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It’s Common Practice
Technologies are no longer abstract. They're habits. What constitutes a habit? The gestures that you make as you read this, the way your eyes flick when you ... by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:41 AM — Filed under: , ,
Pleasure and Pornography: Pornography and the Blindfolded Gaze of the Law
In the legal discourse, pornography as a category is absent, except as an aggravated form of obscenity. Does this missing descriptive category assist in the ... by Namita A. Malhotra last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:37 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
Pleasure and Pornography: Impassioned Objects
In this post, a third in the series documenting her CIS-RAW project, Pleasure and Pornography, Namita Malhotra explores the idea of fetish as examined by Anne ... by Namita A. Malhotra last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:35 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Privacy, pornography, sexuality (a video)
The video is an attempt to use the material collected for purposes of provoking a discussion around privacy, pornography, sexuality and technology. It focuses ... by Namita A. Malhotra last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:37 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Workshop on Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights (Delhi, October 01)
CIS welcomes you to participate in the workshop we are organising on Saturday, October 01 at India Habitat Centre, Delhi, to discuss benefits, harms, and human ... by Vanya Rakesh last modified Sep 28, 2016 05:53 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
Chutnefying English - Report
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by ... by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 27, 2009 06:03 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?
Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society have consolidated their three year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth, technology and change in a four ... by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 10, 2015 09:22 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Re:wiring Bodies - Dr. Asha Achuthan
First draft of the monograph on "Rewiring Bodies" by Dr. Asha Achutan; format for Microsoft Office users by Nishant Shah last modified Sep 21, 2011 07:23 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
In Search of the Other: Decoding Digital Natives
This is the first post of a research inquiry that questions the ways in which we have understood the Youth-Technology-Change relationship in the contemporary ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 14, 2015 12:12 PM — Filed under: , ,
Revisiting Techno-euphoria
In my last post, I talked about techno-euphoria as a condition that seems to mark much of our discourse around digital technologies and the promise of the ... by Nishant Shah last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:53 AM — Filed under: , ,
IT and the cITy
Nishant Shah tells ten stories of relationship between Internet Technologies and the City, drawing from his experiences of seven months in Shanghai. In this ... by Nishant Shah last modified Sep 18, 2009 10:45 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital Natives
More often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled ... by Nishant Shah last modified Jan 22, 2010 10:54 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
The Digital Other
Based on my research on young people in the Global South, I want to explore new ways of thinking about the Digital Native. One of the binaries posited as the ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 14, 2015 12:07 PM — Filed under: , ,
A provisional definition for the Cultural Last Mile
In the first of his entries, Ashish Rajadhyaksha gives his own spin on the 'Last Mile' problem that has been at the crux of all public technologies. Shifting ... by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:57 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Collaborative Projects Programme
by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:04 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
i4D Interview: Social Networking and Internet Access
Nishant Shah, the Director for Research at CIS, was recently interviewed in i4D in a special section looking at Social Networking and Governance, as a lead up ... by Nishant Shah last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:51 PM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Digital Natives : Talking Back
One of the most significant transitions in the landscape of social and political movements, is how younger users of technology, in their interaction with new ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 15, 2015 11:50 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Political is as Political does
The Talking Back workshop has been an extraordinary experience for me. The questions that I posed for others attending the workshop have hounded me as they ... by Nishant Shah last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:30 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Change has come to all of us
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 ... by Nishant Shah last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
One for the avatar
With increasing instances of online avatars being victimised, users who are part of these identities need to be protected against vicious attacks. A ... by Prasad Krishna last modified May 14, 2015 12:19 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Digital Natives with a Cause?
Digital Natives With A Cause? - a product of the Hivos-CIS collaboration charts the scholarship and practice of youth and technology with a specific attention ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 15, 2015 11:31 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Digital Natives at Republica 2010
Nishant Shah from the Centre for Internet and Society, made a presentation at the Re:Publica 2010, in Berlin, about its collaborative project (with Hivos, ... by Nishant Shah last modified May 15, 2015 11:35 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Survey : Digital Natives with a cause?
This survey seeks to consolidate information about how young people who have grown up with networked technologies use and experience online platforms and ... by pushpa last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:35 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,