Programme
Digital Natives
Young people and digital technologies. 178 items.
8 Nov 2012
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Whose Change Is It Anyway? | DML2013As a preparation for the DML conference, Nishant Shah had an interview with Howard Rheingold, a cyberculture pioneer, social media innovator, and author of "Smart Mobs. Nishant Shah is chair of 'Whose Change Is It Anyway? Futures, Youth, …
29 Oct 2012
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The Rules of EngagementWhy the have-nots of the digital world can sometimes be mistaken as trolls. I am not sure if you have noticed, but lately, the people populating our social networks have started to be more diverse than before.
28 Sep 2012
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Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 2 Live Blog: Radhika Gajjala Lectures on e-PhilanthropyThe Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and …
17 Sep 2012
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One. Zero.The digital world is the world of twos. All our complex interactions, emotional negotiations, business transactions, social communication and political subscriptions online can be reduced to a string of 1s and 0s, as machines create the …
24 Jul 2012
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Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New LiteraciesNishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.
19 Jul 2012
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Citizen Activism the Past DecadeCall for Contributions to the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause?’ newsletter, ‘Citizen Activism the Past Decade’. Deadline: August 15, 2012.
11 Jul 2012
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Revisiting Techno-euphoriaIn 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 future. The euphoria, as I had suggested, manifests itself either as a utopian view …
11 Jul 2012
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Across BordersA friend and I were at a cafe in Bangalore the other day, when an acquaintance walked in. After the initial niceties, and invitation to join us for coffee, the new person looked at us and asked a question that sounded so archaic and so …
10 Jul 2012
News
10th International ISTR ConferenceThe 10th international ISTR conference was organised by ISTR at Universita Degli Studi Di Siena in Italy from July 10 to 13, 2012. Nishant Shah gave a lecture on Beyond Normative Citizenships: Exploring the ‘New’ in Digital Activism.
20 Jun 2012
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The Bots That Got Some Votes HomeNilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
11 Jun 2012
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Hyper-connected, Hyper-lonely?The Digital Natives newsletter, part of the 'Digital Natives with a Cause?' project, invites contributions to its April-May 2012 double issue.
28 May 2012
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Digitally AnalogueWhy there is nothing strictly analogue anymore, examines Nishant Shah in this column that he wrote for the Indian Express.
24 May 2012
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We Are All CyborgsThe cyborg reminds us that who we are as human beings is very closely linked with the technologies we use.
30 Apr 2012
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Immigrants not NativesSally Wyatt reviews the four-book collective, Digital AlterNatives with a Cause? edited by Nishant Shah & Fieke Jansen.
4 Apr 2012
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Framing the Digital AlterNativesThey effect social change through social media, place their communities on the global map, and share spiritual connections with the digital world - meet the everyday digital native.
3 Apr 2012
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Digital Natives and the Myth of the Revolution: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen ActionNishant Shah made a presentation on 'Questioning the radical potential for citizen action' at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of South California on March 8, 2012.
3 Apr 2012
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5 Challenges for the Future of Learning: Digital Natives and How We Shall Teach ThemAt the Digital Media and Learning Conference on beyond education technologies, Nishant Shah gave a ignite talk on 5 Challenges for the Future of Learning: Digital Natives and How We Shall Teach Them on March 1, 2012. There was an author's …
30 Mar 2012
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D:Coding Digital NativesNishant Shah was invited for a public talk at the University of California, Los Angeles. He presented the work done on Digital Natives and spoke about questions of participation and resistance. The talk has been featured in the YouTube …
21 Mar 2012
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We Have the Answer for You. So, what's the Question?The Everyday Digital Native Video Contest invited everyone to send in videos that answered the question: who's the everyday digital native? Participants from all parts of the globe now have the answers.
20 Mar 2012
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Vote for the Everyday Digital Native Video Contest!The Centre for Internet & Society and Hivos are super excited to present the final videos in the Everyday Digital Native Video Contest. We invite readers to vote for the TOP 5 Videos. The finalists will each win EUR500! Voting closes March …
19 Mar 2012
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Pinning the BadgeIn a world of competition, badging provides a holistic way of grading and learning, where individual talents are realised and the knowledge of the group is used.
10 Mar 2012
News
Digital Natives and the Myth of the Revolution: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen ActionAt UC Santa Cruz, on Monday, March 5, 2012, Nishant Shah gave a lecture on "Digital Natives and the Myth of the Revolution: Questioning the Radical Potential of Citizen Action". The lecture focused more on the India Against Corruption …
6 Mar 2012
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An Experiment in Social Engineering: The Cultural Context of an AvatarPramod K. Nayar reviews Nilofar Shamim Ansher’s essay ‘Engineering a Cyber Twin’ (Digital Alternatives with a Cause? Book One: To Be).
21 Feb 2012
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How to Put Up a Facebook ResistanceReview of Marc Stumpel’s essay, "Mapping the Politics of Web 2.0: Facebook Resistance", in Digital Alternatives with a Cause Book 2: To Think, pp.24-31 by Oliver Leistert.
17 Feb 2012
Event
Essay Review: Digital AlterNatives with a CauseHivos and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) are pleased to announce the monthly essay review event. It starts from the midnight of February 17 and ends on the midnight of February 26. Hurry! Pick any essay from the four book …
15 Feb 2012
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Digital Natives Video ContestThe Everyday Digital Native Video Contest has its top five winners through public voting.
30 Jan 2012
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Alternative Approaches to Social ChangeReview of Maesy Angelina’s essay, "Digital Natives’ Alternative Approach to Social Change", in Digital Alternatives with a Cause Book 2: To Think, pp.64-76 by Nuraini Juliastuti.
13 Jan 2012
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Tweet a Review of Digital AlterNatives with a Cause BooksEssays from 'Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?' books are getting reviewed. We invite everyone to participate in this book review event! Deadline: January 31
23 Dec 2011
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The Digital Classroom: Social Justice and PedagogyWhat happens when we look at the classroom as a space of social justice? What are the ways in which students can be engaged in learning beyond rote memorisation? What innovative methods can be evolved to make students stakeholders in their …
19 Dec 2011
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Unpacking Digital Natives from their Shiny PackagingThe ‘Digital natives’ concept is neither necessarily nor inherently positive, as YiPing Tsou highlights in her article Digital Natives in the Name of a Cause: From "Flash Mob" to "Human Flesh Search". The essay was published in the Digital …