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Information Design - Visualizing Action (TTC)
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:34 AMThis is the second part of the Making Change analysis on information activism. It explores the role of the presentation and design of information to translate information into action.
Information Activism - Tactics for Empowerment (TTC)
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:36 AMThis is the first of a two-part analysis of information activism for the Making Change project. This post looks at the benefits and limitations of increasing access to information to enable citizenship and political participation.
Digital Native
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:40 AMThe end of the year is supposed to be a happy, feel-good space for families, friends, societies and communities to come together and count our blessings. It is the time to look at things that have gone by and look forward to what the New Year will bring.
Methods for Social Change
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:42 AMOn this brief introduction, I outline the main targets of my research project for CIS and the HIVOS Knowledge Program. As a response to the thought piece ‘Whose Change is it Anyway’ I will explore civic engagement among middle class youth over the course of the next 9 months by interviewing change makers and collectives that are part of multi-stakeholder projects in Bangalore.
Public Art, Technology and Citizenship - Blank Noise Project
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:43 AMJasmeen Patheja speaks about the active citizen in the digital age, its challenges in the public and private spheres and interdisciplinary methods to overcome them.
Digitally Enhanced Civil Resistance
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:46 AMThis reflection looks at how civil disobedience unfolds in network societies. It explores the origins of nonviolence, describes digital and non-digital tactics of non-violent protest and participation and finally comments on the possibilities of this form of civil resistance to foster individual and collective civic engagement.
Bangalore + Sustainability Summit
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:48 AMThe power of technology to create youth engagement and positive social change were discussed at the Bangalore + Sustainability Summit on September 21, 2013 at the Centre for Internet and Society(CIS) , Bangalore. The event, in conjunction with the Social Good Summit that took place in New York during the same weekend, explored creative and tech-based avenues to solve sustainability challenges and promote social good.
Revealing Protesters on the Fringe: Crucifixion Protest in Paraguay
— by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:51 AMAn analysis of the crucifix protest in Paraguay in the light of Nishant Shah’s piece: Whose Change is it Anyway? The blog post looks at the physical and symbolic spaces in which narratives of change were conceived and the extent to which information circulating within activates citizen action.
Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education
— by Sara Morais and Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:53 AMThe digital age has had a huge impact on higher education in the last decade transforming the modalities of both teaching and research. To discuss these changes and what it means for research work, a multidisciplinary consultation was held at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on July 13, 2013.
Whose Change is it Anyway?
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AMThis thought piece is an attempt to reflect critically on existing practices of “making change” and its implications for the future of citizen action in information and network societies. It observes that change is constantly and explicitly invoked at different stages in research, practice, and policy in relation to digital technologies, citizen action, and network societies.
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