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‘Plastic Sheeting in the Wind’ is a fictional TV drama about the work of UNHCR in Japan. Broadcast by NHK (Japan’s public broadcasting service) it has aired over the last five weeks, spanning World Refugee Day on 20 June, reaching an estimated audience of millions. Using a fictional plot, including romance between protection officers, it [...]
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The American photographer, Jim Goldberg, became a full-member of Magnum in 2006. He won the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson grant in 2007 which has funded his current project – Open See – on immigration, refugees and trafficking in Greece
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Between 20-24 June a UNHCR organized and Photo.Circle curated exhibition will take place at Bhrikuti Exhibition Hall in Kathmandu, Nepal. Entry is FREE. Opening times are 10am – 7pm. Works on show are by Ashok R. Shakya, Kari Collins, Kashish Das Shrestha, NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Edwin Koo, Zalmai, Christian Als, Saiful Huq Omi, John Lehmann, [...]
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The on-going political protests in Iran following the election have generated a great deal of interest, especially in regard to the use of Twitter and other social networking sites. Also of interest is an article posted today on No Caption Needed – ‘Showing Political Action: Images in the Iranian Protests’ – that shows how images of the protests are being used at subsequent protests.
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The latest edition of ‘The Drum Beat‘ (issue 496) looks at the use of video for social change, featuring examples from different parts of the world.
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I have just contributed an article to the Amnesty International Australia website looking at the use of visual media in campaigning for the rights of individuals at risk.
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omprehensive resource examining the historical and contemporary representation of famine in the media and by charities (Non-Government Organisations – NGOs), and the political consequences of photography in our understanding of the issue.
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The Rights Exposure Project can now be found on Twitter as ‘RightsExposure’ – follow the latest updates and musings.
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Post from Rising Voices on recent conference convened at Berekely’s Human Rights Centre bringing together leading technologists and human rights advocates to discuss new strategies incorporating technology in human rights advocacy. This conference focussed on communities impacted by violations telling their own stories and taking action through citizen media, blogging, and video / photographic work, [...]
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‘This is Kroo Bay’ is an interactive multi-media participatory web project working from the Kroo Bay slum in Free Town, Sierra Leone. This Save the Children (UK) project presents a series of four interactive ‘scenes’ or ‘webisodes’ based around panoramic photos using Flash Panorama Player (similar to the work done by Gideon Mendell for The [...]
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