18. Political technologists and civil society
By Muzammil M. Hussain This is the eighteenth post in the Freedom technologists series. The following are some passages taken (with permission) from chapter 4 of Hussain, M.…
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17. Digital rights in Southeast Asia and beyond: a review of RightsCon 2015
Update 1 April 2015: See also PDF version. Last week I was in Manila to attend the 4th meeting of the RightsCon series, held on 24-25 March 2015.…
16. A letter from Jakarta
Many years ago, in 1987, I left Madrid and came to Jakarta to become a journalist. For about a year, I was a trainee at Tempo magazine and…
15. Location technologists: the politics of digital media in a ‘special region’ of Indonesia
Chapter proposal to Location Technologies in International Context, Rowan Wilken (Swinburne Uni of Tech), Gerard Goggin (U of Sydney) & Heather Horst (RMIT), eds. John Postill RMIT University…
14. Field theory, media change and the new citizen movements
This draft article is the fourteenth post in the freedom technologists series. Field theory, media change and the new citizen movements: the case of Spain’s ‘real democracy turn’,…
Workshop note on digital media and socio-political change
By Victor Lasa On 20 February 2015, Dr John Postill convened a workshop with fellow RMIT scholars and research students around the topic of “Digital media and socio-political…
Lezing: Over de grens – Politiek, islam en activisme in Nederland
Naar aanleiding van het rapport Eilanden in een zee van ongeloof – Het verzet van de activistische daʿwa in België, Nederland en Duitsland spraken onderzoekers, activisten, en vertegenwoordigers…
Becoming aware of Awareness-Raising as anti-trafficking tactic
My Google Alerts are now full of nonsensical items on behalf of a Trafficking Awareness Month in the USA. I first discovered Awareness Raising when I began to…
“Een eiland in een zee van ongeloof”: het activistische verzet van moslims in Nederland, België en Duitsland
“Een eiland in een zee van ongeloof”: het activistische verzet van moslims in Nederland, België en Duitsland Auteurs: Martijn de Koning Ineke Roex Carmen Becker Pim Aarns…
Assholes Damage Precious Line in the Nazca Region
I find it hard to believe that anybody would consciously wreck a famous and important archaeological site, but it seems that my incredulity is at odds with reality.…
‘Homeless Youth’ – a local collaborative film project
@Porchlight1974 @KentSAC @CTunaker @Pelaris #homelessyouth #appliedanthropology Carin Tunaker is a PhD student in social anthropology at the University of Kent. Her research examines the conditions …
‘Sex Work is Not Sex Trafficking’: An idea whose time has not come
Anti-prostitution advocates routinely use absurd over-simplications to make their crusade crystal-clear easy to understand. Campaigning works better when arguments are black and white and slogans are …
Fantasies that matter: Images of sex work in media and art
I am looking forward to being in Hamburg, Germany, in August, for this unusually interesting event. My own talk is called Disqualified: Why sex workers suffer social death…
Student Debt and Activism in New Zealand
This post was taken from Hollie’s Honours research thesis and has also been posted on the Savage Minds blog. “University students blocked Auckland’s Symonds Street as the…
Student Debt and Activism in New Zealand
This post was taken from Hollie’s Honours research thesis and has also been posted on the Savage Minds blog. “University students blocked Auckland’s Symonds Street as the…
Student Debt and Activism in New Zealand
This post was taken from Hollie’s Honours research thesis and has also been posted on the Savage Minds blog. “University students blocked Auckland’s Symonds Street as the…
Student Debt and Activism in New Zealand
This post was taken from Hollie’s Honours research thesis and has also been posted on the Savage Minds blog. “University students blocked Auckland’s Symonds Street as the…
Guns, America and Anthropology
America has a problem with guns. This is certainly not news, but at the moment it is once again newsworthy. I have mentioned my position on guns here…