Programme
Researchers at Work
Interdisciplinary research on the internet and digital media. 556 items.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC22 - Proposed Session - #DigitisingCrisesRemakingHomeDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022- #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC22 - Proposed Session - #CovidConfessions: An internet art projectDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC22 - Proposed Session - #“Going Home”: Constructions of a Digital-Urban Platform Interface in Delhi-NCRDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #ThisMightNotBeOnlineDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #MetaverseInquilabDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #LockdownsAndShutdownsDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #LetsMoveInDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #IdentifyingTheIdeaofLaborinTeaching – Negotiating pedagogy at home and inside classroom(s)Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #HomeBasedFlexiworkInCovid19Details of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #HomeAndTheInternetDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - # ActFromHomeDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
31 Dec 2020
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Blinkit protests: For gig workers, there is no income security – and little legal recourseAditi Surie and Ambika Tandon co-authored an opinion essay on the reasons behind a week-long strike by workers of Blinkit — a popular hyperlocal delivery platform. The protests were in response to changes in Blinkit’s policies that will …
30 Dec 2020
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Parichiti - Domestic Workers’ Access to Secure Livelihoods in West BengalThis report by Anchita Ghatak of Parichiti presents findings of a pilot study conducted by the author and colleagues to document the situation of women domestic workers (WDWs) in the lockdown and the initial stages of the lifting of …
30 Dec 2020
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Inputs to the Report on the Non-Personal Data Governance FrameworkThis submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Report on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework prepared by the Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris …
23 Dec 2020
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Gender, Health, & Surveillance in India - A Panel DiscussionWomen and LGBTHIAQ-identifying persons face intensive and varied forms of surveillance as they access reproductive health systems. Increasingly, these systems are also undergoing rapid digitisation. The panel was set-up to discuss the …
23 Dec 2020
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Data Lives of Humanities TextThe ‘computational turn’ in the humanities has brought with it several questions and challenges for traditional ways of engaging with the ‘text’ as an object of enquiry. The prevalence of data-driven scholarship in the humanities offers …
22 Dec 2020
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Inputs to the public consultation on the draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020 - Joint submission by an alliance of trade unions and civil society organisationsThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) contributed to a joint submission by IT for Change and various trade union and civil society organisations in response to the public consultation of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the …
22 Dec 2020
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Call for Papers: #CultureForAll ConferenceWe are collaborating with Sahapedia, Azim Premji University, and University of Cape Town to invite papers on cultural mapping for the #CultureForAll conference scheduled to be held in March 2021. Cultural mapping is a set of activities and …
17 Sep 2020
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IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19This report, by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, explores the responses to the outbreak of Covid-19 by digital platform based companies, trade …
1 Aug 2020
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Raina Roy and Abhiraj Bag - Kolkata’s trans community has been locked out of healthcare and livelihoodOver six months into the outbreak of Covid-19 in India, it has become clear that the pandemic does not affect everybody equally. It has amplified the sufferings of the already-marginalised trans community. Raina Roy spoke to 10 trans …
30 Jun 2020
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Brindaalakshmi.K - Gendering of Development Data in India: Beyond the BinaryThis report by Brindaalakshmi.K seeks to understand the gendering of development data in India: collection of data and issuance of government (foundational and functional) identity documents to persons identifying outside the cis/binary …
22 Jun 2020
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'I feel the pain of having nowhere to go': A Manipuri Trans Woman Recounts Her Ongoing Lockdown Ordeal"My life and work in Bengaluru came to an abrupt halt with the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown this March. We no longer had jobs and were forced to plan our departure from the city." -- As told to Santa Khurai, Manipur-based queer and Nupi …
16 Jun 2020
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DWRU, BBGS & MKU - The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Invisible Workers of the Household EconomyDomestic Workers Rights Union (DWRU), Bruhat Bangalore Gruhakarmika Sangha (BBGS), and Manegelasa Kaarmikara Union (MKU) have prepared a report on the invisibilisation of domestic workers under the Covid-19 pandemic and a set of demands …
19 May 2020
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Ethics and Human Rights Guidelines for Big Data for Development ResearchThis is a four-part review of guideline documents for ethics and human rights in big data for development research. This research was produced as part of the Big Data for Development network supported by International Development Research …
19 May 2020
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A Compilation of Research on the Gig EconomyOver the past year, researchers at CIS have been studying gig economies and gig workers in India. Their work has involved consultative discussions with domestic workers, food delivery workers, taxi drivers, trade union leaders, and …
30 Apr 2020
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From Health and Harassment to Income Security and Loans, India's Gig Workers Need SupportDeemed an 'essential service' by most state governments, and thereby exempt from temporary suspension during the COVID-19 lockdown, food, groceries and other essential commodities have continued to be delivered by e-commerce companies and …
30 Apr 2020
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COVID-19 Charter Of Recommendations on Gig WorkTandem Research and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a webinar on 9 April 2020, with unions representing gig workers and researchers studying labour rights and gig work, to uncover the experiences of gig workers during the …
14 Apr 2020
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Zothan Mawii - COVID-19 and Relief Measures for Gig Workers in IndiaCIS 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 between representatives of workers' unions, labour activists, and researchers working …
17 Feb 2020
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Platformisation of Domestic Work in India: Report from a Multistakeholder ConsultationOn November 16, 2019, The Centre for Internet and Society invited officials from the Department of Labour (Government of Karnataka), members of domestic worker unions, domestic workers, company representatives, and civil society researchers …
13 Feb 2020
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Announcing Selected Researchers: Welfare, Gender, and SurveillanceWe published a Call for Researchers on January 10, 2020, to invite applications from researchers interested in writing a narrative essay that interrogates the modes of surveillance that people of LGBTHIAQ+ and gender non-conforming …