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Updated List of Signatories for Letter Supporting WIPO Treaty for the Reading Disabled
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/signatory-list
<b>The list of signatories to a letter in support of the WIPO Treat for the Reading Disabled has been updated.</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. The letter was, at that time, endorsed by 16 organisations in the disability sector
throughout the country. The treaty is scheduled to come up again for discussion in a couple of
months. <br /></p>
<p>CIS has been carrying on its work of gathering support for the letter. The updated list of signatories is as follows.</p>
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<table>
<tbody>
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<td>
<p>Name of Organization</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Contact Person</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<p>Akhil Bharatiya Drishtiheen Kalyan Sangh</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Ajay M.
Joshi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Amulya Sahara</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Ashok Kumar
Goyal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Andhjan Kalyan Trust</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Praful N.
Vyas</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Arushi</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh.Anil Mudgal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Astha</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms Radhika M.
Alkazi,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Atmajyoti Vikas Samitee</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Priti Yadav</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Blind People's</p>
<p>Association
(Ahmedabad)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. R.P. Soni</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Blind Person's Association (Kolkata)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Amiyo Biswas</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Blind Welfare Council</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Yusuf
Kapadiya</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Centre For Internet And Society</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sunil Abraham</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Devnar Foundation for the Blind</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. A. Saibaba
Goud</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Discipleship Centre</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. John A</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Farook College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Prof. K.
Kuttialikutty</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms.
Prabha Puran Sharma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Human Development Institute</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. R.C. Meena</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Indian Association for the Blind</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. S.M.A.
Jinnah,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Indira Mahila Mandal Hudco New Nandeds</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Nagnath
Ramji Kadam</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Jamia Millia Islamia</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Prof. Zubair
Meenal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Janta Adarsh Andh Vidyalaya</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Kalpana
Sharma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Rajesh Gupta</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Jyoti Sroat School</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bertha G. Dkhar</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>L.V. Prasad Eye Institute</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Beula
Christy</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Lakshmi Bai College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Nalini
Govind</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Maulana</p>
<p>Azad Library (Aligarh Muslim <br />University)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Shakeel
Ahmad Khan <br /></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Mitra Jyothi</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Madhu
Singhal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Montfort Centre For Education</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Michael
Mathew</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind, Delhi</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>NAB-Phiroze</p>
<p>& Noshir Merwanji Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind (Mount
Abu)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Vimal Kumar
Dengla</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (Uttarakhand)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Shyam
Dhanak</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (Chandigarh)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Vinod Chadha</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National</p>
<p>Association for the Blind (H.)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Shalini Vats
Kimta</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (India)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Suhas V.
Karnik</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (Jharkhad)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Ar. Sahay</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (Junagad)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms.
Rinaben V. Jasani</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind</p>
<p>(Karnataka),</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>(Mrs.) Saroja
Ramachandra</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (Kerala)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Manoj Kurian</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind (Sikkim Branch)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Rajesh Verma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Association for the Blind(WestBengal)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Arup
