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Reaping the Benefits of Gamification

Reaping the Benefits of Gamification

by Dipali Sheth — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:24 PM

As a part of the Making Change blog-post series, in this post we will identify a new technique: gamification. This technique is being used for sustainable environment conservation by modern day change-makers. We interview two out of three co-founders of Reap benefit- Kamal Raj and Gautam Prakash who believe in the adoption of more sustained environmental practices that induce social change towards conserving the environment.

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From Taboo to Beautiful - Menstrupedia

From Taboo to Beautiful - Menstrupedia

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:25 PM

On this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind Menstrupedia, an India-based social venture creating comics to shatter the myths and misunderstandings surrounding menstruation around the world.

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Multimedia Storytellers: Panel Discussion

Multimedia Storytellers: Panel Discussion

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:26 PM

This post brings three storytellers together to find points of intersection between their methods. The format will be that of a panel discussion and it features: Arjun Srivathsa from Pocket Science India, Ameen Haque from the Storywallahs, and Ajay Dasgupta from The Kahani Project. They discuss technology, interpretation and action in storytelling.

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Bridging the Information Divide - Political Quotient

Bridging the Information Divide - Political Quotient

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:28 PM

On this post, we will unpack 'information poverty'- a problem lying at the very foundation of the crises that inspired this project and a barrier impacting political action. We interview Surabhi HR, the founder director of the political consulting firm Political Quotient, an initiative that seeks to change how youth interacts with politics in India

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Information Structures for Citizen Participation - Janaagraha

Information Structures for Citizen Participation - Janaagraha

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:28 PM

In our efforts to understand how change is conceptualized in the digital era, we find a growing emphasis on the role of effective information structures to empower the citizen and the government. We interview Joylita Saldanha from Janaagraha to answer questions around information, participation and e-governance.

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Digital Design: Human Behavior vs. Technology - Vita Beans

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:29 PM

What comes first? Understanding human behavior and communication patterns to design digital technologies? Or should our technologies have the innate capacity to adapt to the profiles of all its potential users? This post will look at accessibility challenges for digital immigrants and the importance of behavioral science for the design of digital technologies. We interview Amruth Bagali Ravindranath from Vita Beans.

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Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 2

Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 2

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:30 PM

This post compares the method of storytelling with performances. To illustrate this, we explore the narratives of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian, two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. Part 2 looks at the role of actors and the stage in performances to explore the role of agency and the public space in storytelling.

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Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 1

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:31 PM

This post compares the production behind a performance with the process of storytelling. To illustrate this analogy, we explore the stories of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian- two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. This post looks at the stages of pre-production and the screenplay to explore methods and narratives in storytelling.

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10 Ways to Say Nothing New

10 Ways to Say Nothing New

by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 14, 2015 01:17 PM

The rise of the listicle, a safe, non-thinking information piece that tells us what we already know.

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Creative Activism - Voices of Young Change Makers in India (UDAAN)

by Denisse Albornoz — last modified Apr 14, 2015 01:21 PM

This post is a short account of what happened at UDAAN in December 2013 — a conference that gathered 100 youth from across the country to discuss pressing environmental issues and creative strategies to tackle them. We conducted a survey to map the perspectives of these young change-makers and get a glimpse of how India's youth is now framing and going about making 'change'

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