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4 April 2012

Haiti: Women & the Spoken Word (Part 2)

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Haitian-American spoken-word artist Melissa Beauvery talks to Global Voices about the inspiration for her first project, the importance of oral tradition and the close-knit community that is the Haitian diaspora.

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3 April 2012

Haiti: Women & the Spoken Word (Part 1)

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Francesca Andre is a Haitian photographer who has directed a new video about spoken-word Haitian-American artist Melissa Beauvery. Andre talks to Global Voices about her work, how this video fits in to the bigger picture of amplifying the voices of Haitian women and the significance of Haitian art and culture.

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31 March 2012

Taiwan: Failed ‘Made in Taiwan' Clothing Promise Disappoints

Written by Portnoy · Translated by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Upon its success in establishing its market, former 'Made-in-Taiwan' fashion brand, Lativ, has decided to relocate its production line overseas. Many of its supporters feel betrayed.

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20 March 2012

Video: Surfers, Fishermen and Radiation in Post Earthquake Japan

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · East Asia

Journalist Lisa Katayama and filmmaker Jason Wishnow are documenting the lives of people dealing with radiation in a post-earthquake Japan. In We Are All Radioactive, they are including 50% footage made by themselves in the areas around Fukushima Power Plant, and 50% footage made by residents who were given waterproof digital cameras.

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18 March 2012

Syria: When Assad Falls

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Like all Arabs protesting against their dictators, Syrians have many hopes and aspirations for life after the toppling of their dictator Bashar Al Assad. On Twitter, Syrians are sharing their dreams under the hash tag #WhenAssadFalls

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A Love Letter From Israel to Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

A message of love from Israelis to Iranians sounds stranger than fiction in these tense years where Iranian and Israeli governments threaten each other constantly. But we see examples of just this in a new Facebook campaign.

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13 March 2012

Mozambique: The People's Wall of Maputo

Written by Joao Fernando Finazzi · Translated by Natalia Laczko · Sub-Saharan Africa

At the same time that we increasingly see the advance of new technologies which facilitate communication and information, in Maputo the People's Wall has emerged; a large wall in a public place where the population can write letters and direct reflections to the governing leaders.

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9 March 2012

A Global Voices Guide to SXSW

Written by Gina Cardenas · North America

This week in Austin, Texas geeks, musicians, film-makers, creative types and ordinary party-goers will be mingling over cutting-edge ideas and free drinks. South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival and conference, now in its 25th year, begins on Friday, March 9, 2012.

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7 March 2012

Guatemala: Empowering Communities Through Pedal Powered Machines

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Maya Pedal is an organization in Guatemala that specializes in bringing progress through secondhand bicycles. Those that aren't usable as bicycles anymore get turned into pedal powered machines to help in daily work such as pumping water, grinding corn, blending, shelling nuts and making roof tiles.

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6 March 2012

Russia: 11 Areas of Election-Related ICT Innovation

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Eastern & Central Europe

Сrisis can be a fruitful time for innovation. In Russia, post-election protests have given birth to dozens of new web platforms and mobile applications. Gregory Asmolov summarises some of the key areas of innovation.

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Updates about Ideas

21 March 2012

Australia

Christopher Hill is a young man living with cerebral palsy, and through the video One switch. One head. The world. produced, directed and edited by himself he explains how he uses one button to connect to the world through his computer. (via engadget)

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Jordan

Jordanian blogger Roba Al Assi shares a list of 50 things to do in Amman this month.

• Amira Al Hussaini

20 March 2012

Portugal

Citizens from Porto are organizing a flash picket [pt] via Facebook to “welcome” the Prime Minister of Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho, on the day of the anti-austerity general strike, March 22. The Prime Minister will be on an official visit to the University of Porto [pt], that celebrates its 101st anniversary this year.

• Sara Moreira

Colombia

Take a virtual tour of Medellin, Colombia through illustrations, picture composites and images of the different locations around the city, all placed within a clickable map in Medellin Illustrated [es].

• Juliana Rincón Parra

19 March 2012

Bahamas

Rick Lowe thinks that the only thing that's consistent about Bahamians is their inconsistency.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Active Voice blogs about an art exhibit that references the 73 Jamaican citizens killed during the 2010 Tivoli Gardens occupation: “The 73 flags were suspended with clothespins from a simulated clothesline. You couldn’t help think…were the 73 hung out to dry by the Jamaican government?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

13 March 2012

United Kingdom

Adam Westbrook shares 10 tips to make your online videos look better. Paired up with good storytelling, things like tripod use, closeups, controlling thumbnails, sound, bitrates, color correction, compression and meta data can help your video make its mark.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

12 March 2012

Mexico

Miguel Paz from Poderopedia announces the Civic Media Projects in Latin America panel at SXSW, which will take place today, March 12, at 3:30 Austin time. Yesica Guerra from Crónicas de Héroes (Hero Reports), Lu Ortiz of Nova Digital Mexico, Jorge Luis Sierra from Mi Panamá Transparente, and Miguel Paz will discuss how they “developed, designed, implemented and applied projects that use social media and digital technologies to attempt social change. “

• Silvia Viñas

Egypt

Egyptian blogger Mohamed ElDahshan writes a post entitled: 10 tips for Khaled Ali. Khaled Ali is an activist and lawyer who is running for the presidency elections.

• محمد الجوهري

7 March 2012

Sri Lanka

David Blacker writes about the uncontrolled pedestrian crossings in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, which are slowing down traffic.

• Rezwan

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