Chakroborty</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>National Federation of the Blind (Guwahati)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mohd. Imran Ali</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>North Ex. Blind Welfare & Educational Society</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Subhash Garg</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Orissa Association for the Blind</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Bihari Nayak</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Jitendra
Bhargava</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys' Academy</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Sunilbaran
Pattanayak</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Saksham</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Deepika
Sood</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Salwan Public School</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Vandana
Puri</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Ganesh</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Samrita Trust</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Seetarama
Sastry Nori</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>School for the Deaf Mutes Society</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Homiyar
Mobedji</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Score Foundation,</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>George Abraham</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shikshit Yuva Sewa Samiti Basti</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Gopal
Krishna Agarwal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shree Andhjan Vividhlaxi Talim Kendra</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Prakash
Mankodi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shri Navchetan Andhjan Mandal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Himanshu
Sampura</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shri Venkateswara College</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ayesha Maliwal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shri Vrajlal Durlabhji Parekh Andh Mahila Vikas Grah</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. P.J. Mankodi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shruti Information Centre of Yashoda Charitable Trust</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Sonal Sena</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Shubham</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Sangeeta
Agarwal</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Springdales School</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Sonali Bose</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>St. Mary's School</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Tagore International School</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Aparna
Sharma</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>The Blind Relief Association (Delhi)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Sh. Kailash
Chandra Pande</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>University of Hyderabad</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Madhireddy
Anjaneyulu</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Venu Eye Institute & Research Centre</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Ms. Tanuja Joshi</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Victoria Memorial School for the Blind</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mrs. Radha
Subrahmanian</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Welfare Centre For Visually Handicapped</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Mr. Profulla
Kumar Rout</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Welfare Society for the Blind</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Smt. Jharna Sur</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr. Sam
Taraporevala</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/signatory-list'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/signatory-list</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaAccessibility2011-08-25T08:35:54ZBlog EntryTalk on 'Inheritance of Alphanumeric Characters'
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/talk-on-inheritance-of-alphanumeric-characters
<b></b>
<p>CIS and Abhishek Hazra welcome you to a talk on 'Inheritance of Alphanumeric Characters', Abhishek's recent body of work currently on display at Gallery SKE, Bangalore. These works attempt to engage with the social history of science and the way the practice of science is deeply contextualised within the larger discourse of power and knowledge systems. It is also about negotiating with the 'inheritance' of discourses like Orientalism or Stalinism and finding ways of engaging critically with that legacy.</p>
<p>At one level, the title, 'Inheritance of Alphanumeric Characters' can be parsed as an allusion to the centrality of language in this entire process. It is also a reference to the phrase 'Inheritance of Acquired Characters', a popular one-liner on Lamarkism, an influential early 19th century theory of evolution that was discredited by the Darwinian-Mendelian paradigm. Abhishek uses multiple modalities - video and spoken word performance to artist's books and large-scale digital prints – to articulate his ongoing explorations.</p>
<p>Artist Profile:</p>
<p>Abhishek Hazra is a visual artist based in Bangalore. His work explores the intersections between technology and culture through the narrative device of a 'visual fable'. He is also interested in the social history of scientific practices, and his current, ongoing project attempts to explore the history of science research in colonial India. Abhishek works with animated shorts and digital slideshows that often integrate textual fragments drawn from fictional scenarios. He is also interested in the way in which the languages of science journalism and information visualisation participate in the complex dynamics of 'knowledge dissemination' and 'translation'. Recent shows include First Left, Second Right, a 3 person show at Thomas Erben Gallery, New York with Yamini Nayar and Kiran Subbaiah; Horn Please. Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art (Curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Suman Gopinath), Kunstmuseum Bern and Ghosts in the Machine and other Fables: an exhibition of video, sound and interactive works at Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi (Curated by Pooja Sood). A brief overview of some of his works can be found here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://abhishekhazra.blogspot.com/">http://abhishekhazra.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/talk-on-inheritance-of-alphanumeric-characters'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/talk-on-inheritance-of-alphanumeric-characters</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaMiscellaneous2011-04-05T04:40:53ZEventFear and Gender in Public Space
