Internet and Society</a>,
that brings together a team of practitioners, theoreticians,
researchers and artists to work on the emerging field of Internet and
Society to critically engage with concerns of digital pluralism, public
accountability and pedagogic practices, with particular emphasis on
South-South dialogues and exchange. Sunil contributed to the last issue
of Cluster, Transmitting Architecture in a dual interview and
discussion with John Thackara entitled “Design in Urban Democracy:a
question of survival?” <a href="http://www.cluster.eu/v2/editions/thackara/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Sunil Abraham will also be speaking in two other sections of the
Biennial on April 25 ‘Democracy and India’ with Prof. Federico
Squarcini, professor of History of Indian Religions, University of
Florence and ‘Democracy and Technology’ with the Politecnico of Turin.
More details on the programme coming soon.</p>
<p>For info. please visit: <a href="http://biennaledemocrazia.it/" target="_blank">Biennale Democrazia</a> Order of the Architects of Turin (<a href="http://www.to.archiworld.it/" target="_blank">FOAT</a>)</p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>Originally posted at <a class="external-link" href="http://www.cluster.eu/v2/themes/democracy/">http://www.cluster.eu/v2/themes/democracy/</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/housing-the-democratic-city'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/housing-the-democratic-city</a>
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The Dark Fibre Files: 'Steal This Film' and the Pirate Bay Trial
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-dark-fibre-files-steal-this-film-and-the-pirate-bay-trial
<b>In this posting, the fifth blog entry on the making of the film 'Dark Fibre' by Jamie King and Peter Mann, Siddharth Chadha discusses the Swedish trial of the Pirate Bay, which brought up some of the debates on intellectual property rights and piracy that were highlighted in 'Steal This Film'. </b>
<p>In August 2006, Jamie King shot Part I of 'Steal This Film' in Sweden, combining found material, propoganda-like slogans and Vox Pops, along with accounts from members of the Pirate Bay, Piratbryan and the Pirate Party. The film critiques the alleged regulatory capture attempt performed by the Hollywood film lobby in order to leverage economic sanctions by the United States government on Sweden through the WTO. The film interviews the Pirate Bay Members Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Peter Sunde and Piratbryan members Rasmus Fleischer, Johan and Sara Anderson, who recount the search and seizure raid conducted by the Swedish police, with the purpose of disrupting the Pirate Bay's BitTorrent tracker. This raid, according to the Pirate Bay members, was against the Swedish law and conducted under pressure from the Motion Pictures Association of America. The documentary was officially released on filesharing networks on 28 December 2007 and, according to the filmmakers, downloaded 150,000 times in the first three days of distribution. The Pirate Bay encouraged the downloading of 'Steal This Film II', announcing the film's release on its blog. 'Steal This Film II' was also screened by the Pirate Cinema, Copenhagen, in January 2008.</p>
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<p>In the post-Napster era of peer to peer networks, the Pirate Bay case has been the media highlight on file sharing. After the police raided 12 different premises in May 2006, confiscating 186 servers and causing the torrent tracker to shut down for three days, the Pirate Bay re-opened to double the number of visitors, as its popularity got a shot in the arm with the extensive media coverage. While the MPAA termed the raids as extremely succesful, the Pirate Bay, which restored its servers in three days, thought otherwise. After a preliminary investigation and interrogation by the police, a four thousand page report was prepared by the prosecutor, in preperation of a trial. The Swedish prosecutors filled charges in January 2008 against four individuals they associated with The Pirate Bay for 'promoting other people's infringement of copyright laws'. <br /><br />The Swedish prosecution raised a furore in the world of Intellectual Property by suing The Pirate Bay. While the prosecutors contended that millions of people get access to copyrighted materials such as movies, songs, and software programs, which can be downloaded for free by going to The Pirate Bay site, the contentious issue lies in the fact that the Pirate Bay itself does not host any files. Just as Google is an index of links, The Pirate Bay is an index of where those files are located. The original files are located across millions of computers around the world, which may only have a small fragment of the original file, and which share these fragments using BitTorrent. According to CableLabs, an organisation of the North American cable industry, BitTorrent represents 18% of all Broadband traffic. Apart from suing The Pirate Bay, the major Hollywood studios have also tried pressure tactics to contain copyright