December 23, 2024
Videos

DEFDialogue A-CODE E03: Anvita Abbi

In the third episode of the A-CODE DEFDialogue Anvita Abbi speaks about endangered languages in India and how they can be and are being documented.

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DEFDialogue ACODE E05: Ishamuddin Khan

The questions and formulations on data use, discourses and discussions on datafication in society, and the questions of data are currently limited to either security or privacy. The most unconnected people are facing several exclusions and data systems or AI/ML are increasing this. This research initiative is trying to look into data justice, talk about […]

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๐ƒ๐„๐…๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐€๐‚๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐„๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”: ๐•๐ข๐ฃ๐š๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฃ๐š๐ง

In a conversation with Mr. Vijay Mahajan about his book the โ€œ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ฌโ€.

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TypeRight

Chapter Seventy-Two: Digital Inclusion is also Linguistic Inclusion

This Republic Day, TypeRight delves into how, despite the constitutional recognition of the country’s linguistic diversity, many languages are not given the resources they need to thrive – and how we can bring in digital inclusion to help the endangered languages. The world is home to more than 7,000 languages, many of which are in […]

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Chapter Seventy-One: Geographical Indications and Digital Empowerment

Did you know Darjeeling Tea, Kolhapuri Chappal and Tirupati Laddu are GI tagged? This week’s TypeRight will take a dive into GIs and how local communities can make use of the GI tags and digital tools to have better livelihoods and convert their location into a destination. Let’s start with some basic definitions, and wikipedia […]

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Chapter Seventy: Letโ€™s Millet

The UN has announced that 2023 would be the ‘Year of Millet’. What are millets, how do they differ from our more commonly used grains, and why should we focus on these grassy crops? This week’s TypeRight takes a look, and talks about what we at DEF the relationship and plan with the โ€œdigitalโ€ and […]

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Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Different Dialects of AI Tools

First, Happy New Year to our readers! This week, we would first like to share several of those New Years posts through DEF and its associate handles. And then we will get on to the real issue of the phenomenon called ChatGPT. DEF’s Abner Manzar has travelled to over 200 villages across fifteen states in […]

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Digital Youth Writers Fellowship

Youth Ki Awaaz as a fellow member is running a digital youth writers fellowship and will publish 100 essays on topics based around digital inclusion and data rights. Further, they will use their online platform to spread awareness through the voice of the young people on topics around Digital inclusion and Data Rights. Contest On […]

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Prevalent social and cultural challenges

Community Design Agency will identify 40 young activists from urban slums and develop modern art form deliverables in the form of reels and short films on prevalent social and cultural challenges

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