Topic
Internet and Society
16 items.
2 Jul 2014
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Reading the Fine Script: Service Providers, Terms and Conditions and Consumer RightsThis year, an increasing number of incidents, related to consumer rights and service providers, have come to light. This blog illustrates the facts of the cases, and discusses the main issues at stake, namely, the role and responsibilities …
17 Dec 2010
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Transforming urbanscapes: ATM in citiesThis is the first in series of posts where I will try and articulate the transformation in the urban landscape that one can attribute either directly or in-directly to information and communication technologies. I am keen in discussing …
17 Dec 2010
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From the Stock Market to Neighbourhood MohallaThe stock markets have been the symbol of trade and commerce of the city and the region. In this post I will analyze the stock market; an important commercial institution and try and articulate its changing architectural configuration and …
29 Nov 2010
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City in the Internet 1: Geography Imagined (Part 2)In the last post, I have articulated the nature of understanding and imagination of our urban and rural geography. As mentioned, the understanding of the land, its water and people is an essentially one, that comes through living and …
19 Oct 2010
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City in the Internet 1: Geography Imagined (Part 1)“The estuaries that flirt with the land mass before they finally perish in the vast deep blue ocean beyond were perfect in their shape and grace. And you know what; from top it appears like a surreal landscape that is so restive and …
21 Jul 2010
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Internet, Society and Space in Indian City: First ReportThis is the first report on the progress of the research on Internet, Society and Space in Indian City. The post is a collection of some of the initial focus of these studies. I have started simultaneously exploring and testing various …
13 Jan 2010
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Inquilab 2.0? Reflections on Online Activism in India*Research and activism on the Internet in India remain fledgling in spite the media hype, says Anja Kovacs in her blog post that charts online activism in India as it has emerged.
29 Oct 2009
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At the end of the niche optical pirateIn this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market.
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 …
15 Jun 2009
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Emerging Bit Torrent Trends in IndiaInternet has been a revelation ever since its introduction. The writer in this blog examines how the progress made by Internet based technologies could never be reversed.
29 May 2009
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Of my struggle with a Broadband ConnectionThis is a reflection on my experiences with installing a broadband Internet connection at home. The closing post of an interview is delayed since Jamie and Peter are traveling.
11 May 2009
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Pleasure and Pornography: Impassioned ObjectsIn this post, a third in the series documenting her CIS-RAW project, Pleasure and Pornography, Namita Malhotra explores the idea of fetish as examined by Anne McClintock (i) . This detour is an exploration of the notion of fetish, its …
2 Apr 2009
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Pleasure and Pornography: Pornography and the Blindfolded Gaze of the LawIn the legal discourse, pornography as a category is absent, except as an aggravated form of obscenity. Does this missing descriptive category assist in the rampant circulation of pornography, either online or offline? Rather than ask that …
27 Mar 2009
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The 'Dark Fibre' Files: Interview with Jamie King and Peter MannFilm-makers Jamie King (producer/director of the 'Steal This Film' series) and Peter Mann, in conversation with Siddharth Chadha, on 'Dark Fibre', their latest production, being filmed in Bangalore
3 Feb 2009
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Pleasure and Pornography: Initial Encounters with the UnknownThis blog entry is the first in a series by Namita Malhotra on her CIS-RAW project that is about pornography, Internet, sexuality, law, new media and technology. She aims for this to be a multi media and research project/journey which is …
10 Nov 2008
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The Future of the Moving ImageAll dissimilar technologies are the same in their own way, but all similar technologies are uniquely different. This was probably at the core of the zeitgeist at the international seminar on “The Future of Celluloid” hosted by the Media Lab …