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Researchers at Work
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22 Dec 2013
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Digital NativeThe end of the year is supposed to be a happy, feel-good space for families, friends, societies and communities to come together and count our blessings. It is the time to look at things that have gone by and look forward to what the New …
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 …
20 Nov 2013
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Digitally Enhanced Civil ResistanceThis reflection looks at how civil disobedience unfolds in network societies. It explores the origins of nonviolence, describes digital and non-digital tactics of non-violent protest and participation and finally comments on the …
27 Sep 2013
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Bangalore + Sustainability SummitThe power of technology to create youth engagement and positive social change were discussed at the Bangalore + Sustainability Summit on September 21, 2013 at the Centre for Internet and Society(CIS) , Bangalore. The event, in conjunction …
20 Sep 2013
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Revealing Protesters on the Fringe: Crucifixion Protest in ParaguayAn analysis of the crucifix protest in Paraguay in the light of Nishant Shah’s piece: Whose Change is it Anyway? The blog post looks at the physical and symbolic spaces in which narratives of change were conceived and the extent to which …
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 …
16 Jun 2013
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The Stranger with CandyBeware of online threats, as the distinction between friends and foes is false on the internet.
22 May 2013
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It’s Common PracticeTechnologies are no longer abstract. They're habits. What constitutes a habit? The gestures that you make as you read this, the way your eyes flick when you encounter somebody you like, the way you stroke your chin in a moment of …
20 May 2013
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A lifetime of five years on the internetCentre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
6 May 2013
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CIS anniversaryThe Centre for Internet and Society will celebrate five years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its works and accomplishments.
21 Mar 2013
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Korean Trans Cine-Media in Global Contexts: Asia and the WorldThis conference to be held from March 27 to 29, 2013 is being organized by Trans - Asia Screen Culture Institute, Cinema Studies, Korean National university of Arts, Korean Film Archive and Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda …
12 Feb 2013
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Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network SocietyWe live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They …
8 Dec 2012
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Not Just Fancy TelevisionNishant Shah reviews Ben Hammersley's book "64 Things You Need to Know for Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear ", published by Hodder & Stoughton
18 Nov 2012
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Alt needs to ShiftPeople maybe talking more online, but they all seem to be talking about the same kind of thing.
8 Nov 2012
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Whose Change Is It Anyway? | DML2013As a preparation for the DML conference, Nishant Shah had an interview with Howard Rheingold, a cyberculture pioneer, social media innovator, and author of "Smart Mobs. Nishant Shah is chair of 'Whose Change Is It Anyway? Futures, Youth, …
29 Oct 2012
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The Rules of EngagementWhy the have-nots of the digital world can sometimes be mistaken as trolls. I am not sure if you have noticed, but lately, the people populating our social networks have started to be more diverse than before.
17 Sep 2012
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One. Zero.The digital world is the world of twos. All our complex interactions, emotional negotiations, business transactions, social communication and political subscriptions online can be reduced to a string of 1s and 0s, as machines create the …
24 Jul 2012
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Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New LiteraciesNishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.
19 Jul 2012
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Citizen Activism the Past DecadeCall for Contributions to the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause?’ newsletter, ‘Citizen Activism the Past Decade’. Deadline: August 15, 2012.
11 Jul 2012
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Revisiting Techno-euphoriaIn my last post, I talked about techno-euphoria as a condition that seems to mark much of our discourse around digital technologies and the promise of the future. The euphoria, as I had suggested, manifests itself either as a utopian view …
11 Jul 2012
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Across BordersA friend and I were at a cafe in Bangalore the other day, when an acquaintance walked in. After the initial niceties, and invitation to join us for coffee, the new person looked at us and asked a question that sounded so archaic and so …
20 Jun 2012
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The Bots That Got Some Votes HomeNilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
11 Jun 2012
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Hyper-connected, Hyper-lonely?The Digital Natives newsletter, part of the 'Digital Natives with a Cause?' project, invites contributions to its April-May 2012 double issue.
28 May 2012
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Digitally AnalogueWhy there is nothing strictly analogue anymore, examines Nishant Shah in this column that he wrote for the Indian Express.
24 May 2012
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We Are All CyborgsThe cyborg reminds us that who we are as human beings is very closely linked with the technologies we use.
4 Apr 2012
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Framing the Digital AlterNativesThey effect social change through social media, place their communities on the global map, and share spiritual connections with the digital world - meet the everyday digital native.
30 Mar 2012
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D:Coding Digital NativesNishant Shah was invited for a public talk at the University of California, Los Angeles. He presented the work done on Digital Natives and spoke about questions of participation and resistance. The talk has been featured in the YouTube …
23 Mar 2012
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Locating the Mobile: An Ethnographic Investigation into Locative Media in Melbourne, Bangalore and ShanghaiFrom Google maps, geoweb, GPS (Global Positioning System), geotagging, Foursquare and Jie Pang, locative media is becoming an integral part of the smartphone (and shanzhai or copy) phenomenon. For a growing generation of users, locative …
23 Mar 2012
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Interface IntimaciesSherry Turkle, in her book Alone Together, talked about how the digital technologies, replacing interface time with face-time, are slowly alienating us from our social networks. There has been an increasing amount of anxiety around how …