Topic
Making Change
14 items.
30 Apr 2014
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Reaping the Benefits of GamificationAs a part of the Making Change blog-post series, in this post we will identify a new technique: gamification. This technique is being used for sustainable environment conservation by modern day change-makers. We interview two out of three …
30 Apr 2014
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From Taboo to Beautiful - MenstrupediaOn this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind …
16 Apr 2014
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Multimedia Storytellers: Panel DiscussionThis post brings three storytellers together to find points of intersection between their methods. The format will be that of a panel discussion and it features: Arjun Srivathsa from Pocket Science India, Ameen Haque from the Storywallahs, …
14 Apr 2014
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Bridging the Information Divide - Political QuotientOn this post, we will unpack 'information poverty'- a problem lying at the very foundation of the crises that inspired this project and a barrier impacting political action. We interview Surabhi HR, the founder director of the political …
12 Mar 2014
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Information Structures for Citizen Participation - JanaagrahaIn our efforts to understand how change is conceptualized in the digital era, we find a growing emphasis on the role of effective information structures to empower the citizen and the government. We interview Joylita Saldanha from …
4 Mar 2014
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Digital Design: Human Behavior vs. Technology - Vita BeansWhat comes first? Understanding human behavior and communication patterns to design digital technologies? Or should our technologies have the innate capacity to adapt to the profiles of all its potential users? This post will look at …
27 Feb 2014
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Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 2This post compares the method of storytelling with performances. To illustrate this, we explore the narratives of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian, two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions in the public space. Part 2 …
24 Feb 2014
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Storytelling as Performance: The Ugly Indian and Blank Noise 1This post compares the production behind a performance with the process of storytelling. To illustrate this analogy, we explore the stories of the Blank Noise project and The Ugly Indian- two civic groups from Bangalore making interventions …
10 Feb 2014
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Storytelling and Technology - Sartaj AnandThis post outlines the general characteristics of storytelling. The second section is an interview with Sartaj Anand, the founder of EgoMonk and BIllion Strong, who talks about storytelling as a strategy to build trust at the intersections …
20 Jan 2014
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Creative Activism - Voices of Young Change Makers in India (UDAAN)This post is a short account of what happened at UDAAN in December 2013 — a conference that gathered 100 youth from across the country to discuss pressing environmental issues and creative strategies to tackle them. We conducted a survey to …
27 Dec 2013
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Information Design - Visualizing Action (TTC)This is the second part of the Making Change analysis on information activism. It explores the role of the presentation and design of information to translate information into action.
26 Dec 2013
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Information Activism - Tactics for Empowerment (TTC)This is the first of a two-part analysis of information activism for the Making Change project. This post looks at the benefits and limitations of increasing access to information to enable citizenship and political participation.
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 …