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It is rare to come across any detailed analysis of the use of images in social activism, let alone an organisation publishing its own internal research. So, this report by UNICEF – ‘Images of girls and girls’ education: Reviewing and Rethinking‘ makes interesting reading. Published in March 2009, it presents research conducted over six months [...]
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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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I know, I know, its a bit of a headline title but as this article rounds of one year dedicated to looking at the use of photography, video and all that other visual stuff used in social activism I thought it appropriate to end with a grand claim. But to be honest with you I [...]
Filed under: Article, Campaigning | Tagged: famine, NGO, participatory photography, representation, research | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
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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 »
Some admirable short films make up the winners of the Ctrl+Alt+Shift film competition. Of particular note are ‘War School’ and ‘No Way Through’ (below) that use the technique of placing the violation in the audiences world. I think this may be just as more powerful in ‘constructed’ still images, and wonder why it is not used more? I like it as it tries to tackle the gap between the audience’s world and that of the ‘distant other’ we can so readily ignore, even though we may extend our pity.
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Between 10-14 August I attended the Video Volunteers camp in Goa, India. The camp included training in various media, including video, animation, blogging and on-line activism, as well as panel discussions on community media. It was attended by community video producers, journalists, film makers and activists.
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Interesting article in the National Journal magazine on the digital democratisation of image making. It covers the usual questions of how this ‘revolution‘ will impact on socio-political events, particularly in regard to so-called ‘citizen journalism’? So, as you would imagine the question of undemocratic / censoring political systems comes up, especially China and Iran, and [...]
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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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