Dear readers, We have now come to the end of this assignment, which means that you won’t be seeing any new posts here in the future. We hope that you’ve enjoyed our posts exploring the intersection of activism, digital technology and development. For us it has been a fascinating and …
On 21 September 2020, We See You, a ‘POC feminist queer collective of artists and activists’ announced their occupation of a mansion in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. After renting the home through Airbnb, the collective did not depart on their check-out date and began an approximately two-week-long occupation. …
When I was reading Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep Tukekci I really enjoyed how wove in conversations that she has had with activists all around the world. Inspired by this approach and keen to hear how some of the theories and issues we’ve been discussing in an academic context …
My professional experience is very much in the formal development sector, and if you’ve ever been part of this world, you’ll know that results, monitoring and evaluation, and KPIs are part of the daily work. In an effort to know which solutions really work, and to be accountable to donors, …
On 24 August 2021, the Democratic Socialists of America, Los Angeles chapter, tweeted “we regret to inform you all that tweeting isn’t organizing”. This was followed by a threaded tweet encouraging people to sign up for an event entitled DSA 101, during which they could ‘learn how [to organize]” we …
On 13th July of this year, thediplomat.com reported on the story of Naheema Zehri, a feminist activist who campaigned for the Women Azadi March in Quetta in late 2019 through social media. Zehri has since been forced to reduce her online presence because fake Instagram and Twitter accounts operating under …
