This is my final post (for a while anyway). I’d like to thank my blog co-creators, Kate, Mercy and Lauren for being wonderful partners in crime. Creating a blog around digital activism has opened countless avenues of enquiry for future research and taught me a lot about the blogging practice. …
While researching a paper on social movements last year, I learned about an activist social media platform called “Chalk Back” that captured my interest. Through the simple act of recording utterances of real-life street harassment in colorful chalk on the sidewalks where they occur in cities around the world …
One man’s self immolation due to abuse by regime forces was the deciding factor that led to a series of protests that culminated in an uprising that eventually led to the flight and removal of a country’s autocratic leaders. This is a simplistic summary of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2010/2011. …
In this post, I’ll be looking at the power of memes in digital activism. I’ll dive into their significance as a vehicle for political expression and participation, or in the parlance of Stuart Hall (the godfather of cultural studies) how memes are re-represented or re-coded in different cultural contexts, and …
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, …
About 4 years ago I purchased a sewing machine. I had for a long time thought of sewing as an old-fashioned skill, which was out of sync with my idea of modern womanhood. But then I found myself living abroad in a place where I was surrounded by a wealth …
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