infringement. HBO in 2005, for example, poisoned torrents of its 'Rome' TV show by providing bad chunks of data to clients. It also sent cease and desist letters to the Internet Service Providers of BitTorrent users. The increased pressure from the Hollywood lobby and persistent lawsuits have resulted in the shutdown of various BitTorrent indexing sites, such as the Supernova.org, Torrentspy, LokiTorrent, Demonoid, Oink.cd and EliteTorrents.org. <br /><br />The Pirate Bay Trial started on 16th Feburary 2009, with defense lawer Per E. Samuelson, arguing that it is legal to offer a service that can be used both legally and illegally, under the Swedish Law. He compared the Pirate Bay services to making cars that can be driven faster than the speed limit. On the second day of the trial, the prosecution dropped half of the charges against the Pirate Bay, due to shortcomings in evidence. Prosecutor Hakan Roswall dropped all charges related to 'assisting copyright infringement', leaving 'assisting making available' as the remaining charge. The next day of the trial saw an argument by the defense attorney Per Samuelson, which was latter dubbed as the King Kong defense, popularised by the blogs, file sharing news feeds and the media. The defense stated:<br /><br /><em>EU directive 2000/31/EC says that he who provides an information service is not responsible for the information that is being transferred. In order to be responsible, the service provider must initiate the transfer. But the admins of the Pirate Bay don’t initiate transfers. It’s the users that do and they are physically identifiable people. They call themselves names like King Kong... According to legal procedure, the accusations must be against an individual and there must be a close tie between the perpetrators of a crime and those who are assisting. This tie has not been shown. The prosecutor must show that Carl Lundström personally has interacted with the user King Kong, who may very well be found in the jungles of Cambodia...</em><br /><br />The remaining six days of the trial saw questioning of the accused, witness depositions by plaintiffs and conflicting academic research by experts, as the prosecution tried to show that the Pirate Bay was an immensely profitable business that made money by helping others infringe copyright laws. The four operators of the site, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom, were convicted by Stockholm district court on 17 April 2009 and sentenced to one year in jail each and a total of 30 million SEK (approximately 3.5 million USD, 2.7 million EUR) in fines and damages. In its verdict the court stated that 'responsibility for assistance can strike someone who has only insignificantly assisted in the principal crime'. <br /><br />Even while filming of 'Dark Fibre' was on here in Bangalore, Jamie and his crew were filming outside the courtroom in Stockholm, as the the subjects of 'Steal This Film' went on trial and were convicted. The convicted are now preparing to appeal against the sentence and the fine in the higher Swedish court. </p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-dark-fibre-files-steal-this-film-and-the-pirate-bay-trial'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/the-dark-fibre-files-steal-this-film-and-the-pirate-bay-trial</a>
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2011-08-04T04:41:57Z
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Letter to Education Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Advocating Adoption of FOSS in State IT Academies
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/letter-to-education-secretary-may-2009
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society is a signatory to a letter being sent to the Education Secretary, Government of Karnataka, advocating the adoption of FOSS at state IT academies. </b>
<p>
The state of Karnataka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Microsoft under which three IT academies have been established in
the state, in Bangalore, Dharwad and Gulbarga, in 2004-05. Government school teachers are being trained at these academies. As
per the MOU, only Microsoft decides the curriculum at these
academies, and only Microsoft software applications are being taught
to the teachers. This MOU will expire in the coming academic year. Therefore, Gurumurthy Kasinathan and members of the FOSS community in India are sending a letter to the Education Secretary for the state of Karnataka, advocating the adoption of a FOSS-based curriculum in these IT academies, and explaining why this would be a useful move.</p>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society is one of the signatories to this letter, which is reproduced below.</p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>To</p>
<p>The
Education Secretary</p>
<p>Government
of Karnataka</p>
<p>MS
Building</p>
<p>Bangalore,
Karnataka.</p>
<p><u><strong>Sub
– Microsoft IT Academies in Karnataka</strong></u></p>
<p>
Dear Sri Nadadur,</p>
<p>
Karnataka has a MOU with
Microsoft under which three 'IT Academies' have been established in
the State, in Bangalore, Dharwad and Gulbarga during 2004-05.
