Topic
Digital Knowledge
42 items.
12 Feb 2015
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Figures of Learning: The Visual DesignerAs part of its Making Methods for Digital Humanities project, CIS-RAW organized two consultations on new figures of learning in the digital context. For a proposed journal issue on the theme of ‘bodies of knowledge’ which draws upon these …
30 Nov 2014
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Mapping Digital Humanities in India - Concluding ThoughtsThis final blog post on the mapping exercise undertaken by CIS-RAW summarises some of the key concepts and terms that have emerged as significant in the discourse around Digital Humanities in India.
15 Oct 2014
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Rethinking Conditions of AccessP. P. Sneha explores the possibilities of redefining the idea of access through the channels of education and learning.
30 Sep 2014
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Consultation on Figures of Learning in the Digital Context - ReportThe Researchers at Work (RAW) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society organised a consultation on ‘Figures of Learning in the Digital Context’ on September 22, 2014 in Bangalore.
19 Aug 2014
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Digital Humanities and the Alt-AcademyThe emergence of Digital Humanities (DH) has been contemporaneous to the ‘crisis’ in the humanities, spurred by changing social and economic conditions which have urged us to rethink traditional methods, locations and concepts of research …
25 Jul 2014
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Asia in the Edges: A Narrative Account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in BangaloreThe Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School is a Biennial event that invites Masters and PhD students from around Asia to participate in conversations around developing and building an Inter-Asia Cultural Studies thought process. Hosted …
23 Jul 2014
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Reading from a Distance — Data as TextThe advent of new digital technologies and the internet has redefined practices of reading and writing, and the notion of textuality which is a fundamental aspect of humanities research and scholarship. This blog post looks at some of the …
19 Jun 2014
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Living in the Archival MomentThe archive has been and continues to be a key concept in Digital Humanities discourse, particularly in India. The importance of the archive to knowledge production in the Humanities, the implication of changes in archival practice with the …
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 …
7 Dec 2011
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Technology, Social Justice and Higher EducationSince the last two years, we at the Centre for Internet and Society, have been working with the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, on a project called Pathways to Higher …
2 Dec 2011
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Learn it YourselfThe peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.
28 Nov 2011
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Mobility Shifts 2011 — An International Future of Learning SummitThe summit was organised by the New School and sponsored by MacArthur Foundation and Mozilla. It was held from October 10 to October 16, 2011 at the New School, New York City.