Category: Sam
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The Power of Pictures: (Palestinian) Photography as Visual Weapons – In an Age of Digital Disinformation
“Pictures are particularly powerful visual weapons (cf. Lilleker, Veneti and Jackson, 2019) against oppression and suffering as has been demonstrated in places like South Africa and Palestine.” “Google Arts and Culture posits that of all art mediums, photography is perhaps the greatest weapon against exposing and calling to order injustice.” – Karam & Mutsvairo, 2021,…
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This Week in Sweden: The Forced Removal and Shutdown of The Last Pro-Palestinian Encampment in Europe
↓ “Dear all, With great sorrow, we must announce that after nearly 200 days of resistance at Gazaplatsen – Europe’s last tent camp – we have been forced to leave the site in our fight against the University of Gothenburg’s veto and the ongoing genocide.” – GU Students For Palestine Last week, on Thursday…
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Exploring Interview Techniques: Reflections on Interviews with Climate Activists in Sweden & Brazil
As Xanthia mentioned in her wonderful post, this blog post today is something a little different. I recently conducted two interviews with some incredible people around issues of communication for development and social change, but also specifically around digital activism, and how what’s happening in Palestine is connected to their work and activism. However, I…
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Pro-Palestinian Activism in Sweden: The Last Remaining Encampment
↓ Hi gentle reader, Sam here, writing to you from Gothenburg, Sweden. It’s now thirteen months since the horrific events of October 7th launched this catastrophic, devastating new wave of genocide, ecocide, and ethnic cleansing committed by the Israeli government with support from their allies on the people of Palestine. And the end, or even…
