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Maps illustrating Africa’s need of trade links for development
One of the keys to using visual media in social activism is finding the right tool for the job. When does a satirical animation trump a hard hitting documentary? Or a painting have more impact than a...
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Income Support – International Aid as a pizza
Today Ctrl+Alt+Shift is my favourite site. I will get round to the winners of their film competition later, but for starters here is a nice visual putting in proportion the amount the UK gives in...
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The Billion Dollar Gram – visualising the world
What does the internet porn industry have in common with foreign aid given by major industrialised nations? They are both worth roughly the same amount in dollar terms. Well, at least according to this...
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Visualising China – 60 years of progress
Whilst on the visualisation theme here is one looking at progress in China over the last 60 years. Not convinced by the value of including mobile phone data considering they weren’t invented 60 yrs...
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Threatened Voices – Global Voices site tracking suppression of free speech...
‘Threatened Voices‘ is a new on-line initiative by Global Voices Advocacy to help counter the suppression of free speech on-line. ‘It features a world map and an interactive timeline that help...
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Measuring growth from outer space
These guys at Brown University are using satellite photos measuring the amount of light omitted by countries as a measure of developed (as a proxy to GDP). The growth of the South Korean economy can be...
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Video game to learn about non-violent protesting anyone?
Check out this post on Movements.org about an idea by video games designer Jane McGonigal. Inspired by leaflets handed out during recent protests in Egypt she pitched the idea of a video game on...
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‘When you see Tuna, think Panda’
Tuna isn’t very cuddly and tastes good so how to stop people buying so much of it that it becomes extinct? Well, the answer is below. Will it work? It reminds me of the, in my opinion, terrible ad...
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Ushahidi: mapping to create new narratives
“Ushahidi”, which means “testimony” in Swahili, was a platform initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. This platform is a free...
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UNHATE by Benetton – more of this in social activism please
Loving the Benetton ‘UNHATE’ poster campaign. Shame the Vatican got all hot and bothered by it as that was my favourite. Amazing how controversial a kiss can be…ask Bollywood directors! I would love to...
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