Government school teachers are being trained in these academies. As
per the MOU, only Microsoft decides the curriculum in these
academies, and only Microsoft software applications are being taught
to the teachers.</p>
<p>
There are a couple of issues
with this program.</p>
<p>
Firstly Microsoft does not allow
the teaching of software other than their own proprietary products.
This deprives the teachers from learning alternative Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) platforms. There are compelling pedagogical,
economic, social and political reasons why the education system
needs to adopt and promote FOSS. Free software is software which
gives the users the <strong>freedom </strong>to <strong>use, study, modify and
share, </strong>while in the case of proprietary software, the vendor
prevents the study, modification and distribution of the software.
The freedoms of FOSS provide users and the rest of society with
several important advantages, which are briefly listed below:</p>
<p>
a. With proprietary software,
the teachers only learn be superficial 'users'. This is because,
proprietary software companies prevent access to the “source
code” that goes into the creation of software. With FOSS, students
can learn not only how to use software, but also how create and
modify the software applications. Hence with FOSS, students will not
just be passive users but will actually construct knowledge. As we
know, 'Constructivism' is a key feature of the National Curriculum
Framework 2005.</p>
<p>
b. FOSS supports the creation of
local language versions of the software. For example, Kerala has
locally created software in Malayalam for its IT@School program.
Similarly the Kannada community <em>Sampada
</em>has created a
complete Kannada distribution by customising existing FOSS software.</p>
<p>
Though Microsoft has provided
Windows and Microsoft Office gratis at these academies, it does not
provide the same software to the teachers who are trained at the
centre. Hence the teachers who intend to purchase computers would
need to shell out considerable amounts for the software which they
have become used to in the schools. However, if the teachers are
trained on FOSS alternatives to Windows and Office, at at negligible
price (the cost of a CD which is around Rupees ten), each teacher can
be a given a copy of the software. The training can also cover the
installation of the software, if required. In this way, the teacher
training can lead to the actual use of computers in the schools and
teachers homes and make the training meaningful and lead to the
greater dispersion of ICTs. Currently, most teachers learn to use
these products but have no continuity of learning which makes the
training futile.</p>
<p>Of course, the issue of FOSS is
not only one of cost. Even if proprietary software were offered free
of cost, our nation will eventually have economic losses, due to
permanent dependency on software monopoly.</p>
<p>
These are some of the reasons
why <strong>Karnataka has chosen FOSS in its own ICT@Schools program. The
computers in Karnataka schools run on GNU/Linux platform under this
program. We would like to submit that the teacher training in the IT
Academies at Bangalore, Dharwad and Gulbarga also need to be aligned
to the IT@School program, and hence teachers should be taught on the
same FOSS software platforms as well.</strong></p>
<p>
We had a meeting with Ms Vandita
Sharma last November, along with Dr Richard Stallman, the founder of
the global Free Software movement, and explained these issues. She
was sympathetic to these arguments on the public benefits from FOSS
and mentioned that the department would take appropriate action in
this regard as is consistent with the public interest and those of
the teachers and children in our government schools. She mentioned
that the MOU with Microsoft is expiring in the coming academic year
and and requested us to formally write to her in this regard, hence
this letter.</p>
<p>
We request that the Government
take a firm stance in favor of adopting and promoting FOSS and chose
FOSS in its software procurement to align the department to the
government schools.</p>
<p>A few months back, organisations that
are working to promote FOSS came together to establish a <strong>'Coalition
of the FOSS Community in India</strong>' whose goal is to collaborate with
governments and other organisations to promote the adoption of FOSS,
specially in the public sector. Several of the member of this
coalition are based in Bangalore, including the Centre for Internet
and Society, Sampada, Swatantra Malayalam Computing, Deeproot Linux,
IT for Change etc. Faculty from IIM-B, Bangalore University as well
as other academic institutions are also members of this coalition.
