by Dan Mercea I am going to start this opinion piece with an oft-heard claim: democratic participation is deteriorating to…
Consumption Today: Thoughts on the ‘Buy Nothing Day’
by Eleftheria Lekakis Consumption today overtakes our everyday spaces. Advertising penetrates our vistas. We are increasingly asked to rebrand ourselves,…
“We’re doing it slow” – Community Archives as Protest Spaces
by Anne Kaun (Södertörn University) Community archives as self-organized spaces storing and working with ephemera, posters, books, pins, fanzines and…
Global Humanitarianism and Media Culture
Re. Framing Activism‘s readers are sure to want to know about an upcoming conference on Global Humanitarianism and Media Culture….
UKIP Research and Activism Resources
The European elections are taking place this week. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has dominated UK media coverage of the…
“Yes! We Have Bananas”: The upcoming World Cup and issues of Racism in the football field
Marina Fuser is a doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex in Film Studies. She is currently at UC Berkeley,…
‘Study Hard and Don’t Meddle in Politics’: Media Representation of Taiwan’s 318 Student Occupation
Emilia Chi-Jung Cheng is a research student in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. Her research deals with issues…
Coffee Activism
Eleftheria Lekakis is Lecturer in Global Communications in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex….
The Revolutionary Resonance of Praxis: Zapatismo as Public Pedagogy
James Anderson is a Ph.D student in Mass Communications and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His interests…
From optimism to delusion: Cyber-technologies, democracy and surveillance
Géraud de Ville is a PhD student at the Open University, Department of Engineering & Innovation. His research focuses on…
In Between Priests and Units: A Manifesto for Education as Labour
Maïa Pal has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Sussex. Her research interests are on the politics…
“I melt the glass with my forehead”
Joanna Callaghan is a filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in Film Production at the University of Sussex. This week, Joanna shares her…