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Marathi Wikipedia Saamna

praskrishna — 2015-11-29T02:49:20Z

Marathi Wikipedia Saamna

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Marathi Wikipedia in Pune

praskrishna — 2017-03-05T01:24:39Z

Marathi Wikipedia 2017 in Pune

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Marathi Wikipedia in Pune

praskrishna — 2017-03-05T01:23:07Z

Marathi Wikipedia 2017 in Pune

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Marathi Wiki Workshop

praskrishna — 2019-03-01T00:25:09Z

Marathi Wiki Workshop

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Marathi Wiki

praskrishna — 2018-03-17T08:50:15Z

Marathi Wiki

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Marathi Editathon

praskrishna — 2016-12-16T23:32:26Z

Marathi Wiki Editathon

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Mapping Workshop

praskrishna — 2015-06-17T16:32:48Z

Mapping Workshop

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Mapping the Things that Affect Us

praskrishna — 2015-10-05T15:05:45Z

'Map for making change' is a project using geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India

As we go around living our lives, living in a city that is transforming, it is interesting to know that there are people interested in mapping the changing face of, not just the city, but the changing country.

The invite read ‘Map for making change’, elaborating that the project explored the potential of geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India. Stepping inside the CIS workspace in Domlur, the large screens and tiny laptops projected maps of India, with dots that intrigue and piqued the onlooker. Maps that reflected pavement dwellers in Mumbai and problems of their eviction and rehabilitation, of mining areas from Goa to Madhya Pradesh, to the ‘hunted’ Chattisgarh, to maps that pointed heritage sites in Cochin and Ahmedabad you could explore using the GPRS on your mobile or demolished building in Kolkatta.

The idea was mapping the changing face of the country. The 25 participants were a mix of activists, researchers, artists and techies. The brain behind the project, researcher Anja Kovacs, explains the idea behind the project: “The idea took seed two years ago in 2007, when, as a trained sociologist I realised that anthropologists around the world were studying cyber-anthropology and I didn’t even know about social media sites like Facebook or Orkut.”

Hit by an idea, she says, “I realised that as activists, we tend to make a mistake by ignoring the technological changes happening around us, since technology, no doubt is transforming our lives.” More importantly, she made a connect: “I realised that we as activists could use it to our favour.”

Her first thoughts were maps. She explains her choice: “Maps were used in colonial times and maps affect the lives of those who do not use them the most.” She pointed out how “even to this day maps are used for governance and by policy makers. In that sense they can be really important”.

The map is a powerful medium to convey information in an innocent manner, she says. “When the land in a map is hid behind dots, one knows there is a problem,” she says matter-of-factly.

Currently a fellow with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), she co-coordinated and organised the project and says the last five months the selected participants have had several workshops, one of them she mentions was of them learning the “whole mapping exercise”.

A work-in-progress is what all these projects are, and Kovacs says, after an intense five months, they are also looking at answering the “what next”, for now, however, she is happy, “to have begun tracing the transformation”.

Read the original article in DNA

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Mapping the Definition and Use of Open

praskrishna — 2013-08-07T09:40:37Z

Mapping the Definition and Use of Open

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Mapping Digital Media: Broadcasting, Journalism and Activism in India — A Public Consultation

praskrishna — 2013-10-25T10:46:24Z

Alternative Law Forum, Maraa and the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to a public consultation on Mapping Digital Media in India, on October 27, 2013 at the Bangalore International Centre from 10 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Click to download the background note, press invite and press release and the poster of the event.

Here, reputed media lawyers, researchers, journalists, activists and other media professionals will be responding to a recent report that examines the progress of digitisation in India and its impact on media freedom and citizen’s access to quality news and information—the fundamental principles underpinning the Open Society Foundations’ work on media and communications.

Recently, India decided to make digitalise distribution of television signals across India in a phased manner, further contributing to the phenomenon of global digitisation, as citizens enter the fully digital broadcast world. While there may be perceived benefits of the ‘digital switchover’ in terms of freeing up spectrum, increase in quality of signals and so on, the full impact of digitalisation on plurality, diversity, ownership of media and content is yet to be comprehended fully.

Through this public consultation, hosts, Maraa, the Alternative Law Forum (ALF) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), hope to shed light on key challenges confronting our emergent digital landscape while incorporating the input of those directly affected by this digitisation, India’s digital consumers, in a widened discussion on the matter. Speakers will directly respond to three sections of the country report – Regulation, Digital Activism and Journalism, and discussions to focus on trends in broadcasting (radio and television), cable operations and newspapers (print & online) as each of these sectors undergo digitalisation.

We would appreciate your participation at this public consultation so that we each may become better informed with regards to India’s digital media landscape and contribute to discussion as we strive to better comprehend the multifaceted picture that is emerging as this media digitisation takes place and look forward to hearing your input.

The India report is available for free download at http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/mapping-digital-media-india

Agenda

Policies, Laws and Regulators
10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.	Lawrence Liang
10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.	Mathew John
11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.	Q & A
11.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.	Tea Break

Impact of Digital Media on Activism
11.45 a.m. - 12.15 p.m.	Arjun Venkatraman
12.15 p.m. - 12.45 p.m.	Meera K
12.45 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.	Q & A
1.15 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.	Lunch Break

Impact of Digital Media on Journalism
2.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.	Geeta Seshu
2.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.	Subhash Rai
3.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.	Q & A
Closing Remarks

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Mapping Digital Media Background Note

praskrishna — 2013-10-25T09:14:24Z

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Mapping Digital Media 2

praskrishna — 2013-11-06T16:32:24Z

Mapping Digital Media 2

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Mapping Digital Media 1

praskrishna — 2013-11-06T16:19:21Z

Mapping Digital Media 1

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Mapping Controversy

praskrishna — 2013-01-04T11:14:41Z

Mapping Controversy

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Mapping & Mobility

praskrishna — 2016-08-03T15:23:51Z

Carnegie India invited Anubha Sinha for an interaction with Brian McClendon, Vice-President of Technology at Uber on June 28, 2016 at Taj Palace Hotel, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi.

Seamless mobility in today's world is critically linked to how good the map on your mobile device is. Moving around in a car is no different from navigating your journey on a map. The creator of the ground breaking Google Maps, is now planning to change the future of new mobility. Brian heads the research centre for developing new products at Uber, the global behemoth that has disrupted traditional urban mobility. Uber’s need for advanced and accurate mapping of geographies is crucial to its business and Brian's thoughts on the future of Mapping & Mobility will provide valuable insight on smart and secure mobility, which is a core part of the proposed smart cities project initiated by the Government of India.

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