Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 December 24

24 December 2008

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Stories from 24 December 2008

Japan: The year in Japanese blogs

What were bloggers writing about this year in the Japanese blogosphere? The year in Japanese blogs at Global Voices included posts on everything from an American Enka singer making waves in Japan, to debates on the regulation of “harmful” Internet content, to the Olympic torch relay in Nagano.

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All Quiet in Guinea After Coup, Say Bloggers

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · Sub-Saharan Africa

Confusion reigned following the passing of President Lansana Conte and an apparently successful coup led by Guinean General Moussa Dadis Camara. However, despite early fears of bloodshed, all is quiet on the streets of Conakry, according to bloggers.

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Angola: On The Lack of Human Rights

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

In the mood for the Human Rights Day celebrations this December, Angolan bloggers have much to say. Angola has still not ceased appearing in reports about violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, despite holding a seat on the Human Rights Council.

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Memories of Christmas in Cameroon

Written by George Esunge Fominyen · Sub-Saharan Africa

Expats in Cameroon blog about how they are spending the Christmas holidays in their host country, while Cameroonian bloggers abroad write about their memories of spending those special days back home.

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Gaza/Sderot: Israel and Palestine together on video

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Israel, Palestine

The Gaza/Sderot: Life in Spite of Everything Project is one of the prime examples of the variety of ways a bridge between different cultures and world-views can be created through online media. In this project created by ARTE.tv, a French-German cultural television station, twelve people going on their day to day business on either side of a violent border were exposed on a website for ten week project which ended on December 23rd. The two minute videos documented snippets of the lives of 6 characters in Gaza, Palestine and 6 characters on the other side of the border in Sderot, Israel during two months.

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Venezuela: Telling the Country's History Through Film

Written by Laura Vidal · Latin America

A group of young Venezuelan filmmakers have succeeded in illustrating some of the country's history or adapting famous pieces of literature through films that have been well-received by the general public. Many Venezuelan movies in the past are considered extremely violent, and the emergence of these new kinds of films are showing new expressions of creativity.

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Updates from 24 December 2008

Philippines

Overwrite views the popular reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother from a Baudrillardian lense: ‘When one watches the show, where is the center-point? Who is watching who? And which side stands on reality? Does it mean that the actors are showcasing reality because they are in the “reality show”? Or is it that they are emulating reality for the audience who is actually in reality, thus they present it as a “reality show”?'

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Philippines

A young music teacher from the southern Philippines shares her experience on teaching musical expression to children.

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Singapore

Because of the recession, fewer people are visiting the Singapore Flyer (the world’s largest observation wheel). According to Empty Vessel, “if no drastic measures are taken to restore people’s confidence in stepping into the capsules, the Flyer risks becoming Singapore’s biggest white elephant.”

• Mong Palatino