<strong>Members of this coalition are willing to provide any technical
support or guidance that the government may require in this regard</strong>.
For eg, FOSS curriculum for both schools and for teacher training is
available in Kerala and can be adapted to Karnataka schools. It
should be noted that FOSS is already being used in many institutions
in Karnataka, including IISC, IIIT-B, IIIT-H, IITK and many
engineering colleges.</p>
<p>We hope our submission will be
considered by the education department as well as by the government
and we look forward to working with you to help bring these ideals
into reality. If you think it would be useful, we could plan a small
workshop / interaction, or even a series of workshops for different
stakeholders, to discuss the issue in more detail and look at the
implications of the choice of the software platforms for the ICT
programs in the department.</p>
<p>We look forward to your response.</p>
<p>
Yours truly</p>
<p>
Gurumurthy Kasinathan and
members of the FOSS community in India (list of signatories is
provided overleaf)</p>
<p>
May 9<sup>th</sup> 2009.</p>
<p>
Copy - Commissioner for Public
Instruction, Sri Kumar Naik</p>
<p>Copy - State
Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Sri Selva Kumar</p>
<p>
Copy - Principal Secretary,
DPAR (Dept of Personnel and Administrative Reforms) e-Governance</p>
<p>
Copy - Principal Secretary,
Department of IT</p>
<p>
enclosed:</p>
<p>
Why Government of Karnataka
should adopt and promote FOSS</p>
<p>
Kerala IT@Schools project</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/letter-to-education-secretary-may-2009'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/letter-to-education-secretary-may-2009</a>
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2011-08-23T02:55:16Z
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Seminar on Exceptions and Limitations in Copyright
http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/seminar-on-exceptions-and-limitations-in-copyright
<b>This is a report on a seminar organised by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, and Government of India on 14 and 15 May 2009, in Kochi, Kerala, to look at exceptions and limitations in copyright. Programme Manager Nirmita Narsimhan, of the Centre for Internet and Society, attended the seminar. </b>
<p></p>
<p>CIS Programme Manager Nirmita Narsimhan attended a seminar on exceptions and limitations in copyright, organised by the
Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, and
Government of India on 14 and 15 May 2009, in Kochi, Kerala. The seminar was intended to bring up key issues affecting access to knowledge, which are to be taken up by the
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) later this
month. Resource persons identified for different topics were eminent
scholars, academicians and practitioners across India. The seminar covered eight
topics. On each topic, a paper was presented by a resource person with commentary by
an expert in the field, after which there was an open discussion.</p>
<p>The first day
featured, amongst others, a paper presented by Lawrence Liang, Distinguished Fellow,
CIS. He spoke at length on the exceptions and limitations for education.</p>
<p>The
second day featured a paper by Mr. Madhukar Sinha, former Registrar of Copyright.
Mr. Sinha presented on the topic<a name="OLE_LINK7"></a> 'Use of works by visually impaired and other
miscellaneous exceptions of use of works under Indian Copyright
Act: Section 52(1) (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v), and (x), (y), (z)'. His paper went into great length on
definitions of visual disability and tried to evolve an economic model to
support conversion of books into accessible formats for the visually
challenged. The paper drew parallels with existing laws and best practices in
different countries, made a detailed analysis of exceptions for the blind in
the light of the Berne three-step test and the TRIPS agreement, and concluded by
recommending that the Copyright Act should be amended to include exceptions and
limitations which would permit conversion of books into formats in certain
special cases. Mr. Sinha also recommended that India should look at solutions
which go beyond the limits of the Copyright Act to solve such problems.</p>
<p>The
response to this was prepared by Mr. Rahul Cherian of Indo Juris Law offices.
