[Reader-list] CIS - Call for Essays: Studying Internet in India

[sumandro]

As Internet makes itself comfortable amidst everyday lives in India, it
becomes everywhere and everyware, it comes in 40 MBPS Unlimited and in
chhota recharges – though no longer in zero flavour – the Researchers at
Work (RAW) programme at the Centre for Internet and Society invites
abstracts for essays that explore how do we study internet in India today.

How do we move beyond a fascination with new digital things and
interfaces that we engage with on the internet, which are increasingly
becoming the objects and sites of our research and creative practices?
How we engage with these on their own terms, and perhaps also against
the grain? What "new" is being brought in, performed, and afforded by
these digital artefacts in our daily lives? How can our concerns and
practices benefit from developing an awareness of their aesthetics,
functions, and politics?

This call is for researchers, workers, and others interested in closely
– or from a distance – commenting on these topics and questions.

Details:
<http://cis-india.org/raw/call-for-essays-studying-internet-in-india-2016/>.

Regards,

sumandro

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Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Research Director
The Centre for Internet and Society
<http://cis-india.org/>

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