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SPACE opens Regional Office in Rajagiri Campus

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery will work jointly with SPACE in the areas of  social research and capacity building of civil society organisations and students in Information Communication Technology. This follows a MOU signed by SPACE with Rajagiri College. 

The Ernakulam Regional Office of SPACE will function from the premises of Rajagiri College. The two organisations have already jointly organised workshops for North Malabar NGO network on Free Software and Free Software based web development.

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Sun, 2008-12-28

Free Software Free Society Conference - Day One

Eben Moglen addressing the audienceThe Conference was kicked off at the Mascot Hotel Convention Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, with the keynote address by Eben Moglen, a professor at the Columbia University, and is the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center. Mr Moglen said that the highest level of inequality is the inequality that arises out of the concentration of knowledge with a minority.

Event Date: 
Tue, 2008-12-09

Conference on Free Software

The 2nd International Conferenceon Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture will be held from 9-11 December 2008 at Mascot Convention Center, Thiruvananthapuram. The free software movement that took shape a quarter century ago, provides an alternative model for software production, dissemination and ownership. This model has found echoes in other areas of knowledge production and dissemination, literature and the arts.

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Event Date: 
Tue, 2008-12-09

Ila prelaunch on 8 November 2008

The prelaunch of "Ila", an independent portal developed by SPACE, Mediact and SOMS (School of Media Studies), will be held at Hotel Chaithram, Thiruvananthapuram, tomorrow.

Ila, conceived as an alternative medium for news and discussion will primarily feature articles and aggregated content of selected blogs. It offers civil society its rightful place in the media to build a broader perspective on issues, far removed from market influences.

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Event Date: 
Sat, 2008-11-08

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