We Are the 99 Percent 14th October 2013 Question with 172 notes Anonymous asked: How can you claim to speak for 99% of people? We don’t claim to speak for anyone, we merely present stories. 14th October 2013 Creative Cartography: 15 Artists Transforming Maps Creative Cartography: 15 Artists Transforming Maps Article by Steph, filed under Sculpture & Craft in the Art category. Maps aren’t just two-dimensional pieces of paper depicting the locations and geographic features of the world. They’re the basis for portraits, sculptures and clothing, and are reconstructed or reimagined by these 15 artists in the most curious ways – whether recreated solely with typography, dissected and rearranged or used to illustrate information that can be humorous or disturbing. Map Portraits by Matthew Cusick
Taking The Bull By The Horns, "Occupy Wall Street" Posters Motivate Campers On September 17th, a protest organized by several activist group will take Wall Street by storm to protest opposition to the use of corporate money in politics. Groups such as Anonymous, Adbusters, US Day of Rage are collaborating their efforts to promote a peaceful protest to attract on upwards of 20,000 to turn downtown Manhattan into a campground. Protesters entered Manhattan's Financial District on the 17th for a demonstration called "Occupy Wall Street," which is intended to last for months and which is trying to curb the influence of big business over Washington lawmakers. Songwriter Remy who is a self-proclaimed "intergalactic Internet sensation' parodies Bob Dylan's classic, "These Times, They Are A Changin." His version titled, "Occupy Wall Street Protest Song" is the first tribute dedicated to the movement, and has already tallied 44,000+ views on YouTube as of this posting. Occupy W
Webinar: Design for Social Innovation by Cheryl Heller We are delighted to announce the Paul Polak Scholarship from MFA Design for Social Innovation. Paul has been a friend, advisor and inspiration to our program, and to the millions of people around the world whose lives he has changed through his work to end poverty. This $10,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student in the class of 2016. Applications to DSI are open, please apply at dsi.sva.edu/apply. Applicants will automatically be considered for the Paul Polak Scholarship; no separate application is required. Digital Journal: A Global Digital Media Network 2011 was a year or protest, from Egypt and the Arab Spring, to Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the U.S.A. and many more countries, the people got out there in the streets to try and take back their basic rights. 12m Worldwide protests on May 12, 2012
Concept map This article or section is a stub. A stub is an entry that did not yet receive substantial attention from editors, and as such does not yet contain enough information to be considered a real article. In other words, it is a short or insufficient piece of information and requires additions. Out in the Open: Occupy Wall Street Reincarnated as Open Source Software Image: Loomio Benjamin Knight helped run the Occupy camp in Wellington, New Zealand. It was 2011, when the globe was dotted with camps inspired by Occupy Wall Street, that iconic protest against economic and social inequality. An Annotated Bibliography of Concept Mapping A rich narrative-style bibliography of concept mapping (reviewing six articles published between 1992-2005). Articles reviewed include: (1) Cognitive mapping: A qualitative research method for social work (C. Bitoni); (2) Collaborative concept mapping: Provoking and supporting meaningful discourse (C. Boxtel, J. Linden, E. Roelofs, and G.
Tribeca Film: Future of Film: Our Top 10 Transmedia Posts of 2011 For our last post of 2011, our fearless editor, Chris Dorr, rounds up the top 10 posts that had people talking about this emerging form of storytelling this year. By Chris Dorr Wikipedia gives this definition of Transmedia: “Transmedia storytelling, also known as multi-platform storytelling, cross-platform storytelling, or transmedia narrative, is the technique of telling stories across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies. It is not to be confused with traditional cross-platform media franchises, sequels or adaptations.
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