The response paper drew
attention to the fact that half of the total blind population of the world is
in India
and that amounts to a population of more than a crore. In the light of the economic and
logistic considerations of our country, the Copyright Act should</p>
<ol type="1" start="1"><li>Expressly
include a limitation to permit conversion of books into accessible formats
for visually challenged persons;</li><li>Permit
conversion by stakeholder organizations as well as interested family
members and friends of beneficiaries;</li><li>Adopt a
functional definition of disability and not a medical one as is currently
the case in the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, and extend the benefit
of the exception to all persons, who by reason of any disability are
unable to access the work in its original format;and</li><li>Not restrict
conversion only to those formats which are exclusively for the use of
blind persons. Visually challenged persons should be able to make use of
available mainstream formats like PDFs or Word as well.</li></ol>
<p>The paper also dealt extensively with the
Treaty for Improved access for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Other Reading Disabled, which was proposed by the World Blind Union in WIPO last year and is
coming up again for discussion later this month.</p>
<p>Please <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/uploads/Draft%20Comments.doc/at_download/file" class="external-link">click here</a> to see the complete
text of the paper.</p>
<p>The seminar was extremely productive because there was a strong recommendation and support for the inclusion
of a limitation for conversion into accessible formats for persons with
disabilities in the Indian Copyright Act. All the members present came to a
consensus that the Indian Government should take a supportive stand towards the
Treaty for the Blind proposed by the WBU at the SCCR this month. A
representative of a leading publishing house committed himself to working
towards providing books to certain organizations for the blind, if they could
assure him that those books would be circulated only to blind persons and not
to others.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/seminar-on-exceptions-and-limitations-in-copyright'>http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/seminar-on-exceptions-and-limitations-in-copyright</a>
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2011-08-17T08:50:52Z
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Access India Meet-Up, 16 May 2009
http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/access-india-meet-up-16-may-2009
<b>We reproduce a brief report on the meeting of the Access India mailing list hosted at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society on 16 May 2009, between 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm.</b>
<p>The second annual meeting of the members of the Access India mailing list
(Bangalore chapter) was held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society office on 16 May 2009. The meeting was attended by 28 participants.</p>
<p>The agenda included a presentation by representatives from AreaPal, a
Bangalore-based social networking group founded by students. AreaPal
allows users to locate and connect with people on the basis of their
area and neighborhood. It is a genuine neighbourhood networking
service. Apart from that, they also provide user-generated news, events
and marketplace based information about a user’s area. For further
information, please visit www.areapal.com.</p>
<p>This was followed by a presentation by
representatives from 3I Infotech, a company which recently launched
e-Mudhra, an initiative to roll out digital signatures. The main focus
of the discussion was the accessibility of their product. For
additional information, please visit http://www.e-mudhra.com/</p>
<p> The next presentation scheduled was by
representatives from iVolunteer, an organization that matches
volunteers seeking volunteering opportunities with organizations and
individuals looking for volunteers in Bangalore. To learn more about
the organization, please visit www.ivolunteer.in</p>
<p> The final presentation was an introduction to
Inclusive Planet. Inclusive Planet is in the process of building the
largest online portal for disabled persons in India. It is intended to
be a comprehensive portal containing various resources including
employment resources, educational resources, a match-making channel,
accessible books section, discussion boards, resources for medical
facilities, sports and entertainment center, etc. Please visit
http://www.inclusiveplanet.org/</p>
<p>One of the participants wrote a report on the meeting for the mailing list, and we reproduce this below:</p>
<p>The Bangalore offline Access India meeting, which took place today at the CIS
(Centre for Internet and Society) campus, was a resounding success. About 30
AI members from different parts of the country were present to
listen to four presentations made by IVolunteer, 3i Infotec, Area Pal
