Programme
Digital Natives
Young people and digital technologies. 178 items.
23 Oct 2010
20 Oct 2010
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A digital native coordinating digital nativesIt’s been about a month since I got to Bangalore, “The Garden City”, and I joined the Center for Internet and Society, with whom I had been talking since late April. At CIS, I’ve been coordinating a project called “Digital Natives with a …
15 Oct 2010
13 Oct 2010
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નિશાંત શાહ: ડિજિટલ પેઢીનો ઉદય‘ડિજિટલ નાગરિક’ તેમને કહેવામાં આવે છે જેણે સામાન્ય જનજીવનમાં ડિજિટલ ટેક્નોલોજીના પ્રવેશ થઈ ગયા બાદ જન્મ લીધો છે. ડિજિટલ નાગરિકો દરેક જગ્યાએ છે. હવે સમય આવી ગયો છે કે આપણે એ જાણવાનો પ્રયાસ કરીએ કે આ લોકો કોણ છે, તેઓ શું કરી રહ્યા છે, તેઓ …
11 Oct 2010
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Digital Natives with a Cause?— Workshop in South Africa—FAQsThe second international Digital Natives Workshop "My Bubble, My Space, My Voice" will be held in Johannesburg from 7 to 9 November 2010. Some frequently asked questions regarding the upcoming workshop are answered in this blog entry.
6 Oct 2010
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The silent rise of the Digital NativeIn late August, this year, the world shook for many when they went online (on their computers, PDAs, iPads, laptops) and realised that the comfortable zone of talking, chatting, sharing and doing just about everything else, had suddenly, …
6 Oct 2010
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The geek shall inherit the earthDemystifying the mysterious -agents changing the world around you.
27 Sep 2010
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Digital Natives Workshop in South Africa - Call for ParticipationThe African Commons Project, Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society have joined hands for organising the second international workshop "My Bubble, My Space, My Voice" in Johannesburg from 07 to 09 November 2010. Send in your …
9 Sep 2010
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On Talking Back: A Report on the Taiwan WorkshopWhat does it mean to Talk Back? Who do we Talk Back against? Are we alone in our attempts or a part of a larger community? How do we use digital technologies to find other peers and stake-holders? What is the language and vocabulary we use …
24 Aug 2010
24 Aug 2010
20 Aug 2010
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Political is as Political doesThe Talking Back workshop has been an extraordinary experience for me. The questions that I posed for others attending the workshop have hounded me as they went through the course of discussion, analysis and dissection. Strange nuances have …
17 Aug 2010
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Digital Natives : Talking BackOne of the most significant transitions in the landscape of social and political movements, is how younger users of technology, in their interaction with new and innovative technologised platforms have taken up responsibility to respond to …
30 Jul 2010
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Beyond the Digital: Understanding Digital Natives with a CauseDigital natives with a cause: the future of activism or slacktivism? Maesy Angelina argues that the debate is premature given the obscured understanding on youth digital activism and contends that an effort to understand this from the …
15 Jul 2010
News
Digital them about yourself?If you’re on Facebook or have a blog, you could be a digital native, says Akhila Seetharaman. The article was published in TimeOut Bengaluru.
25 Jun 2010
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Digital Natives Workshop in Taipei: Only a Few Seats Left!!!The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the Frontier Foundation is holding a three day Digital Natives workshop in Taipei from 16 to 18 August, 2010. The three day workshop will serve as an ideal platform for the young …
17 Jun 2010
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The power of the next click...P2P cameras and microphones hooked up to form a network of people who don't know each other, and probably don't care; a series of people in different states of undress, peering at the each other, hands poised on the 'Next' button to search …
8 Jun 2010
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Survey : Digital Natives with a cause?This survey seeks to consolidate information about how young people who have grown up with networked technologies use and experience online platforms and tools. It is also one of the first steps we have taken to interact with Digital …
26 Apr 2010
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Digital Natives at Republica 2010Nishant Shah from the Centre for Internet and Society, made a presentation at the Re:Publica 2010, in Berlin, about its collaborative project (with Hivos, Netherlands) "Digital Natives with a Cause?" The video for the presentation, along …
9 Apr 2010
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Colour Me PoliticalWhat are the tools that Digital Natives use to mobilise groups towards a particular cause? How do they engage with crises in their immediate environments? Are they using their popular social networking sites and web 2.0 applications for …
8 Apr 2010
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Meet the Web 2.0 Suicide MachineDigital Natives live their lives differently. But sometimes, they also die their lives differently! What happens when we die online? Can the digital avatar die? What is digital life? The Web 2.0 Suicide machine that has now popularly been …
6 Apr 2010
News
Digital Natives Research Project CoordinatorThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, in collaboration with Hivos Netherlands, is looking for a Research Project Coordinator to help develop a knowledge network and coordinate international workshops for the project "Digital …
15 Jan 2010
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Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital NativesMore often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled against the Digital Natives. Educators, policy makers, scholars, and parents have …
4 Jan 2010
News
Native playsOnline activist groups are helping change perceptions about the internet generation, says Shweta Taneja, Time Out Bengaluru.
12 Nov 2009
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Digital Natives with a Cause?Digital Natives With A Cause? - a product of the Hivos-CIS collaboration charts the scholarship and practice of youth and technology with a specific attention for developing countries to create a framework that consolidates existing …
21 Sep 2009
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China's Generation Y : Youth and Technology in ShanghaiWithin 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 …
17 Sep 2009
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IT and the cITyNishant 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 …
31 Oct 2008
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i4D Interview: Social Networking and Internet AccessNishant Shah, the Director for Research at CIS, was recently interviewed in i4D in a special section looking at Social Networking and Governance, as a lead up to the Internet Governance Forum in December, in the city of Hyderabad.