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Researchers at Work
Interdisciplinary research on the internet and digital media. 556 items.
17 Dec 2013
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The Conflict of KonigsbergImmanuel Kant’s “Conflict of the Faculties”, written in Konigsberg was a daring publication under the censorious watch of the Prussian totalitarian state. In it, he argues for open argument and mutual respect among the state endorsed and …
30 Nov 2013
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Public Art, Technology and Citizenship - Blank Noise ProjectJasmeen Patheja speaks about the active citizen in the digital age, its challenges in the public and private spheres and interdisciplinary methods to overcome them.
30 Nov 2013
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Methods for Social ChangeOn this brief introduction, I outline the main targets of my research project for CIS and the HIVOS Knowledge Program. As a response to the thought piece ‘Whose Change is it Anyway’ I will explore civic engagement among middle class youth …
20 Nov 2013
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Digitally Enhanced Civil ResistanceThis reflection looks at how civil disobedience unfolds in network societies. It explores the origins of nonviolence, describes digital and non-digital tactics of non-violent protest and participation and finally comments on the …
4 Oct 2013
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A Hitchhikers Guide to the CyberspaceThis blog post explores what authors of various stripes have to say about the digital sphere. Directly or indirectly, it looks at the commentary that authors provide on raging debates and contentions within the Digital Humanities.
27 Sep 2013
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Bangalore + Sustainability SummitThe power of technology to create youth engagement and positive social change were discussed at the Bangalore + Sustainability Summit on September 21, 2013 at the Centre for Internet and Society(CIS) , Bangalore. The event, in conjunction …
20 Sep 2013
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Revealing Protesters on the Fringe: Crucifixion Protest in ParaguayAn analysis of the crucifix protest in Paraguay in the light of Nishant Shah’s piece: Whose Change is it Anyway? The blog post looks at the physical and symbolic spaces in which narratives of change were conceived and the extent to which …
12 Sep 2013
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Thinking Digital Beyond Tools: Interview with Dr. Nishant ShahDr. Nishant Shah is the co-founder and Research Director at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India. He is an International Tandem Partner at the Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University, Germany and a Knowledge …
2 Aug 2013
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Theorizing the Digital SubalternAs digital humanities research at CIS proceeds, a number of critical positions have arisen, making it possible to reconcile questions of humanities with the digital realm. This blog entry focusses on race as a factor of research and how it …
1 Aug 2013
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Digital Humanities Talk at CISIn an attempt to contextualize the digital humanities work within the CIS network of projects, Sara Morais held a talk on the advantages and problems in doing digital humanities work. Following is the transcript of the talk with a video of …
18 Jul 2013
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Digital Humanities for Indian Higher EducationThe digital age has had a huge impact on higher education in the last decade transforming the modalities of both teaching and research. To discuss these changes and what it means for research work, a multidisciplinary consultation was held …
12 Jul 2013
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Towards Critical Tool-buildingThe last blogpost focused on the importance of design for digital humanities research and on the concept of universal design to make research work more inclusive as well as more accessible, the visual being something that digital humanities …
2 Jul 2013
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Designing Change? Gatekeepers in Digital HumanitiesAfter defining the archive as one of the important concepts for digital humanities research, the question arose, whether or not a redefined archive still functions as a gatekeeper. This blog entry follows the question, if the digital …
24 Jun 2013
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Archive Practice and Digital HumanitiesAfter trying to define the field of digital humanities in two prior blog entries, one mapping the field, the other defining its values, the third blog entry in the digital humanities series looks at a reoccurring keyword of digital …
16 Jun 2013
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The Stranger with CandyBeware of online threats, as the distinction between friends and foes is false on the internet.
12 Jun 2013
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A suggested set of values for the digital humanitiesIn a prior blog entry the CIS has started mapping out the field of digital humanities. Subsequent to these first thoughts follows a review in several parts of an alternative publishing project edited by Matthew K. Gold of New Yorks …
11 Jun 2013
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Mapping the field of digital humanitiesThis blog is the first in a series of blog entries evolving around digital humanities. As the research proceeds, arising questions will be addressed and attempted to map out, so that we are left with an annotated bibliography of the field …
22 May 2013
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It’s Common PracticeTechnologies are no longer abstract. They're habits. What constitutes a habit? The gestures that you make as you read this, the way your eyes flick when you encounter somebody you like, the way you stroke your chin in a moment of …
20 May 2013
News
A lifetime of five years on the internetCentre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
6 May 2013
News
CIS anniversaryThe Centre for Internet and Society will celebrate five years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its works and accomplishments.
21 Mar 2013
News
Korean Trans Cine-Media in Global Contexts: Asia and the WorldThis conference to be held from March 27 to 29, 2013 is being organized by Trans - Asia Screen Culture Institute, Cinema Studies, Korean National university of Arts, Korean Film Archive and Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda …
12 Feb 2013
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Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network SocietyWe live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They …
26 Jan 2013
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Habits of Living: Networked Affects, Glocal EffectsBrown University is organizing an international conference that elucidates the networked conditions of our times, how they produce ways, conditions, and habits of life and living, how they spread local actions globally. The conference will …
8 Dec 2012
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Not Just Fancy TelevisionNishant Shah reviews Ben Hammersley's book "64 Things You Need to Know for Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear ", published by Hodder & Stoughton
18 Nov 2012
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Alt needs to ShiftPeople maybe talking more online, but they all seem to be talking about the same kind of thing.
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.
23 Oct 2012
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Who’s that Friend?If you are reading this, stand on your right foot and start hopping while waving your hands in the air and shouting, “I am crazy” at the top of your voice. If you don’t, your Facebook account will be compromised, your passwords will be …
23 Oct 2012
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Habits of Living: Being Human in a Networked SocietyRecently, in Bangalore, a cluster of academics, researchers, artists, and practitioners, were supported by Brown University, to assemble in a Thinkathon (a thinking marathon, if you will) and explore how our new habits of everyday life need …
23 Oct 2012
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Digital Habits: How and Why We Tweet, Share and LikeThere aren’t always rational explanations for the ways in which we behave on networks. While there are trend spotting sciences and pattern recognition methods which try to make sense of how and why we behave in these strange ways on …