Posts Tagged “activism”

Curating the Traces of Illegal Immigration

March 7, 2013

Reblogging this from Hyperallergic. Curating the Traces of Illegal Immigration. In the summer of 2012, University of Michigan anthropologist Jason De León and a group of his students were doing fieldwork in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona when they came across (…)

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1-1-13

January 1, 2013

I love that Yoko continues to gives us this gift in the New York Times. It also rewards those of us who still read the paper version since it does not appear on nytimes.com. In the past, she has offered (…)

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Some good journalism

November 27, 2012

Cjchivers.com / Pinterest   C.J. Chivers using Pinterest for arms identification – brilliant. —— Interview with Tyler Hicks on Lens Blog

Fighting Back with Portraits

March 22, 2012

Mexican Art Project Puts Faces on Crime’s Toll – NYTimes.com. 31K Portraits for Peace project Another organization fighting back >  El Grito Más Fuerte, an activist collective drawn from Mexico’s film, theater and communication industries.

Egyptian Women Protest Military Abuse

February 29, 2012

Today I got a email from the Center for Media at NYU and was so struck by this photo – i had to track it down and found this link. Definitely must include in next iteration of reverb. Thousands Of (…)

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world is watching

February 26, 2012

Inspired (again) by Nicholas Kristoff article = this one about Ryan Boyette and his citizen journalism project earsandeysnuba.org. It hasn’t launched yet but looking around led me to other witness projects. Satellite Sentinel Project: George Clooney initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project (…)

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I HAVE A DREAM

January 16, 2012

In honor in MLK day 2012> The Complete 1963 Speech aDuring The March On Washington via “I HAVE A DREAM” – Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – YouTube.

Stephen Colbert my hero

November 29, 2011

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Stephen Colbert’s me Reporters www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Stephen Colbert’s me Reporters (11.28.11) CNN lays off 50 staff members, claiming that iReport has (…)

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Free Ai Weiwei

April 17, 2011

Free Ai Weiwei. Free Ai Weiwei is an information hub on news and events related to the detention of Chinese artist/architect/social commentator, Ai Weiwei

Tate Modern protest remembers China’s missing dissidents | World news | The Observer

April 10, 2011

Tate Modern protest remembers China’s missing dissidents Tate Modern protest calls for release of missing Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.  Pictures of sunflower seeds bearing names of 50 of the detained or ‘disappeared’ laid on grass outside gallery. more on (…)

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