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Activism Ain’t Just for Adults!
photo courtesy of Martha Payne Hi there! I am picking last lines of the previous article and expanding the underlying idea – I will try to present below another example of the Streisand effect in...
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Brand Activism –‘Gay OK’ @ Sochi Olympics
In continuation to the earlier post highlighting child activism, I present one which is targeting children. We have seen how activists challenge the commercial brands toward social and environmental...
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Cool contest or ‘let the fun begin’ ;)
picture under Creative Commons license, see original here Hey you! we do have a hunch that deep down inside you beats the heart of a new media activist or supporter, therefore we have...
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ICT4C or ICT4D
If it was not for the culture jammers to tear down billboard messages and if it were the technology geeks to innovate so as to change the linearity of billboards and make the outdoor medium a space...
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Of Sexual Harassment and Other Demons
Photo courtesy of Melody Patry / Index on Censorship. Authors: Mira and Zeft In the post below we would like to pick again an uncomfortable subject – sexual harassment and sexual abuse. Worst...
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In November 2013, SAIH (Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund) released a short video titled Let’s save Africa! – Gone wrong (see above). The film is structured as a fake...
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Mad Graffitti Week Egypt
courtesy of Ganzeer In a previous post we briefly mentioned Graffitti Harimi, a campaign meant to be pro women empowerment/contra street harassment. We didn’t get the chance to get into details – due...
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Independent news?
How did you find out about Nelson Mandela’s death? Surprisingly many people would answer that it was a post on their Facebook or Twitter newsfeed or some other social media site that had alerted...
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Open Source – Linux – a case study
Photo under Creative Commons license I was thinking for a long time now that maybe I should write something on the Open Source movement and maybe now it’s the time – open source can be anything...
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Contest results ;)
picture under Creative Commons license, see original here Hi there, The prize goes to…. E. Korswing- congratulations Elizabeth! Thanks very much everyone for your support! Iulia, Maria and Rushina...
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