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Learning
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16 Nov 2016
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Selection of SessionsWe have a wonderful range of session proposals for the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) to take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. From the 23 submitted session proposals, we will now select 10 to be part of the final …
23 Sep 2016
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Call for SessionsIt gives us great pleasure to announce that the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) will take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. It will be organised by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in partnership with the …
17 Sep 2016
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IIIT Delhi Workshop on Center for IT and SocietyA workshop on the upcoming Center for IT and Society in IIIT-Delhi was organised today, September 17, in the institute. The workshop highlights on the process of establishing a center on IT and Society, which will focus on studying …
9 Feb 2016
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RAW Lectures #02: Anil Menon on 'Speculative Fiction and Freedom' - VideoAnil Menon spoke on 'Undermining the Tyrant’s Protocols: Speculative Fiction and Freedom' at the second event of the RAW Lectures series in Bangalore on January 13, 2016. Here is the video recording of the talk and the discussion that …
14 Jan 2016
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2016 (IRC16) - Selected SessionsWe are proud to announce that the first Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC16), organised around the theme of 'studying internet in India,' will be held on February 26-28, 2016, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi. We are …
12 Jan 2016
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Digital Futures of Indian Languages - Notes from the ConsultationA consultation on 'digital futures of Indian languages' was held at the CIS office in Bangalore on December 12, 2015, to generate ideas and structure the Indian languages focus area of the CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF). It was led by …
1 Dec 2015
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RAW Lectures #01: Nishant Shah on 'Stories and Histories of Internet in India' - VideoDr. Nishant Shah spoke on the 'Stories and Histories of Internet in India' at the first event of the RAW Lectures series in Bangalore on March 6, 2015. Here is the video recording of the talk and the discussion that followed.
16 Nov 2015
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CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF)The CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF) has been set up by the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to encourage, host, and provide seed funding for the development of digital …
16 Oct 2015
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CIS Featured in 'Building Expertise to Support Digital Scholarship: A Global Perspective' ReportThis report, authored by Vivian Lewis, Lisa Spiro, Xuemao Wang, and Jon E. Cawthorne, sheds light on the expertise required to support a robust and sustainable digital scholarship (DS) program. It focuses first on defining and describing …
7 Oct 2015
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Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 - Studying Internet in India: Call for Sessions (Extended to Nov 22)With great excitement, we are announcing the beginning of an annual conference series titled Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC), the first edition of which is to take place in Delhi during February 25-27, 2016 (yet to be confirmed). …
22 Mar 2012
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The Digital Classroom in the Time of WikipediaThe digital turn in education comes across a wide range of initiatives and processes. The Wikipedia which is the largest user generated content website stands as a figurehead of such a digital turn, writes Nishant Shah.