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/fear-and-gender-in-public-space
<b>A discussion of work on the body and the city and collaborative interventions on the theme of Fear and Gender in Public Space</b>
<p>Fear and Gender in Public Space is the theme of multiple,
collaborative interventions being held during 14th to 28th January
2009 in Bangalore city. A confluence of artists, designers and
practitioners will mobilize the workshop theme across select
locations in various formats. The outcome of these interactions will
be presented to local groups at intervals during the two weeks.</p>
<p>At one of these intervals, CIS-India researchers will discuss their
works on the body and the city in conjunction with interim
discussions on the ongoing interventions being carried out in the city.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:zeenath.hasan@gmail.com">zeenath.hasan@gmail.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong></p>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society</p>
<p>
No. D2, 3rd Floor,</p>
<p>Sheriff Chambers</p>
<p>14, Cunningham Road,</p>
<p>Bangalore 560052</p>
<p><strong>Map:</strong><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"> Google Maps</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/fear-and-gender-in-public-space'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/fear-and-gender-in-public-space</a>
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No publishersachiaMiscellaneous2011-04-05T04:41:10ZEventReport on the Internet Governance Forum
http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/igf-report-1
<b>CIS attended the UN Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, December 3-7, 2008. </b>
<p>As an outcome of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which took place in Hyderabad from December 3-7, 2008,</p>
<p>(a) CIS entered into an agreement with the W3C to make translations of the WCAG 2.0 guidelines into some Indian languages; and </p>
<p>(b) CIS, the UN Solutions Exchange group and the Daisy Forum of India (DFI) decided to work together on the web accessibility issue and form a core group of organizations across the disability sector for this purpose. </p>
<p>(c) CIS joined the Dynamic Coalition for Accessibility and Disability in the IGF. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/igf-report-1'>http://editors.cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/igf-report-1</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaConferenceAccessibility2011-08-23T04:51:55ZBlog EntryDigital Empowerment Foundation--Internet Governance Forum Workshop, 5 December 2008, Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/digital-empowerment-foundation-internet-governance-forum-workshop-5-december-2008-hyderabad
<b>CIS Director (Policy) Sunil Abraham will be a panelist at a workshop on Low Cost Sustainability Access to be held at the Internet Governance Forum 2008.</b>
<p>CIS Director (Policy) Sunil Abraham will be a panelist at a workshop on Low Cost Sustainability Access to be held at the Internet Governance Forum 2008. The workshop is organised by the Digital Empowerment Foundation and the Internet and Mobile Association of India, in association with Internet Society and Intel. It will be held on December 5, 2008, from 14:30 – 16:00.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/digital-empowerment-foundation-internet-governance-forum-workshop-5-december-2008-hyderabad'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/digital-empowerment-foundation-internet-governance-forum-workshop-5-december-2008-hyderabad</a>
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No publishersachiaInternet Governance2011-04-02T16:16:28ZNews ItemAn Open Letter on Internet Governance to the UN Internet Governance Forum
http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/an-open-letter-on-internet-governance-to-the-un-internet-governance-forum
<b>This open letter brings up concerns of democratic deficit in internet governance worldwide, and is addressed to the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It is to be delivered at the IGF's 3rd Annual Meeting at Hyderabad, India, from 3rd to 6th December, 2008. The signatories are Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Delhi Science Forum, New Delhi, Free Software Foundation - India, IT for Change, Bangalore, and Knowledge Commons, New Delhi.</b>
<p><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uploads/Open%20letter%20to%20the%20Internet%20Governance%20Forum.pdf" class="internal-link" title="Open letter to UN IGF"> </a>This open letter brings up concerns of democratic deficit in internet governance worldwide, and is addressed to the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It will be delivered at the IGF's 3rd Annual Meeting at Hyderabad, India, from 3rd to 6th December, 2008.</p>
<p>The letter includes an information sheet exemplifying some of the problems of democratic deficit in internet governance.</p>
<p>The text of the letter is as follows:<br />-------------------------------------------------------------</p>
<p>The IGF must ACT NOW against the threat to the public-ness and the egalitarian nature of the Internet</p>
<p>The undersigned wish to express their deep concern that the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), created by the World Summit on the Information Society in 2005 as an Internet ‘policy dialogue’ forum, is largely failing to address key public interest and policy issues in global Internet governance – including that of democratic deficit.</p>
<p><strong>Who shapes the Internet, as the Internet shapes our new social context?</strong></p>
<p>The Internet represents the single most important technical advance of our society in a long time, so much so that it defines a new emerging social paradigm. The basic characteristics of the Internet determine the contours of the emerging social order in many important ways. The Internet was conceived as, and still largely is, an extensive communication system which is democratizing, and has little respect for established social hierarchies. Interactions and associations built over this new ‘techno-social’ system have, therefore, held the promise of a more egalitarian society.</p>
