Programme
Researchers at Work
Interdisciplinary research on the internet and digital media. 556 items.
22 Aug 2019
News
Workshop on Archival Standards and Digitisation WorkflowP.P. Sneha attended a workshop on Archival Standards and Digitization Workflow organised by the British Library at NCBS, Bangalore, on August 19 - 20, 2019.
18 Aug 2019
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Digital Native: How free is the internet?It is contradictory and confusing as it amplifies as well as destabilises the order of things.
7 Aug 2019
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Call for Contributions and Reflections: Your experiences in Decolonizing the Internet’s Languages!Whose Knowledge?, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Centre for Internet and Society are creating a State of the Internet’s Languages report, as baseline research with both numbers and stories, to demonstrate how far we are from making …
31 Jul 2019
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Why I’m not going to tell you about the dangers of apps like FaceAppConcerns about privacy, aimed solely at users, are better directed at owners of digital infrastructure.
31 Jul 2019
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The worrying survival of moon landing conspiracy theoristsThe moon landing deniers were the original fake news propagandists. Only, they didn’t have the internet.
19 Jul 2019
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#MappingDigitalLabour - Panel discussion on platform-work in Mumbai and New DelhiWith the rise and popularity of app-based platforms such as Ola, Uber, Swiggy Zomato, and others, there are growing public conversation about regulation of such 'gig-work' platforms and the work conditions of people who work for them. The …
12 Jul 2019
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Call for Essays — #ListThe researchers@work programme at CIS invites abstracts for essays that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the ‘list’. We have selected 4 abstracts among those received before August …
11 Jul 2019
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You auto-complete me: romancing the botThis is an excerpt from an essay by Maya Indira Ganesh, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a …
30 Jun 2019
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Facebook sees its salvation with its cryptocurrency LibraFacebook’s Libra is designed to take control of our digital lives.
20 Jun 2019
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Unpacking video-based surveillance in New DelhiAayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented at an international workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South', on 14 June 2019, at the University of Manchester. The agenda for the workshop and the slides from the …
16 Jun 2019
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Staying silent about cyberbullying is no longer an optionCyberbullying is the dangerous new normal.
11 Jun 2019
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Data bleeding everywhere: a story of period trackersThis is an excerpt from an essay by Sadaf Khan, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration …
22 May 2019
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Can data ever know who we really are?This is an excerpt from an essay by Zara Rahman, written for and published as part of the Bodies of Evidence collection of Deep Dives. The Bodies of Evidence collection, edited by Bishakha Datta and Richa Kaul Padte, is a collaboration …
19 May 2019
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Digital Native: Three things we need to realise about what TikTok is doing to usFifteen seconds is all that will take for TikTok to own you.
5 May 2019
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Digital Native: Narendra Modi’s interview by Akshay Kumar is a PR masterpieceHow to spot the influencer in your politics.
28 Apr 2019
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Digital Native: Getting through an election made for the social media gazeIn the poll season, social media platforms thrive on wounded outrage disguised as politics.
4 Apr 2019
Event
Manuel Beltrán - Institute of Human Obsolescence - Cartographies of DispossessionJoin us at the Delhi office of CIS on Thursday, April 4, at 5 pm for a talk by Manuel Beltrán, founder of the Institute of Human Obsolescence (IoHO), which explores the future of labour and the changing relationship between humans and …
24 Mar 2019
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Digital Native: Lessons from Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp going downThe day when three social-media apps refused to load.
22 Mar 2019
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Presentation at Global Digital Humanities SymposiumP.P. Sneha gave a virtual presentation of her work on digital cultural archives at the Global Digital Humanities Symposium organised by Michigan State University on March 21-22, 2019.
10 Mar 2019
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Digital Native: How an information overload affects what you forwardThe information overload of social media sharing can make us act against our better judgement.
24 Feb 2019
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What I learned from going offline for 48 hoursA weekend without the internet shows just how much control we surrender to online chatter.
14 Feb 2019
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Data Infrastructures and Inequities: Why Does Reproductive Health Surveillance in India Need Our Urgent Attention?In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health monitoring in the Indian context, this article by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a “data problem.” …
4 Feb 2019
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India’s proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese lawsThe proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese restrictions. The new intermediaries liability and content monitoring act that will become a law in February, unquestioningly expand the remit of the government.
9 Jan 2019
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List, Jan 30 - Feb 1, LamakaanWho makes lists? How are lists made? Who can be on a list, and who is missing? What new subjectivities - indicative of different asymmetries of power/knowledge - do list-making, and being listed, engender? What makes lists legitimate …
2 Jan 2019
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Welcome to r@w blog!We from the researchers@work programme at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are delighted to announce the launch of our new blog, hosted on Medium. It will feature works by researchers and practitioners working in India and …
2 Jan 2019
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List - Selected Sessions and PapersHere is the list of selected sessions and papers for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19) - #List. IRC19 will be held in Lamakaan, Hyderabad, from Jan 30 to Feb 1, 2019. The conference announcement, along with the final agenda, …
31 Dec 2018
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Digital Native: System Needs a RebootIt’s time to replace the schizophrenic need for variety with ingenuity — the truthiness of the information.
19 Dec 2018
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Silicon Plateau: Volume TwoSilicon Plateau is an art project and publishing series that explores the intersection of technology, culture and society in the Indian city of Bangalore. Each volume of the series is a themed repository for research, artworks, essays and …
6 Dec 2018
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 (IRC19): #List - Call for PapersWho makes lists? How are lists made? Who can be on a list, and who is missing? What new subjectivities - indicative of different asymmetries of power/knowledge - do list-making, and being listed, engender? What makes lists legitimate …
28 Nov 2018
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IRC19 - Proposed Session - #StoriesRecordsLegendsRitualsDetails of a session proposed by Priyanka, Aditya, Bhanu Prakash GS, Aishwarya, and Dinesh for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2019 - #List.