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Writers share videos from the Hub at PEN World Voices Festival We’re very pleased to be a part of 3 events at this year’s PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, held annually in New York City. I’ll be moderating the first event on Apr 30 and is for high school students (details here) and includes authors Uzodinma Iweala, Amanda Michalopoulou, Patricia McCormick, Kashmira Sheth, and […] WITNESS April 29, 2008
Two new posts about video advocacy Two of my fine colleagues have been interviewed on other blogs recently about WITNESS’ model of video advocacy. The first is an interview withProgram Director, Sam Gregory, conducted by Henry Jenkins the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program on his personal blog after meeting Sam at the recent DIY Video Summit hosted at […] Matisse Bustos Hawkes April 1, 2008
On the Seesmic rooftop with Loic Le Meur… A brief dispatch from San Francisco, where yesterday I spent some quality time with Loic Le Meur, Cathy Brookes and VinVin at Seesmic. As well as a quickfire exchange with users on Seesmic – some of whom are already on the Hub – Loic and I had a quick chat on Seesmic’s rooftop: More soon […] WITNESS March 27, 2008
Calling All Bloggers: Keep Tibet in the Spotlight Monks marching in the streets, students staging sit-in protests, midnight raids by the military, monasteries sealed off, towns and cities sealed off…this is Tibet. The most violent protests in nearly 20 years continue after last Monday’s pro-independence rallies commemorating the 49th anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet. The Chinese government reports 16 people […] WITNESS March 17, 2008
Collaborative editing tools and cool collages A quick note here on some online tools I’ve recently come across: Kaltura – a collaborative video making tool that another colleague brought to our attention (thanks Sam). I realize this is not new to bloggers and videophiles in the know – but its relatively new to us here and we’re considering ways to use […] Matisse Bustos Hawkes March 14, 2008
We're in the Netxplorateur 100! Congratulations to our friends at Psiphon, who have won the Grand Prize at the Forum Netxplorateur in Paris – deserved recognition for a very exciting tool… What we didn’t know until Psiphon told us is that the Hub was selected too as one of the Netxplorateur 100 – “100 Net trailblazers creating new digital practices […] WITNESS March 5, 2008
At WeMedia: Nonprofits and media; activism online and off; telling our own stories I’m in unnaturally chilly Miami (its projected to get down to the 40s tonight) at the WeMedia Conference and am currently sitting in an afternoon session about “advocacy groups who once relied on journalists are now making the news themselves”. The session is being moderated by John Bracken of the MacArthur Foundation and the discussion […] Matisse Bustos Hawkes February 27, 2008
Making Our Media Matter A few weeks ago I attended the Making Your Media Matter conference put on by the stupendous folks at the Center for Social Media at American University. A report is now available produced by the conference rapporteur here which is a useful round up of major themes and ideas discussed, broken down into the various […] Matisse Bustos Hawkes February 26, 2008
Guest post: Eric Tars' Latest Dispatch from Geneva Eric Tars is a staff attorney at the National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), which works to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the US movement to end homelessness. Tars is in Geneva for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). […] WITNESS February 22, 2008
Kenya, Cambodia and Australia at the Hub – NOW! Head on over to the Hub (once you’ve read these great posts from Matisse and Sam, of course) for this week’s Picks… and see the end of this post for further links and info. As well as images of continuing violence from the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, shot by our Kenyan partners Cemiride, we’ve […] Priscila Néri February 13, 2008
DIY video and human rights I’ve just arrived back in New York after three thought-provoking days at the 24/7, DIY Video Summit, a great event put together by Mimi Ito and a team of organizers and curators at the Institute for Multimedia Literacy at USC. The panels and discussions streamed live in Second Life and were webcast, and they should […] Sam Gregory February 13, 2008
What about the Iraqi refugee crisis? Last night I had the pleasure of participating on a panel at Fordham University, organized by Human Rights First, entitled “Iraqi Citizens: War and Exile”. Although it isn’t mentioned in the title, the panel shared personal stories of Iraqis in exile as well as an emphasis on how media might be harnessed for increasing awareness […] Matisse Bustos Hawkes February 7, 2008
Kenya in crisis: a search for citizen cameras… The crisis in Kenya may ultimately stem from a democratic failure, corruption and tribalism, or poverty and inequality, but either way, evidence of brutal violence continues to emerge, both in terms of killings and of violence against women and girls, and there’s news of an impending health crisis. For a quick tour d’horizon, including ways […] WITNESS January 10, 2008
Human Rights at Debatepedia Debatepedia (developed by the International Debate Education Association) is looking to become the Wikipedia for debate… There’s an overarching human rights category, as well as sections on business, conflict and security, economics, the environment, and law. [via Andrew Nachison at iFocos] WITNESS December 12, 2007
International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest (via H-Net) Received this morning via H-Net listserv: Title: International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, 1500-Present Description: Call for Essay Contributions — […] This eight-volume, 5,000-page, peer-reviewed work, to be published by Blackwell next year is intended to become the definitive reference work on the role of popular agency in transforming the world … Contact: jcohn@pnc.edu http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=159819 […] WITNESS December 12, 2007