Last week, the G8 summit was held in Northern Ireland. Media coverage leading up the events, focused on a police operation costing £50 million. Gatherings of ‘world leaders’ have long interested protesters and academics researching political dissent. This week, we’ve compiled a listing of open-access resources on activism linked to G8 summits. Barr, D. &…
Category: Resources
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…
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…
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…
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…