<p>The era of innocence of the Internet however appears to be fast approaching its end. Today, the Internet of the future – the very near future – is being shaped insidiously by dominant forces to further their interests. (See the fact-sheet on the following page for some illustrations of this.) Unfortunately, global policy forums have largely failed to articulate, much less act on, crucial Internet policy issues, which concern the democratic possibilities for our societies.</p>
<p>The IGF needs to act now!</p>
<p>As the Internet Governance Forum convenes for its third annual meeting, between 3rd and 6th December, 2008, in Hyderabad, India, it must take immediate steps to anchor and discuss important global public interest and policy issues involved in Internet governance. If it does not act now, it may get seen as a space that only provides an illusion of a public policy dialogue, and, consequently, as being co-opted in furthering the agenda of dominant forces that are shaping the Internet as per their narrow interests. We therefore strongly urge the IGF to directly address the following key global public interest and policy issues:</p>
<ol><li>Increasing corporatisation of the Internet</li><li>Increasing proprietisation of standards and code that go into building the Internet</li><li>Increasing points of control being embedded into the Internet in the name of security and intellectual property violations</li><li>Huge democratic deficit in global Internet governance</li></ol>
<p>We exhort the IGF to adopt clear directions for engaging with these crucial public policy issues. The IGF should come out with a clear work plan at its forthcoming meeting in Hyderabad to address the four key areas listed above.</p>
<p>The global community – comprising not only people who currently have access to the Internet, but also the un-connected billions who are being impacted by it nevertheless – will judge the meaningfulness and legitimacy of the IGF in terms of what progress it is able to make on these issues.</p>
<p><strong>Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore<br />Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore<br />Delhi Science Forum, New Delhi<br />Free Software Foundation - India<br />IT for Change, Bangalore<br />Knowledge Commons, New Delhi</strong></p>
<p><em>Information Sheet</em><br />How the Public-ness and Egalitarian Nature of the Internet is Threatened <br />– Some Examples</p>
<p><strong>Corporatisation of the Internet</strong><br />Largely unsuspected by most of its users, the Internet is rapidly changing from being a vast ‘public sphere’, with a fully public ownership and a non-proprietary nature, to a set of corporatised privately-owned networks.</p>
<p>On the one hand, telecom companies are carving out the Internet into privately-owned networks – controlling the nature of transactions over these networks. They seek to differentially charge content providers, while also building wholly private networks offering exclusive content relay services. Developments like video/TV over Internet Protocol and the provision of controlled and selective Internet services over mobiles are contributing to increasing network-operators’ control over the Internet, with a corresponding erosion of its public-ness.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the commons of the Internet is also being overwhelmed and squeezed out by a complete domination of a few privately owned mega-applications such as Google, Facebook, Youtube etc.</p>
<p><strong>Proprietarisation of standards and code that build the Internet</strong></p>
<p>One of the main ways of appropriating the commons of the Internet is through the increasing use of proprietary and closed standards and code in building the Internet system. Such appropriation allows the extortion of illegitimate rent out of the many new forms of commons-based activities that are being made possible through the Internet.</p>
<p><strong>Embedding control points in the Internet</strong></p>
<p>A growing confluence of corporatist and statist interests has led to the embedding of more and more means of control into the Internet in a manner that greatly compromises citizens’ rights and freedoms. Whether it is the pressure on Internet<br />Service Providers to examine Internet traffic for ‘intellectual property’ violations; or imposition of cultural and political controls on the Internet by states within their boundaries; or ITU’s work on IP trace-back mechanisms; or the tightening of US<br />control over the global Internet infrastructure in the name of securing the root zone file and the domain name system, these new forms of controlling the Internet are being negotiated among dominant interests away from public scrutiny and wider public interest-based engagements.</p>
<p><strong>Democratic deficit in global Internet governance</strong><br />The current global Internet governance regime – a new-age privatized governance system professing allegiance mostly to a single country, the US – has proven to be an active instrument of perpetuation of dominant commercial and geo-political interests. Lately, OECD countries have begun some work on developing public policy principles that, due to the inherently global nature of the Internet, can be expected to become globally applicable. It is quite unacceptable that OECD countries shirk from discussing the same public policy issues at global public policy forums like the IGF that they discuss among themselves at OECD meetings. Apparently, developing countries are expected to focus on finding ways to reach connectivity to their people, and not burden themselves with higher-level Internet governance issues!</p>
<p>People’s and communities’ right to self-determination and participation in governance of issues that impact their lives should underpin global Internet governance.</p>
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<p>You can download the letter <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/uploads/Open%20letter%20to%20the%20Internet%20Governance%20Forum.pdf" class="internal-link" title="Open letter to UN IGF">here</a> (.pdf format).</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/an-open-letter-on-internet-governance-to-the-un-internet-governance-forum'>http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/an-open-letter-on-internet-governance-to-the-un-internet-governance-forum</a>
</p>
No publishersachiae-governance2011-08-02T07:40:02ZBlog EntryWikipedia and Free Culture
