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- China's Generation Y : Youth and Technology in Shanghai — by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 21, 2009 02:09 PM
- Within the context of internet technologies in China, Nishant Shah, drawing from his seven month research in Shanghai, looks at the first embodiment of these technologies in the urbanising city. In this post, he gives a brief overview of the public and academic discourse around youth-technology usage of China's Generation Y digital natives. He draws the techno-narratives of euphoria and despair to show how technology studies has reduced technology to tools and usage and hence even the proponents of internet technologies, often do a disservice to the technology itself. He poses questions about the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of technology and offers the premise upon which structures of reading resistance can be built. The post ends with a preview of the three stories that are to appear next in the series, to see how youth engagement and cultural production can be read as having the potentials for social transformation and political participation for the Digital Natives in China.
- IT and the cITy — by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 18, 2009 10:45 AM
- Nishant Shah tells ten stories of relationship between Internet Technologies and the City, drawing from his experiences of seven months in Shanghai. In this introduction to the city, he charts out first experiences of the physical spaces of Shanghai and how they reflect the IT ambitions and imaginations of the city. He takes us through the dizzying spaces of Shanghai to see how the architecture and the buildings of the city do not only house the ICT infrastructure but also embody it in their unfolding. In drawing the seductive nature of embodied technology in the physical experience of Shanghai, he also points out why certain questions about the rise of internet technologies and the reconfiguration of the Shanghai-Pudong area have never been asked. In this first post, he explains his methdologies that inform the framework which will produce the ten stories of technology and Shanghai, and how this new IT City, delivers its promise of invisibility.
- Wiki Academy — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM
- An article by Hari Prasad Nadig on Wiki Academy, a workshop based on usage of Indian languages, editing and its applications in academics of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia, was held at Eric Mathias hall in St Aloysius College in Mangalore on Saturday, August 22.
- Information and Communication Technology For Improving Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:15 AM
- ಮೈಕೇಲ್, ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ (ಮೈಕೇಲ್ ರಿಗ್ಸ್ ಭಾಷಣ) - ಚಾಮರಾಜ ಸವಡಿ
- Manglore: State-level 'Wiki Academy' Daylong Seminar at St Aloysius — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:58 PM
- Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RS/SB)
- Class attendance rises after restriction on Internet use — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:58 PM
- by Neha Bhayana, Hindustan Times (Mumbai, September 06, 2009)
- Now, online books for disabled persons — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:58 PM
- An article by L Subramani – Deccan Herald (6th Sept, 2009)
- Handy Origins of the winds of change — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:59 PM
- A seminar in Bangalore revealed how mobile technology is being harnessed across India to bring about development and social change, reports Shrabonti Bagchi - DNA (6th Sept, 2009)
- Negative of porn — by Namita A. Malhotra — last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:35 AM
- The post deals with what has been written about Savita Bhabhi in an attempt to make sense of her peccadiloes and with the seeming futility of Porn studies located in America to our different reality. I take the liberty of exploring my own experiential account of pornography since I feel that in that account (mine and others) when done seriously, certain aspects of pornography emerge that address questions that are about cinema, images, sex, philosophy and how desire works. The title is mischeviously inspired from Dr. Pek Van Andel's recent video of MRI images of people having sex.
- World IT Forum 2009 — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM
- At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, and how they have been foisted upon the developing world.
- Rethinking the last mile Problem: A cultural argument — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:54 AM
- This research project, by Ashish Rajadhyaksha from the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, is mainly a conceptual-archival investigation into India’s history for what has in recent years come to be known as the ‘last mile’ problem. The term itself comes from communication theory, with in turn an ancestry in social anthropology, and concerns itself with (1) identifying the eventual recipient/beneficiary of any communication message, (2) discovering new ways by which messages can be delivered intact, i.e. without either distortion of decay. Exploring the intersection of government policy, technology intervention and the users' expectations, with a specific focus on Internet Technologies and their space in the good governance protocols in India, the project aims at revisiting the last mile problem as one of cultural practices and political contexts in India.
- Highest wiki taker — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:04 PM
- Bangaloreans are beginning to debate if Wikipedia is a reliable source of info, reports Shweta Taneja. TimeOut Bangalore, published an article on the upcoming WikiWars event that the Centre for Internet and Society is organising in January 2010. Nishant Shah, Director Research, was interviewed for his views and ideas about the event and the rise of Wikipedia as a global knowledge production system.
- Pushing the buttons for social change — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:09 PM
- IMMENSE POTENTIAL: With its myriad applications, a mobile phone can be used as an instrument of social change. Meet on how mobile technology can be a power tool to this end - An article in The Hindu on 01st September 2009
- Deconstructing ‘Internet addiction’ — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:09 PM
- An article by Sruthi Krishnan and Shyam Ranganathan in The Hindu on August 30th,'09
- Value Added Services of Information & Communication Technology- Mobile Telephony for Farmers Benefit — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:15 AM
- Mr. G Raghunatha, State Manager, IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd., Bangalore and Secretary, Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore has written an article on how ICT - Mobile Technology can be used for the farmers' benefit.
- Change is coming, thanks to the mobile — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:09 PM
- An article by NT Balanarayan in the DNA on August 27th,'09
- The new language of Internet: A report on the Chutnefying Hinglish Conference — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:10 PM
- The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by Dr. Rita Kothari at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. A photographic report for the event is now available here.
- Chutnefying English - Report — by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 27, 2009 06:03 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, was an institutional partner to India's first Global Conference on Hinglish - Chutnefying English, organised by Dr. Rita Kothari at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. A photographic report for the event is now available here.
- Internet, first source of credible information about A(H1N1) virus — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:10 PM
- An article was publised in The Hindu, 16th August '09 on how the internet has evolved as a de facto information system around the world and in India. Nishant Shah, Director- Research, CIS, has provided inputs for the article.
- Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:43 AM
- At a recent conference on counterfeiting and piracy, industry representatives variously pushed for stiffer laws for IP violation, more stringent enforcement of existing IP laws, and championed IP as the most important thing for businesses today. This blog post tries to show how their arguments are flawed.
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