Eric Anthony Grollman is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Indiana University. Eric’s research primarily focuses on the health consequences of discrimination, with attention to the health and well-being of women, LGBT people, and people of colour more generally. Through his blogging on his own website and for Kinsey Confidential, Eric aims to make academic…
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Laughtivism and Memes Resources
This week, we’ve compiled a listing of open access resources that explore the use of laughter within activism (laughtivism). We were inspired by the creative endeavours of Occupy Sussex and their use of memes (spreadable content). In particular, the following video created in support of the movement: 1. The Outsourcing at Sussex Downfall [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6a8xTXD-Hs] Open…
FEMEN: The Unveiling of Colonialist Feminism
Marina Fuser is a social scientist and doctoral researcher in Gender & Film Studies at the University of Sussex. Marina is part of the RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM editorial team and this week explores the protest group FEMEN‘s recent international protests. The 10th of April of 2013 is the day of the 5th anniversary of a controversial “Feminist” group called Femen. These…
Equal Rights Activism: Identity, Representation and the Facebook Rant
Lizzie Spencer is an activist involved in the global justice movement and has been involved in numerous NGO campaigns to tackle global poverty, including climate justice and gender equality. Lizzie’s research interests include alternative models of development, moving beyond economic measures to consider well-being and quality of life. This week, Lizzie personally reflects on her…
Just Do It – a tale of modern-day outlaws / A feature documentary by Emily James – working with outlaws.
Laura Shacham has worked in research, production and exhibition across long and short form documentaries and drama, focusing on issues of social justice and human rights. Most recently she was Assistant Producer on the feature Just Do It – a tale of modern-day outlaws. This week, Laura discusses how the director, Emily James, worked with…
Occupy: New Spaces for Resistance Zine
RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM is based at the University of Sussex where students and staff are fighting the senior management’s plans to privatise university services. Today, hundreds of protesters are expected to march across the university campus for a national anti-privatisation demonstration and we will be tweeting throughout. We are also publishing a free zine produced by…
Memories, Secrets and Archives
Pollyanna Ruiz is a Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Pollyanna’s research includes activists’ use of non-traditional communication forms such as direct intervention, visual metaphors and social networking. This week, Pollyanna explores the impact of digital technologies on the relationship between past, present and future activists. Since…
FREE E-BOOK: TALES OF A VIDEO BLOGGER BY MICHAEL CHANAN
Michael Chanan is a seasoned documentary film-maker, author of books and Professor of Film and Video at Roehampton University. Below, he introduces his new e-book Tales of a Video Blogger. We are very excited that RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM has been granted the permission to publish Chanan’s e-book for free as a PDF and iBook, and online…
Sisterhood and After: first oral history archive of the UK Women’s Liberation Movement
Image included: If this lady was a car photograph © Jill Posener This week, the editor of RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM, Rachel Tavernor, shares information about a new oral history archive. Today is International Women’s Day, the launch of a new archive and my birthday. So the final point about my birthday is irrelevant to many of…
Occupy: New Spaces for Resistance Teach-In
RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM is based at the University of Sussex where students and staff are fighting the senior management’s plans to privatise university services. For the last three weeks, students have been occupying the Conference Centre at the University of Sussex. Their occupation is still strong with support from thousands of people across the world including…
Feminist Social Media Praxis
Jodi Nelson is a filmmaker, actor and musician. She is currently completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Practice at the University of Sussex. This week, we interviewed Jodi about her research project that explores contemporary feminism through digital networks. re_activism:What do you think the 21st century feminist looks likes? This is a very provocative…
Outsider / Insider Art – A report from the Brighton Photo Biennial
Alex Casper is a Media Archaeologist and Researcher with the Cultures of the Digital Economy Institute (now StoryLab) at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Alex was involved in the 2012 Brighton Photo Biennial and shares his experiences, thoughts and actions in his guest post. The Conceptual and Research Architecture Bureau (or ‘CRAB’) is an ephemeral collective…