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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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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
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)

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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
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

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February 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
February 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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
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
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
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Join the OSM Chennai telegram group: t.me/OSM_Chennai
December 25, 2024 at 1:35 PM
In Bidar the lab has been involved in mapping the Naubad #Karez along with @team-yuvaa.bsky.social , @llnaf.bsky.social and others. We have also begin mapping StepWells across the Bidar district. Here we been using paper maps as an observational tool. (3/4)
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
The Participatory Geospatial Lab at @aruvu_collab has been involved in mapping across regions in Karnataka. In Kundapura we have been mapping forests, local Gov institutions. We hv been developing a manifesto to look at maps as things that enable people to observe locally (2/4)
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Adding Mother Cow, Mother India by Yamini Narayanan to this list. This is my first reading of such a comprehensive, grounded and well-places/argued take on these many hidden lives
December 3, 2024 at 1:23 AM
An excerpt from Gandhi's speech in Bettiah (West Champaran, Bihar) about the violence done by Hindus to bovines. Photograph from Yamini Naryanan' s Mother Cow, Mother India.
December 1, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Haha, pretty direct messaging though. Governance if you are one of them, violence otherwise. What is the point of minorities voting here?
November 11, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Friend from Maharashtra sends me this. #hindutva
November 11, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Early morning at Vikarabad station, Telengana. Close to the Karnataka border. The Blr - Bidar train stops for 45 minutes to reverse the engine. Which i find absolutely fascinating.
November 8, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Safe Yelli (safeyelli.in) is hosting a "Show, Tell and Map" party in collaboration with OSM Bengaluru on 23rd December in Yelahanka New Town, #Bengaluru. Join us!
December 14, 2023 at 3:02 PM