Citigen Research Validation Meeting

CITIGEN Research Validation Meeting

The final meeting of the CITIGEN Asia research network was an occasion for the network members to take stock of the work done and to reflect upon the questions and concerns framing the research endeavour that they have been a part of. The network is a loose group of researcher-activists and activist-researchers interested in examining the relationship between gender and the information society, a key construct to understand contemporary life, from the vantage point of women's participation and citizenship.

Feminist activists and scholars were present at the meeting to engage with the research findings and to offer a constructive critique. Peruse the list of participants.

 

CITIGEN Research Validation Meeting Report
(15 - 17 February 2012)

Executive Summary

Session I: What is network society all about? - Feminist analysis of contemporary times

  • Andrea Cornwall, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Professor, University of Sussex, UK

  • Graciela Selaimen, Coordinator, Instituto NUPEF, Brazil

  • Lam Oi Wan, Regional Editor for Northeast Asia, globalvoicesonline.org, China

  • Srilatha Batliwala, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Associate Scholar, AWID, India

Session II: Techno parables and feminist paradoxes - Narrations of the CITIGEN stories

  • The Philippines story – Francisco dela Tonga, Youth Coordinator, Likhaan, Philippines; and Lisa McLaughlin, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Associate Professor, Miami University, USA

  • The South African story – Desiree Lewis, Think piece author, CITIGEN, and Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa; and Crystal Orderson, Think piece author, CITIGEN, and Specialist Correspondent, SABC News, South Africa

  • The Taiwan and Hong Kong story – Philippa Smales, Researcher, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Thailand

Session III: Making network society deliver for gender justice – Some answers and questions from the CITIGEN researches

  • India: Binitha V. Thampi, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

  • Sri Lanka: Chandrika Sepali Kottegoda, Director, Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka; and Sarala Emmanuel, Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka

  • China: Lam Oi Wan, Regional Editor for Northeast Asia, globalvoicesonline.org, China; and Michelle Fong, Campaign and Advocacy, Internet Governance and Freedom Project, Inmedia, China

Session IV: What matters in building feminist power through technologies

  • Gayatri Buragohain, Executive Director, Feminist Approach to Technology, India

  • Aparna Kalley, Project Coordinator, Prakriye – Centre for Community Informatics and Development, IT for Change, India

  • Jan Moolman, Women's Rights Projects Coordinator, Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme, South Africa

Session V: Can we grasp the big picture? - A panel discussion

  • Heike Jensen, Think-piece author, CITIGEN, and Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

  • Parminder Jeet Singh, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Executive Director, IT for Change, India

Session VI: Towards a synthesis of CITIGEN's thoughts and practices – what does the network society have to do with discourses of gender and citizenship

  • Anita Gurumurthy, Coordinator, CITIGEN, and Executive Director, IT for Change, India

Session VII: Technology, transformation and tipping points – Case studies of non-linear change

  • Jessica Colaco, Research Lead at iHub Research, iHub, Kenya

  • Meghana Rao, Manager - Communications, Breakthrough, India

Session VIII: 'Money, a room and network freedoms' – My vision of democracy and gender justice

  • Disha Mullick, Project Coordinator, Nirantar, India

  • Srilatha Batliwala, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Associate Scholar, AWID, India
     

Session IX: Pointers from CITIGEN - What do we need to take away for theory and practice

  • Ranjita Mohanty, Consultant, Local Governance Initiative, Swiss Co-operation Office India & Visiting Scholar, University of Western Cape, South Africa

  • Shakun Daundiyakhed, Programme Coordinator, Vimochana, India

Session X: Pointers from CITIGEN - What do we need to take away for theory and practice

  • Lisa McLaughlin, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Associate Professor, Miami University, USA

  • Andrea Cornwall, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Professor, University of Sussex, UK

  • Phet Sayo, Senior Programme Officer, IDRC, India

Session XI: Space for musings – Reflecting about the CITIGEN network and beyond

  • Srilatha Batliwala, Advisor, CITIGEN, and Associate Scholar, AWID, India

  • Anita Gurumurthy, Coordinator, CITIGEN, and Executive Director, IT for Change, India

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