Knowledge in Civil Society or KICS
is a forum for conversations amongst activists and academics on issues relating to science and democracy.
To bring the activists from diverse sectors in civil society and the academics to engage with the hitherto neglected aspects of science and democracy through a process of dialogue, common exploration and joint work.
To promote a dialogue among its members that could lead to a more people friendly science and technology plan.
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As a forum or space KICS promotes pro-people alternatives and dissenting viewpoints, allows for articulation of non-conventional views and debates that cannot find easy voice elsewhere. It seeks to open up spaces for public policy on issues relating to science and democracy.
Started in 2005, KICS is an electronic network to connect, share and discuss topics of mutual concern. The forum currently has a main group and a sub-group on agriculture.
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Shambu's latest lecture at Asim Premji Univeristy Cologuim give a good idea of the last six years of KICS. Download here
Check out KICS Mandate Document & Trust Deed
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KICS at the 40th IIS World Congress
KICS organized a panel on "Knowledge Swaraj: Science and Technology in Civil Society" at the 40th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology in New Delhi. This panel on the 17th February 2011 had papers from KICS members Rajni Bakshi, Madhulika Banerjee, Joseph Satish, apart from papers by Bhakti Patil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Florence Piron from Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
The Congress was co-organized by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Uppsala, Sweden.
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As a first step in this engagement, KICS members participated in a South Asian Workshop on UNIID (Universities and Intermediaries for Socially Inclusive Development) on 2nd and 3rd February 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The concept note, responses to the note and the presentations of the workshop can be found here. The workshop was supported by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). |
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