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/wikipedia-and-free-culture
<b>Bangalore International Centre, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, hosts a discussion focusing on Wikipedia and free culture, with Jimmy Wales (Founder, Wikipedia) and Sue Gardner (Wikimedia Foundation)</b>
<p>Bangalore International Centre, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, </p>
<p>cordially invites you to an interactive discussion</p>
<p><em><strong>Wikipedia and Free Culture</strong></em></p>
<p>with</p>
<p><strong>Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales</strong></p>
<p><em>Founder, Wikipedia </em></p>
<p>and</p>
<p><strong>Sue Gardner</strong></p>
<p><em>Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, will deliver a presentation about the history, growth, and prominence of Wikipedia on the internet today. Since its inception in 2001, Wikipedia has risen quickly to become the largest information resource and free knowledge repository in history, now with over 11 million articles in over 250 unique language editions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, will speak on the origins of the Wikimedia Foundation, the San Francisco based non profit organisation that operates Wikimedia and other free knowledge projects.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lawrence Liang, member, Alternative Law Forum, and author of <em>A Guide to Open Content Licences</em>, will steer the discussions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Date and Time:</strong> Saturday, 13 December 2008, 6.00 pm-8.00 pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue: </strong></p>
<p>Bangalore International Centre Auditorium</p>
<p>TERI Complex,</p>
<p>4th Main, 2nd Cross,</p>
<p>Domlur II Stage,</p>
<p>Bangalore 560 071</p>
<p><strong>Registration: </strong></p>
<p>Please register for the event with the Bangalore International Centre (phone: +91 80 2535 9680).</p>
<h3>Videos<br /></h3>
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<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/wikipedia-and-free-culture'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/wikipedia-and-free-culture</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaOpenness2011-10-21T08:31:01ZEventBerlin 6 Open Access Conference
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/berlin-6-open-access-conference
<b>The Berlin 6 Open Access conference was attended by Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society Distinguished Fellow. </b>
<p>Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society
Distinguished Fellow, attended the Berlin 6 Open Access conference (<a href="http://www.berlin6.org/" target="_blank">www.berlin6.org</a>), held in Dusseldorf
from 11 to 13 November 2008. Berlin 6 is the fifth follow-up conference to the drafting sessions for the <a href="http://oa.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html">Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.</a></p>
<p>Subbiah Arunachalam is a member of the Programme Committee
of the Berlin series of conferences, and this year chaired the session on Open Access
for Development, which looked at the status of open access in developing countries
and the factors inhibiting progress in this area. The speakers at this session
were Dev Kumar Sahu (MedKnow, India), Eve Gray (Eve Gray & Associates/Open
Society Institute, South Africa), Solange M Santos (BIREME/PAHO/SciELO, Brazil)
and Subbiah Arunachalam himself. Their presentations are available on the
conference website (<a href="http://www.berlin6.org/?page_id=70">http://www.berlin6.org/?page_id=70</a>).</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/berlin-6-open-access-conference'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/berlin-6-open-access-conference</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaOpenness2011-04-02T16:16:16ZNews ItemTalk on Justice and Difference
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/talk-on-justice-and-difference
<b></b>
<p align="center" class="callout"><strong><em>Centre
for Internet & Society<br /></em></strong></p>
<p align="center" class="callout"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></p>
<p align="center" class="callout"><strong><em>&
monster album OF feminist stories </em></strong></p>
<p align="center">invite
you to</p>
<p align="center">a
public talk by</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Dr.
Shefali Moitra</strong></p>
<h1 align="center" class="western"><em>Justice
and Difference</em></h1>
<p align="justify"> </p>
<h3 align="center" style="text-align: justify;">Traditionally
justice and impartiality are thought to be inseparable. In a
pluralistic context there is a demand for making justice
difference-sensitive. This may appear an attempt at squaring the
circle. Many feminists think difference can be accommodated without
compromising justice. The speaker will critically examine this
thesis.</h3>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><strong>Day,
Date & Time: Friday, 14<sup>th</sup> November, 2008, 4:00
pm<br />Venue: Centre for Internet and Society <br /><br /></strong></p>
<p align="center">No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff
Chambers<br />14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, <br />Karnataka
560052,<br />Phone: (+91)-080-4092-6283<br /><br /></p>
<strong>About
the Speaker: </strong>Dr. Shefali
Moitra received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan, and joined the Department of Philosophy at Jadavpur
University in 1979. She has occupied various positions in the
university during her time there, as Director of the School of
Women's Studies, as Co-ordinator of the Centre for Psychological
Counselling and Studies in Self-Development, and as involved teacher
to many generations of students. Her research interests lie in the
areas of Feminist Philosophy, Ethics and the Philosophy of Language.
Her key publications have included <em>Feminist Thought:
Androcentrism, Communication and Objectivity </em>(2002), <em>Women,
Heritage and Violence</em>, (Ed.1996), and <em>Communication, Identity
and Self-Expression</em>, (Ed. 1984).
<p><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Map:</strong><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"> Google Maps</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/talk-on-justice-and-difference'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/talk-on-justice-and-difference</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaMiscellaneous2011-04-05T04:44:07ZEvent