and Inclusive Planet. All the presenters spoke about their
services/products/organisations, and this proved to be useful for those
present. For instance, the IVolunteer presentation opened the way for many
to request volunteer help (as disability services is one
of 12 areas for which the organisation helped with volunteers). Obviously,
those present were interested in volunteers willing to read/scan books for them and other similar services.</p>
<p>Interestingly, the idea of digital signatures, which the 3i Infotec
representative dealt with, prompted discussion on using digital signatures
as a means of certifying disabled persons who wanted to buy railway tickets
online. Sanjeev, the representative, was positive that this can
be done.</p>
<p>Kavi Raj, who is from Area Pal, explained how their online platform linked
people in the same neighbourhood/campus helped them exchange
news and information relevant to them. Rounding up the interesting
evening was Sachin from Inclusive Planet, who spoke about readable.in, an
accessible online space where (visually impaired) people can upload/download books and
share the books they have. He said the site already contains about 15,000
ebooks and asked for contributions. Inclusive Planet, which looks at
services from the disability perspective, is poised to introduce spaces
for restaurant/public place ratings (on the basis of their
accessibility) and matrimonial services for the disabled where the
emphasis will be on their abilities. </p>
<p>The evening was made more fun and interesting by our hostess
Nirmita Narasimhan (attending on behalf of CIS), who introduced her organisation
to the audience and gave us a chance to hear each other's voices
for the first time (by letting us introduce ourselves). Thanks to
Nirmita and Geetha's efforts and hard work, the event was a success. And,
of course, we shouldn't forget the space and snacks provided by CIS and
the wonderful support their staff provided in escorting us back and forth in the office building.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/access-india-meet-up-16-may-2009'>http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/access-india-meet-up-16-may-2009</a>
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Online Interest in Advani Rises
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/online-interest-in-advani-rises
<b>Article by Sruthi Krishnan in the Hindu, 15 May 2009, quoting CIS Research Director Nishant Shah</b>
<p>Online interest in BJP leader L.K. Advani reached its highest point
in the last 12 months when a slipper was thrown at him. The data on
Google Trends, an application that shows how often a search term has
been sought for on Google over time, also shows that the interest in
Mr. Advani’s name rose steadily as the general elections approached.</p>
<p>Contrary to what many consider as just another activity on the
Internet, searching is the “backbone of cyberspace,” says Nishant Shah,
Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. .</p>
<p>The search for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shows a peak in July
2008 in the last 12 months, corresponding to the UPA Government winning
the trust vote. That the interest in searching for public personalities
closely mirrors news interest in the outside world is undeniable, says
Mr. Shah. “The Internet is not as much a broadcast media as a
search-and-find media.” Hence, in this context, the Internet acts as a
“reference book” rather than a “best seller,” he says.</p>
<p>In the last 12 months, the political event that fired up Google in
India was the launch of Praja Rajyam, coinciding with a spike in the
search for actor Chiranjeevi’s name. This was the highest among the
search history in the last 12 months of the ten most searched
politicians in India on Google – a list released by Google recently.</p>
<p>The list includes Mr. Advani, Mr. Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress
general secretary Rahul Gandhi.</p>
<p>However, Mr. Shah cautions that in an emerging information society
like India, an increase in online search for a particular name or event
may not imply that it is popular across the country. “Given the limited
amount of internet access and the almost homogeneous user group that
has interactive access to being online, it means that within that
particular class-language group, a certain event or person is gaining
popularity.”</p>
<p>The analysis by Google Trends also shows that most of the searches
for Mr. Chiranjeevi were made in Telugu, compared to English.</p>
<p>While Hyderabad is where the actor’s name was searched the most
number of times, the top 10 cities includes San Jose and Houston in the
United States.</p>
<p>Interestingly, Sanjay Dutt, the other actor in the list, generated the highest volume of searches in Pakistan.</p>
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<p>Read the article at the Hindu website <a class="external-link" href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/15/stories/2009051559330400.htm">here</a>.</p>
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