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Blog Entry Activism: Unraveling the Term
by Maesy Angelina — published Mar 10, 2011 — last modified May 14, 2015 12:25 PM — filed under: , , , ,
After discussing Blank Noise’s politics and ways of organizing, the current post explores whether activism is still a relevant concept to capture the involvement of people within the collective. I explore the questions from the vantage point of the youth actors, through conversations about how they relate with the very term of activism.
Located in Digital Natives / Blog
Blog Entry The Class Question
by Maesy Angelina — published Feb 18, 2011 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:45 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Blank Noise aims to be as inclusive as possible and therefore does not identify any specific target groups. Yet, the spaces and the methods they occupy do attract certain kinds of volunteers and public. This raises the class question: what are the dilemmas around class on digital interventions? Are they any different from the dilemmas on street interventions?
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The Digital Tipping Point
by Maesy Angelina — published Jan 21, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:36 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Is Web 2.0 really the only reason why youth digital activism is so successful in mobilizing public engagement? A look into the transformation of Blank Noise’s blog from a one-way communication medium into a site of public dialogue and collaboration reveals the crucial factors behind the success.
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Blog Entry Digital Natives with a Cause? Thinkathon: Position Papers
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 03, 2010 — last modified May 15, 2015 11:34 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Digital Natives with a Cause? Thinkathon conference co-organised by Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society is being held from 6 to 8 December at the Hague Museum for Communication. The position papers are now available online.
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Taking It to the Streets
by Maesy Angelina — published Nov 17, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:33 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The previous posts in the Beyond the Digital series have discussed the distinct ways in which young people today are thinking about their activism. The fourth post elaborates further on how this is translated into practice by sharing the experience of a Blank Noise street intervention: Y ARE U LOOKING AT ME?
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Blog Entry Talking Back without "Talking Back"
by Maesy Angelina — published Nov 07, 2010 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 11:37 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
The activism of digital natives is often considered different from previous generations because of the methods and tools they use. However, reflecting on my conversations with The Blank Noise Project and my experience in the ‘Digital Natives Talking Back’ workshop in Taipei, the difference goes beyond the method and can be spotted at the analytical level – how young people today are thinking about their activism.
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Blog Entry The 'Beyond the Digital' Directory
by Maesy Angelina — published Nov 07, 2010 — last modified May 15, 2015 11:33 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
For the past few months, Maesy Angelina has been sharing the insights gained from her research with Blank Noise on the activism of digital natives. The ‘Beyond the Digital’ directory offers a list of the posts on the research based on the order of its publication.
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First Thing First
by Maesy Angelina — published Oct 27, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
Studies often focus on how digital natives do their activism in identifying the characteristics of youth digital activism and dedicate little attention to what the activism is about. The second blog post in the Beyond the Digital series reverses this trend and explores how the Blank Noise Project articulates the issue it addresses: street sexual harassment.
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The Future of Journalism: EJC @ Picnic 2010
by Nishant Shah — published Oct 13, 2010 — filed under: , ,
Nishant Shah was a speaker at the PICNIC 2010, in Amsterdam, where he made a presentation titled "Citizens in the time of Database Democracies : Information ecology and role of participatory technologies in India"
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Digital Natives Workshop in South Africa - Call for Participation
by Samuel Tettner — published Sep 27, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM — filed under: , ,
The African Commons Project, Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society have joined hands for organising the second international workshop "My Bubble, My Space, My Voice" in Johannesburg from 07 to 09 November 2010. Send in your applications now!
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