Digital Citizenship in Contemporary India
Frames of Reference 2024
Post-graduate Student Seminar
Armaity Desai Conference Hall, January 12-13, 2024
12th January 2024
9.30 to 10 am
Registration
10 to 10.15 am
Welcome & Introduction to the Seminar
10.15 to 11.45 am
Reflections on Identity – I
Chair and Discussant: Poushali and Sohini, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Diving into the intimate: The practice of narrating the self among Indian queer youths
Chandni Rauniyar, BITS Pilani, Pilani
An archive of longings, digital space and queer expression
Saras Jaiswal, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Divyang Mokariya, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Expanding (into) the digital: Muslim women, social media and public space
Sadaf Nausheen, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad
‘My Gods Don’t Back Down’: Examining Hindu religious representations, discourses and affordances of digital short video platforms
Vrinda Rawal, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
11.45 to 12 noon
Tea
12 to 1.15 pm
Reflections on Identity – II
Chair and Discussant: Shraddha and Izza, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Digital Identities and Dalit A.I.: Rethinking political subjectivities in cyberspace
Ajay Pateer, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Data, documents, and discrimination: Compounding women’s citizenship in Digital India
Tannishtha Das, Tanisha Gulati, & Sandra Sara Binoy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
Resisting caste one beat at a time: Locating the historical legacy of hip-hop in India from an anti-caste lens
Susmit P, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
1.15 to 2 pm
Lunch
2 to 3.15 pm
Gender, Sexuality & Inclusion
Chair and Discussant: Himalika and Veneet, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Anti-gender politics: Digital intimacies and wounded attachments
Jo Church, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
In Flux: Sex work(ing) and citizen-making in digital times
Sara Bardhan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Anyone can be a Barbie girl: Reading the climax of Barbie (2023) from a Trans Perspective
Yugantika Mohapatra, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati
3.15 to 3.30 pm
Tea
3.30 to 5 pm
Digital Cultures & Citizenship
Chair and Discussant: Anjani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Sadaf, IIT Hyderabad
Shared passions, digital affinities: Redefining citizenship through online cinephilic practices
Sohini Banerjee & Raghu Pratap, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Death in the digital age: Grasping hyperreality in Churni Ganguly’s Tarikh (The Timeline) 2019
Pronita Tripathi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Panopticon-spiracy
Aryama, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Digital Citizenship and the Contested Realm: Exploring access, state control, and identity in India’s Aadhar ecosystem
Antarlina Bhattacharjee, TISS Guwahati, Guwahati Suhash Bhattacharjee, NIT Silchar, Silchar
13th January
10 to 11.30 am
Mobility & Citizenship
Chair and Discussant: Devraj and Saras, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Cultural resonance in digital tapestry: Analysing refugee narratives within digital archives
Vithita Jha, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Technology and obscurity: The impact of communication technologies on how victim-survivors of family violence engage with immigration law
Samantha O’Donnell, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Of borders, metaphors and the metropolitan gaze: A view of the Indo-Bangladesh border from Kolkata
Sahasika Zaman, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
11.30 to 11.45 am
Tea
11.45 to 1.15 pm
Digital Citizenship
Chair and Discussant: Sumaiya and Sparsh, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Unmasking Aadhar authentication issues: A case study of biometric and PDS access in Mundoti, Rajasthan
Harikrishan Jakhar, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer
Data protection and surveillance: A study of digital data protection laws and their economical and political impacts
Mohak Gandhi, Kishinchand Chellaram College, Mumbai
Anonymous identities: An exploration of digital interactions of rural minorities
Yashsavi, Nik G, & Maitri K, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
The bad ‘good’ news of Humans of Bombay
Srinjoy Ray & Rahana K, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
1.15 to 2 pm
Lunch
2 to 3.30 pm
Media Representations
Chair and Discussant: Sneha and Vaishnavi, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Body and politics in digital frames: Performances by Jyoti Dogra (Nihayati Nizi Baatein) and Maya Krishna Rao (Paru)
Antariksha Sharma, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dance in the digital sphere: Exploring artistic popularity
Bidisha Majumder, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Human billboards
Anjani Chadha & Niv, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Who is a child?: A communication rights perspective
Katyayani Joshi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
3.30 to 3.40 pm
Vote of Thanks
3.40 to 4 pm
Tea
This seminar is a part of the “Exploring Digital Citizenship Among Youth in India: Expressions, Assertions, and Negotiations” project funded by the American Jewish World Service.