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Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ Fictive Kinship Relations in Mumbai App-based Food Delivery
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their ... by Simiran Lalvani last modified May 19, 2020 06:25 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Zothan Mawii - COVID-19 and Relief Measures for Gig Workers in India
CIS is cohosted a webinar with Tandem Research on the impact of the COVID-19 response on the gig economy on 9 April 2020. It was a closed door discussion ... by Zothan Mawii (Tandem Research) last modified May 19, 2020 05:41 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
A Compilation of Research on the Gig Economy
Over the past year, researchers at CIS have been studying gig economies and gig workers in India. Their work has involved consultative discussions with ... by Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified May 19, 2020 08:20 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Parichiti - Domestic Workers’ Access to Secure Livelihoods in West Bengal
This report by Anchita Ghatak of Parichiti presents findings of a pilot study conducted by the author and colleagues to document the situation of women ... by Anchita Ghatak last modified Dec 30, 2020 10:01 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Preliminary research result on Wikipedia gender gap in India
Since June 2016, Ting-Yi Chang from the University of Toronto has worked with the CIS-A2K team to conduct action research on the Wikipedia gender gap in India. ... by Ting-Yi Chang last modified May 23, 2017 11:09 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19
This study by Sameet Panda tries to understand the integration of data and digital systems in welfare delivery in Odisha. It brings out the impact of welfare ... by Sameet Panda last modified Feb 26, 2021 07:36 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Mapping Digital Humanities in India - Concluding Thoughts
This final blog post on the mapping exercise undertaken by CIS-RAW summarises some of the key concepts and terms that have emerged as significant in the ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:36 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
The Aakash Tablet and Technological Imaginaries of Mass Education in Contemporary India (Excerpt)
In a recently published paper, Jahnavi Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Feb 14, 2016 10:11 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Digital transitions in the newsroom: How are Indian language papers adapting differently?
In a new report published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Centre for Internet and Society, Zeenab Aneez explores how Indian newsrooms ... by Zeenab Aneez last modified Feb 03, 2017 01:50 AM — Filed under: , , ,
February 2011 Bulletin
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 30, 2012 11:16 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
January 2011 Bulletin
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 30, 2012 11:25 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
The Spaces of Digital
'The Spaces of Digital’ continues from the work done on the CIS-RAW monograph on the Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities, by Pratyush Shankar at ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:41 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Figures of Learning: The Pornographer
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a ... by Namita A. Malhotra last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:32 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Whose Open Data Community is it? - Accepted Abstract
My paper titled 'Whose Open Data Community is it? Reflections on the Open Data Ecosystem in India' has been accepted for presentation at the Open Data Research ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:41 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Figures of Learning: The Reader
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:48 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Digital Activism in Asia Reader: Announcement
The CIS-RAW programme organized an editorial workshop on March 6-7, 2015, as part of its project on a Digital Activism in Asia Reader. The project is a ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:22 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Figures of Learning: The Visual Designer
As part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:33 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Consultation on Figures of Learning in the Digital Context
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes you to a consultation on new figures of learning in the digital context at its office in Bangalore on September ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:39 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Indian Newspapers' Digital Transition
This report examines the digital transition underway at three leading newspapers in India, the Dainik Jagran in Hindi, English-language Hindustan Times, and ... by Zeenab Aneez last modified Dec 09, 2016 07:12 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Can data ever know who we really are?
This is an excerpt from an essay by Zara Rahman, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:02 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Feminist Design Practices
Aayush Rathi and Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon co-authored a research paper on 'Feminist Design Practices' which was published in a special issue of Apria, ... by Aayush Rathi, Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon last modified Apr 16, 2022 03:34 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Re:Wiring Bodies
Asha’s monograph is a historical research inquiry to understand the ways in which gendered bodies are shaped by the Internet imaginaries in contemporary India. by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 27, 2011 06:46 AM — Filed under:
Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from India
This working paper by Ritam Sengupta, Dr. Richard Heeks, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Dr. Christopher Foster draws from the field study undertaken by Ritam ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:33 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,
Financial Speculation as Urban Planning
Talk by Prof Michael Goldman by Sunil Abraham last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:36 AM — Filed under:
Reaping the Benefits of Gamification
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 ... by Dipali Sheth last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:24 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Data Lives of Humanities Text
The ‘computational turn’ in the humanities has brought with it several questions and challenges for traditional ways of engaging with the ‘text’ as an object ... by Puthiya Purayil Sneha last modified Dec 23, 2020 01:07 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Reclaiming the right to privacy: Researching the intersection of privacy and gender
It was our privilege to be supported by Privacy International, UK, during 2019-2020, to undertake a research project focusing on reproductive health and data ... by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi last modified Jan 25, 2021 10:42 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Buying into the Aakash Dream - A Tablet’s Tale of Mass Education
The low-cost Aakash tablet and its previous iterations in India have gone through several phases of technological changes and ideological experiments. Did the ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 25, 2016 08:04 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Call for Proposal: Big Data for Development – Initial Field Studies
The Centre for Internet and Society, as part of a project with the University of Manchester and University of Sheffield, is inviting calls from researchers to ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Apr 28, 2016 07:28 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
December 2011 Bulletin
Welcome to the newsletter issue of December 2011. This issue carries a special section on Freedom of Expression as there was much discussion regarding the ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jul 23, 2012 08:35 AM — Filed under: , , , , , ,