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Humanitarian visual communication and documentary photography in the London International Documentary Festival

Posted on 26/04/2010 by spanishinmotion

For the first time, the London International Documentary Festival will include this year (26 April-8 May) documentary photography in its program. Together with two 5-day intensive Documentary Photography workshops organized in collaboration with Magnum Photos, the Festival is organizing two photography exhibitions and a talk on new approaches to humanitarian visual communication in association with [...]

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The Third Frame: NGO and Photography Conference in London

Posted on 01/03/2010 by spanishinmotion

The Third Frame: visual imagery and the representation of the majority world 10 March 2010, 10.30-17.00 Location: Main lecture theatre London College of Communication Elephant and Castle London SE1 6SB This one day conference at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, in collaboration with OPEN-i, POLIS at the LSE and One World Media, [...]

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4th Annual DoGooder Non Profits Video Awards

Posted on 24/02/2010 by spanishinmotion

See3 Communications and YouTube have launched the 4th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of 2009 found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program—a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions. The winners will be featured [...]

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Human Rights in the Spotlight – Digital Photography & Video

Posted on 16/10/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

The Soul of the New Machine organised a conference at the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center looking at the use of video and photography in human rights activism. Check it out here.

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The Innocents – Taryn Simon

Posted on 12/10/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

It is a well known fact that innocent people are convicted of crimes they did not commit. This flaw in all criminal justice systems is one of the most compelling arguments for the abolition of the death penalty. Although there are examples of such miscarriages of justice around the world the USA tends to present [...]

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YouTube for non-profits – See3 webinar

Posted on 30/09/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

See3 are organising a webinar on how non-profits can get the most out of YouTube. It will take place on 7 October at 1pm EST (that’s in the USofA). Check out more details here.

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Humanising Photography – Durham University conference

Posted on 31/08/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

The Durham Centre for Advanced Photographic studies, in collaboration with Autograph ABP, is organising a conference entitled ‘Humanising Photography’ between 25-27 September. It aims to explore ‘the relationship between photography, humanism, human rights and humanitarianism.’ Click here for details.

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‘Feeling Photography’ conference

Posted on 02/08/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

An international conference looking at the ‘relationship between affect, emotion, and/or feeling and the photograph.’ The conference takes place at the University of Toronto and is sponsored by the Centre for the Study of the United States and the Toronto Photography Seminar. Panel topics include ‘Children and the Political Management of Affect’, ‘Marketing Emotions: Loss, [...]

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The Soul of the New Machine

Posted on 01/08/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

The Berkeley Human Rights Center recently organised a conference on human rights and new technology called ‘The Soul of the New Machine‘. Discussions included ‘Spotlighting Human Rights: Digital Photography and Video‘ Plus ‘Animating Human Rights: Games, Animations and Multi-media‘ They have also set up a social networking site on Ning for those who wish to [...]

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‘A New Era in Human Rights Advocacy’ – Rising Voices post on communities using new media as active agents for change

Posted on 01/06/2009 by buddhasbreakfast

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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