[Reader-list] [Announcements] seeking conversations: Democratisation, Digitalisation, RTI

[Zeenath Hasan]

Greetings,

Inviting Sarai list members for a 1-on-1, face-to-face on digital  
practices for democratisation in following cities/ dates,
Hyderabad, 2-6 Dec
Delhi, 8-15 Dec
Bangalore, 16-26 Dec

Find a brief introduction to my research work here. Reply to me  
directly to hook up (zeenath.hasan at gmail.com). Victual of your choice  
in exchange for your valuable time.
Also welcome are recommendations to initiatives/ individuals who are  
not fortunate enough to be on the Sarai list.

Project Title:
Telecommunicating Democratisation

Introduction:
The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a legislative instrument for  
the realization of the fundamental and human right to information.  
While the implementation of the RTI Act in India is motivated by the  
prospect of deepening the country's democracy, the operationalisation  
of RTI as a tool for empowerment of the citizen is not without its  
fair share of challenges. Civil society and mass media have  
highlighted the main issues for this bottleneck as being that of  
corruption, transparency and unaccountability on the part of the  
bureaucracy. NGO and activist interventions have sought to resolve  
these issues through advocacy campaigns, training programmes and  
citizens' movements employing creative media. Although these efforts  
go a long way in raising awareness of rights, the lack of  
sustainability is a check on there effectiveness. Telecommunicating  
Democratisation (TD) is a proposal for the participatory and  
collaborative understanding practices in governance based on active  
citizenship. The aim is to inform the evolution of a digitally  
networked tool to be deployed in the context of RTI, NREGA and PDS in  
rural Karnataka.

Value:
1. For governance - Strengthen information exchanges between  
government and civil society by making accountable commitments,  
monitoring resource flows and tracking implementation progress.

2. For citizenship - Facilitate an engaged, involved citizenry with  
the capacity to discern the rights of others.

3. For democracy - Enable engagement in public discourse. The TD  
project can be regarded as a participatory approach towards a public  
representation of responsiveness.


In anticipation,
Zeenath


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zeenath hasan
phd candidate
media and communications studies
http://webzone.k3.mah.se/K3ZEHA

India: +91 (0) 96325 45088
Sweden: +46 (0) 76 1079601



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