Seminar 8th December: Why activism 2.0 will win the streets
Seminar 8th December: Why activism 2.0 will win the streets
New forms of protests and mobilization
Tags: Digital Natives
Additional tags: Seminar , Mobilization , Internet , Activism
In the mashed-up world of Web 2.0, there is power in a Click! In one click you can connect to strangers, make new friends, create new universes and transform existing worlds. There has been much euphoria about the power of “the Click”. But what does it all mean? How can we unleash this potential of the world that is just a click away? There are just as many questions as there are opinions regarding activism 2.0 and new forms of mobilization. However, no one can deny that these new forms of mobilizations exist and are forcing us to re-visit preconceived notions of what it means to be political, to mobilize, to intervene.
To explore new forms of activism and mobilization two experts, Juliana Rotich and Jasmin Patheja, will talk about technology and citizen participation from their own experiences. Juliana Rotich is the Program Director of Ushahidi (Kenya) a web based reporting system that utilizes crowd-sourced data to formulate visual map information of a crisis in real-time basis. Jasmin Patheja is the initiator of the Blank Noise project (India), a collective that addresses the problem of sexual harassment in public spaces through unique online and offline interventions and mobilisation geared towards raising political consciousness about the gendered nature of public spaces.
The discussion will be led by digital Natives from Asia and Africa. Commentators from the digital and analogue world will bring their perspectives to the floor. We look forward to also hearing yours!
Please join us on the 8th of December at the Museum for Communication in The Hague at 16.30 for this interesting discussion on new forms of mobilization. Please register at http://hoezo.congrezzo.nl/hivoskp/observer