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Nelson Mandela, Archivist Activist
You may have seen a recent 60 Minutes segment on the newest published memoir of Nelson Mandela, perhaps “the most admired man alive” in the words of correspondent Bob Simon. And if you are an archivist, chances are you are familiar with Verne Harris, of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, renowned in his own right, activist archivist sine qua non.
October 27, 2010
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Kicking off the World March of Women in Bukavu, DRC
This is a second post in a series I'm doing from the World March of Women in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. For some more background to my trip and the training I conducted last week please watch this short video on the WITNESS website and read my previous blog post.
October 20, 2010
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Video Advocacy at the World March of Women in Bukavu, DRC
Last week I traveled to Bukavu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo where the third annual World March of Women is taking place now through Monday, October 18th. I had hoped to be able to share video from the march and a training I'm conducting here but Internet access and electricity has been sporadic, thus making video uploads impossible.
October 16, 2010
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Video Documents Land-Grabbing in Rural Cambodia
In an earlier post, I shareda clip from a video advocacy training in Cambodia. The first practical training exercise took place in Siem Reap province, where one of the trainees, the Venerable Luon Sovath, grew up.
October 15, 2010
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Follow-Up: When an Advocacy Video Misses Its Mark
This is a follow-up post to When an Advocacy Video Misses Its Mark, which focused on two advocacy videos that attempted to use comedy to raise awareness to address domestic violence and climate change. Please check the original post, videos and thoughtful comments first...
October 15, 2010
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Using Archival Description to Foster Accountability
I first became interested in records documenting the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia a decade ago, when I was working as the arts and culture web producer for the Asia Society Museum in New York. For the museum’s website, I interviewed the director of a troupe of classical Cambodians dancers who were touring the U.S.
October 14, 2010
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Hacking for Human Rights: Open Video Conference and Open Subtitles Design Summit
About a week ago WITNESS participated in it's first "hack day " at the 2010 Open Video Conference here in New York. Several hours (and pizzas) later, we came up with this:
October 12, 2010
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Precarious Progress: Women Peacemakers Conference
Last week from September 29-October 1, I was able to attend the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice’s “Precarious Progress: UN Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security” working conference aimed at examining the progress made by recent UN Security Council Resolutions regarding women and armed conflict.
October 8, 2010
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Video Training Targets Forced Evictions in Cambodia
In Cambodia, WITNESS has focused the past two years on supporting LICADHO's efficacy to produce and strategically distribute advocacy videos on forced evictions in the name of development - the same subject as our new global campaign.
October 7, 2010
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When an Advocacy Video Misses Its Mark
I've seen a lot of advocacy videos - three years ago I helped start the WITNESS Hub and have been scouring the web for creative, innovative and effective advocacy videos ever since. Throughout, there is one genre of advocacy videos that has always has been the most polarizing: comedy.
October 6, 2010
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Today is World Habitat Day
For the month of October, in conjunction with the Housing and Land Rights Day (World Habitat Day) on 04 October and our global campaign, WITNESS will feature advocacy videos used around the world in campaigns against forced evictions in the name of development.
October 4, 2010
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Archives for Change: Activist Archives, Archival Activism
In recognition of Archives Month (October) and UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (October 27), Archiving Human Rights will explore the theme of activism, in its myriad word forms and meanings, as it relates to archives and archivists.
September 29, 2010
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Introducing our New Partner: Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
In light of our announcement this week at the Clinton Global Initiative regarding our new campaign on gender-based violence in the context of armed conflict, we wanted to provide more information on our new partner and a few of our proposed activities
September 24, 2010
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Your Ideas on Human Rights and Free Expression on YouTube
This is the fourth in an occasional blog series about human rights video, written by Steve Grove, Head of News & Politics at YouTube, and Sameer Padania, former Hub Manager at WITNESS, cross-posted from YouTube’s blog. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback.
September 21, 2010
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Outsourcing our food: “Land grabs” and the food on your plate
This week the World Bank is hosting an online consultation with global civil society based on its controversial report released last week: “Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Results?"
September 16, 2010
