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- What it means to be a child today — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:42 AM
- They move seamlessly between reality and virtual reality. The digital landscape they inhabit comprises generations — not of family — but of technology such as Web 2.0, 3G, PS4 and iPhone5. Their world has moved beyond their neighbourhood, school and childhood friends to encompass a 500-channel television universe, the global gaming village, the endless internet. These are the children born in the last decade and half — possibly the first generation that has never known a world without hi-tech.
- Privacy Concerns in Whole Body Imaging: A Few Questions — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:09 AM
- Security versus Privacy...it is a question that the world is facing today when it comes to using the Whole Body Imaging technology to screen a traveller visually in airports and other places. By giving real life examples from different parts of the world Elonnai Hickok points out that even if the Government of India eventually decides to advocate the tight security measures with some restrictions then such measures need to balanced against concerns raised for personal freedom. She further argues that privacy is not just data protection but something which must be viewed holistically and contextually when assessing new policies.
- Taking It to the Streets — by Maesy Angelina — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:33 AM
- The previous posts in the Beyond the Digital series have discussed the distinct ways in which young people today are thinking about their activism. The fourth post elaborates further on how this is translated into practice by sharing the experience of a Blank Noise street intervention: Y ARE U LOOKING AT ME?
- Ideology and ICT Policies — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified May 10, 2012 10:21 AM
- For better policies, decision-makers need to know their own and others’ biases, and consider what others are doing, writes Shyam Ponappa in an article published in the Business Standard on 4 November 2010.
- Report: Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum, 23 Oct 2010, Doha, Qatar — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:43 AM
- A summary of the event "Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum" held in Doha.
- Wi-Fi Direct promises range, bandwidth higher than Bluetooth — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:13 AM
- Sharing, printing and connecting for Wi-Fi devices is going to be more convenient than ever with soon-to-be-launched technology Wi-Fi Direct, which enables devices to connect to each other without a conventional Wi-Fi hub. This article by Ramkumar Iyer was published in the Hindu on 31 October 2010.
- DOC 2.0: A Resources Sharing Mela by NGO Documentation Centres — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:13 AM
- A Resource Sharing Mela and Meet of DCM (Document Centres Meet) at the Centre for Education & Documentation in Domlur, Bangalore.
- Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:14 AM
- Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property charts the rise of the access to knowledge movement, a movement in which Open Society Foundations have played a key role. It maps the vast terrain of legal, cultural, and technical issues that activists and thinkers aligned to the movement negotiate every day.
- We’ve All Got Some Baggage — by Lawrence Liang — last modified May 29, 2014 07:22 AM
- America’s newest trade agreement is not going to kill only iPods. The article appeared in the Tehelka Magazine Vol 7, Issue 45, Dated November 13, 2010
- Social Mashup! — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:15 AM
- Save the Date Join us to meet India’s most passionate, innovative, and curious start-up social entrepreneurs for two groundbreaking days of conversations, connections and inspiration. This event will be held on 2-3 December 2010 at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
- Talking Back without "Talking Back" — by Maesy Angelina — last modified Sep 22, 2011 11:37 AM
- The activism of digital natives is often considered different from previous generations because of the methods and tools they use. However, reflecting on my conversations with The Blank Noise Project and my experience in the ‘Digital Natives Talking Back’ workshop in Taipei, the difference goes beyond the method and can be spotted at the analytical level – how young people today are thinking about their activism.
- The 'Beyond the Digital' Directory — by Maesy Angelina — last modified May 15, 2015 11:33 AM
- For the past few months, Maesy Angelina has been sharing the insights gained from her research with Blank Noise on the activism of digital natives. The ‘Beyond the Digital’ directory offers a list of the posts on the research based on the order of its publication.
- First Thing First — by Maesy Angelina — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM
- Studies often focus on how digital natives do their activism in identifying the characteristics of youth digital activism and dedicate little attention to what the activism is about. The second blog post in the Beyond the Digital series reverses this trend and explores how the Blank Noise Project articulates the issue it addresses: street sexual harassment.
- Crisis for identity or identity crisis? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:16 AM
- The hurry with which the government is pushing its most ambitious project to assign a number (UID) to every citizen without any feasibility study or public debate has raised many questions.
- Change has come to all of us — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
- The general focus on a digital generational divide makes us believe that generations are separated by the digital axis, and that the gap is widening. There is a growing anxiety voiced by an older generation that the digital natives they encounter — in their homes, schools and universities and at workplaces — are a new breed with an entirely different set of vocabularies and lifestyles which are unintelligible and inaccessible. It is time we started pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a digital native.
- October 2010 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 07, 2012 12:02 PM
- Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
- Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:26 AM
- Promoting Openness in Today's Digital World
- A digital native coordinating digital natives — by Samuel Tettner — last modified Sep 22, 2011 11:31 AM
- It’s been about a month since I got to Bangalore, “The Garden City”, and I joined the Center for Internet and Society, with whom I had been talking since late April. At CIS, I’ve been coordinating a project called “Digital Natives with a Cause?”
- City in the Internet 1: Geography Imagined (Part 1) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
- “The estuaries that flirt with the land mass before they finally perish in the vast deep blue ocean beyond were perfect in their shape and grace. And you know what; from top it appears like a surreal landscape that is so restive and peaceful, almost heaven. The countryside is actually very beautiful”, says Pratyush Shankar in his latest blog post. A random conversation between two person discovering the joys of seeing our existence through Google Earth!
- You Are Here — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM
- Geo-tagging applications are creating new and impromptu communities of true.
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