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Adhavan Sivaraj
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Data, humanities, politics

Maintaining constitutional.observer, safeyelli.in. Working with @aruvu.org @livinglabs.institute @livinglabs.network

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Course: MATERNAL ARCHIVES OF SONGS 🎵

Explore the tapestry of maternal folk song practices that have been passed down through generations! Our upcoming course invites you to learn:

The ability to produce narratives like stories, essays or visual works from field-based materials
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Join us today evening at 6:30pm IST for an information call with the facilitators to discuss what the course will engage with! #today :
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September 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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LAUNCHING: Living Labs Institute
We’re excited to announce the launch of Living Labs Institute. We invite to you all to reimagine learning through place-based approaches+co-creating alternative pathways for locally rooted actions.
Made with care.
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Living Labs Institute
Living Labs Institute is a place-based institute fostering transdisplinary learning-collaborations to imagine, construct and pursue alternative pathways of differential development.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I've carried myself through this week very lightly. Much has been happening: I drove through Karnataka and Andhra. I'm back in Bidar after a long time.
May 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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That was two years ago, alongside developing, I began to understand more about the ecosystem of hate online and offline in the country. Today, I want to share Where does Hate live? A spatial explorer that allows you to understand (to some extent) this. (4/5)

where-does-hate-live.netlify.app
May 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It was in the early years of my college life that I had noticed the kind of violence and hate that was being videod and shared by social media. From that exposure, and my want to learn sprung: 'Where does Hate live?' A spatial explorer of #news media reporting on #hate and #misinformation (1/5)
May 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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India's states are in a battle for fair representation in the parliament. We explain India’s delimitation issue and why it is controversial.

www.reuters.com/graphics/IND...
North vs South India: Controversial delimitation exercise explained
Graphics illustrate the disproportionate growth in population across Indian states and why is it concerning for upcoming delimitation exercise.
www.reuters.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This week I write about visiting Hara, Idur Kunjyadi, in Kundapura Taluka. Our interactions around the community between in Hara and beaches

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March 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In the past week's notes I write about Channapatna, Yelahanka losing Avalahalli and other thoughts at. @vonter.bsky.social is overly represented in this one, he thinks.

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February 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In last week's notes, I talk about the Living Lightly exhibit, understanding sustainable lifestyles from the perspective they write from, the Sollisai Sistahs and news archives coming from the context of hindutvawatch.org

read at: adhavansivaraj.xyz/posts/2025/0...
February 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Vikatan, a Tamil magazine's website, has been blocked just because they tried to show the realities of PM's visit to the USA.
February 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
February 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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‘You do not suddenly start needing philosophy on your eighteenth birthday: you have always needed it. Fantasy is philosophy’s more gorgeously painted cousin.’

Katherine Rundell on children’s literature: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
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February 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Let’s learn about cities, settlements and landscapes of Bidar through Kalyana Karnataka Karawaan!
We welcome mapping enthusiasts old and new to join us for an indoor mapping meetup at Aruvu Collaboratory, Yelahanka Nodal Centre.

It is co-organised by @vonter.bsky.social @social.adhavansivaraj.xyz
February 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Deleted my account finally. I'm all yours bsky, hope more of the indian progressive people move here! #deletedTwitter
January 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
January 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Chennai makkale, we are hosting this event this Sunday, the 26th at Pallikaranai. See you there! Join the telegram group for coordination at t.me/OSM_Chennai
January 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#Chennai makkale, we are hosting this event this Sunday, the 26th at Pallikaranai. See you there! Join the telegram group for coordination at t.me/OSM_Chennai
January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I write about this past week in Bidar, Basavakalyan and and all the khichdi of thoughts and things that I see everyday that are coming together in my weekly notes. You can read it at adhavansivaraj.xyz/posts/2025/0...
January 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Borrowing from @thejeshgn.com.web.brid.gy , I have begun to write weekly notes, to remember for myself, to remember publicly. adhavansivaraj.xyz/posts/2025/0...
Weekly notes 1 and 2
My first weekly notes - The Constitutinal Observer, RTIs, Veganism, Chennai Book Fair and others.
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January 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Excited to share my latest with @rladiesrome.bsky.social on Thursday, wherein I'll:
– poopoo John Snow's cholera map
– trace through implications of equity-oriented public-health charts
– offer some practical tips toward more equitable, expressive ways to plot group health outcomes

See you then!
January 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Happy Public Domain Day! 🎉

Starting today, many new works can be freely shared and even adapted in new ways by everyone. This is why Public Domain Day is a celebration for free knowledge enthusiasts around the world.

See what is entering the public domain ➡️ w.wiki/CNUL
January 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hello #Chennai makkale, me, Sangeetha along with @aruvu-collab.bsky.social will be organising a half-day #mapping party in Chennai on the 28th (Sat) of December. Who's up? We want to work on areas surrounding water bodies, northern-Chennai... DM! (1/4) #OpenStreetMap @openstreetmap.bsky.social
December 25, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The Chennai OSM Mapping Meetup is on!
🗓 Date: 28th December 2024 (Saturday)
🕖 Time: 02:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Mapping, followed by kaapi)
📌 Meeting Point: Wimco Nagar Depot
(geo:13.18396,80.30903)
Join the OSM Chennai telegram group: t.me/OSM_Chennai
December 25, 2024 at 1:35 PM