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July 25, 2018  |  In RESEARCH

From Pipes to Platforms

Conference Presentation Title: From Pipes to Platforms: Designing a Country-Scale Project Author: Ranjit Singh Panel: Coded citizenship. Biometrics, identity and de-socializing technologies in South Asia Venue: The 25th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS), Paris Date: 25 July 2018 Abstract: This paper draws on ethnographic study of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based national identification project, to engage with the core design […]

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December 10, 2016  |  In RESEARCH

Authentication Trails of Body as Evidence

Conference Presentation Title: Authentication trails of Body as evidence: What counts as a confirmation of what? Author: Ranjit Singh Panel: Techno-Utopias of Identification: Comparing and Situating the Fantasy in Aadhaar Venue: 4th LASSnet International Conference in New Delhi, India Date: 10 December, 2016 Abstract: This paper traces body as evidence in the analysis of India’s biometrics-based identity project – Aadhaar. […]

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September 2, 2016  |  In RESEARCH

Travelling Numbers

Conference Presentation Title: Travelling Numbers: Tracing the transformations of Aadhaar Author: Ranjit Singh Panel: Infrastructures, subjects, politics Venue: 4S/EASST Conference in Barcelona, Spain Date: 3 September, 2016 Short Abstract: This paper traces the imbrication of India’s biometrics-based national identity number, Aadhaar, into various information infrastructures of social welfare delivery in India. Abstract: This paper traces the transformations of India’s biometrics-based national […]

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April 7, 2011  |  In RESEARCH

Deconstructing Time-Travelling Identity

Authors: Samir Passi and Ranjit Singh Venue: International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games in Athens, Greece. Date: 7 April, 2011. Abstract: This conference paper philosophically examines the concept of time travel, identity, and conceptualization of self (of the player) within their game experience. Using Day of the Tentacles (1993), InFamous (2009) and Final Fantasy VIII (1999) as […]

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