{"id":960,"date":"2013-04-22T12:31:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/activistmedia\/?p=960"},"modified":"2022-12-13T19:15:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:15:20","slug":"laughtivism-and-memes-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/activistmedia\/2013\/04\/laughtivism-and-memes-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughtivism and Memes Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>This week, we\u2019ve compiled a listing of open access resources that explore the use of laughter within activism (laughtivism). We were inspired by the creative endeavours of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/news\/sussex-outsourcing-opposition-grows\/2003338.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupy Sussex<\/a> and their use of memes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=meme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spreadable content<\/a>). In particular, the following video created in support of the movement:<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">1. The Outsourcing at Sussex Downfall<\/h4>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K6a8xTXD-Hs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Open access resources on Laughtivism and Memes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Aday, S. et al.<\/strong> (2010) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/files\/resources\/pw65.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics<\/em><\/a>, Peaceworks<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Aziz, F.<\/strong> (2012) Memes and the profile avatar: online rituals of solidarity and activism, In <em>Culture Visuelle<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Bennett, W.L.<\/strong> (2003) <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gcp\/pdf\/bennettnmpower.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Internet and Global Activism<\/a>, In <em>Contesting Media Power<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Bennett, W.L.<\/strong> (2003) <a href=\"http:\/\/nw08.american.edu\/~graf\/551\/551bennett.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communicating Global Activism: Strengths and vulnerabilities of networked politics<\/a>, In <em>Information, Communication &amp; Society<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Boyd, A.<\/strong> (2002) <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewboyd.com\/truth-is-a-virus-meme-warfare-and-the-billionaires-for-bush-or-gore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRUTH IS A VIRUS: Meme Warfare and the Billionaires for Bush (or Gore)<\/a>, <em>Andrew Boyd<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Cammaerts, B.<\/strong> (2007) <a href=\"http:\/\/eprints.lse.ac.uk\/3295\/1\/Jamming_the_political_%28LSERO%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamming the political: beyond counter-hegemonic practices<\/a>, In <em>Continuum: journal of media &amp; cultural studies<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Dery, M.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markdery.com\/books\/culture-jamming-hacking-slashing-and-sniping-in-the-empire-of-signs-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs<\/a>, <em>Cyberpunk<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Ge, J.<\/strong> (2012) Four Thoughts on Ai Weiwei&#8217;s Gangnam Style: Meme-ing as Activism, <em>Public+i<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Hancox, D.<\/strong> (2011) <em><a href=\"http:\/\/felixcohen.co.uk\/fightback.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIGHT BACK! A Reader on the Winter of Protest<\/a>, <\/em>Open Democracy<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Hiruta, K.<\/strong> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk\/2013\/04\/two-cheers-for-laughtivism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Cheers for Laughtivism<\/a>, <em>Practical Ethics: Ethics in the News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Horwatt, E.<\/strong> (2007) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk\/cultborr\/chapter.php?id=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Taxonomy of Digital Video Remixing: Contemporary Found Footage Practice on the Internet<\/a>, In <em>Cultural Borrowings: Appropriation, Reworking, Transformation<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McClish, C.L.<\/strong> (2009) <a href=\"http:\/\/liminalities.net\/5-2\/mcclish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activism Based in Embarrassment: The Anti-Consumption Spirituality of the Reverend Billy<\/a>, In <em>Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Peters, A.<\/strong> (2012) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/ourkingdom\/aaron-peters\/part-two-open-source-activism-and-memes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part Two: open source activism and memes<\/a>, <em>Open Democracy<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Pickerel, W., Jorgensen, H. &amp; Bennett, L.<\/strong> (2002) <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gcp\/pdf\/bennettnmpower.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture Jams and Meme Warfare: Kalle Lasn, Adbusters, and media activism<\/a>, <em>Tactics in Global Activism for the 21st century<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Popovic, S.<\/strong> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/video\/The-Power-of-Laughtivism-Srdja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power of Laughtivism: Srdja Popovic,<\/a> At <em>TEDxBG<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Popovic, S.<\/strong> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/~slaughtr\/Commentary\/13%20Wired%20world%20in%202013%20%28dragged%29%201.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laughtivism; The new activists will spread democracy &#8211; with a cheeky smile on their faces<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Sandlin, J.A. &amp; Milam, J.L.<\/strong> (2008) <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gcp\/pdf\/bennettnmpower.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Mixing Pop (Culture) and Politics&#8221;: Cultural Resistance, Culture Jamming, and Anti-Consumption Activism as Critical public Pedagogy<\/a>, In <em>Curriculum Inquiry<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Snow, L.<\/strong> (2012) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/education\/mortarboard\/2012\/feb\/20\/are-memes-site-of-class-struggle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Students: are memes the new site of class struggle? Discuss<\/a>, <em>The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>White, M.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=meme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activism After Clicktivism<\/a>, <em>Q Ideas for the common good<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>De Voy, S.<\/strong> (2005) <a href=\"http:\/\/india.indymedia.org\/media\/2005\/03\/210295.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Meme Warfare: How to overthrow the powers that be on a low budget<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we\u2019ve compiled a listing of open access resources that explore the use of laughter within activism (laughtivism). 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