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In 2008 Nepa Laya and Kunda Dixit (of Himal Media) published a photo book, ‘A People War‘, on the internal conflict in Nepal (1996-2006). The book took a people centric focus, rather than a military one, looking at how they were impacted by the ten year Maoist led ‘Peoples War’. I interviewed Kunda Dixit on [...]
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Changing Ideas will be running their 2nd workshop for photographers wanting to work with NGOs for social change between 10-17 March 2010. Led by the award winning photographer Jonathan Torgovnik, the Changing Ideas workshop will provide participating photographers the opportunity to learn more about producing photographs for social change. It will take place in Kolkata, [...]
Filed under: Photography, Training | Tagged: Asia, India, NGO, South Asia | Leave a Comment »
Here is a plug for the One Minute Documentary Film Festival organised by my friend Sagar Ghimire in Kathmandu on 17 December. Well worth checking out if you are in this neck of the woods. *–* Documentary for Social Transformation (DOST) is pleased to announce a one day, One Minute Documentary Film Fest on 17th [...]
Filed under: Film | Tagged: Asia, festival, Nepal, South Asia | Leave a Comment »
OK, I admit to being a bit bored today so excuse my venom. However, this promo has got to rank in at least the top 5 worst videos for social activism I have seen this year, and I have seen a lot of tosh. You can watch the video here. Nuru claims to be ‘doing [...]
Filed under: Campaigning, Video | Tagged: development, representation, research | 1 Comment »
The new video orientated site, ‘Gabura‘ by Oxfam UK has received a lot of attention in the last week, a rightly so. Not only is it timely, as you might expect with a seasoned INGO with Copenhagen just round the corner, but it also ticks most of the right boxes where visual media for social [...]
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‘Threatened Voices‘ is a new on-line initiative by Global Voices Advocacy to help counter the suppression of free speech on-line. ‘It features a world map and an interactive timeline that help visualize the story of threats and arrests against bloggers worldwide, and it is a central platform to gather information from the most dedicated organisations [...]
Filed under: Campaigning, Graphics | Tagged: censorship, NGO, tools&resources, web | Leave a Comment »
I love comics, graphic novels and animation so am well happy that Ctrl.Alt.Shift have recognised their potential in social activism. I posted recently that they were running a competition in collaboration with Lightspeed Champion, well now you can check out their exhibition at the Lazarides Gallery on Greek Street in Soho, London. I am just [...]
Filed under: Art, Cartoons/Animation | Tagged: competition, corruption, exhibition | 1 Comment »
We have all seen mobile phone footage of human rights violations – usually excessive use of force by police at demonstrations. Whether in Myanmar, Iran or the UK they have the same characteristics – low quality, immediate and gripping. But are they useful for human rights activism? Or are they just cluttering up the YouTube [...]
Filed under: Campaigning, Video | Tagged: Asia, human rights, India, Kashmir, mobile phones, NGO, South Asia, web | Leave a Comment »
In my experience lawyers are not usually that open to the impact visual media can have on improving human rights. Don’t get me wrong, some of my best friends and colleagues are lawyers and they know all the technical stuff that baffles my brain. However, unless I come to them with some forensic photos they [...]
Filed under: Campaigning, Film | Tagged: Americas, Caribbean&Central America, fair trial, Mexico, research | Leave a Comment »
If the Chinese government spouts one line consistently it is that other states should not interfere in its internal affairs. However, this obviously is a case of ‘do as I say not as I do‘. For at least the second time this year the Chinese government has tried to stop the showing of visual art [...]
Filed under: Photography | Tagged: Asia, Bangladesh, censorship, China, exhibition, photo agency | 4 Comments »
