#metoo part 1 | The power of sharing your story

“Priest uses public transportation to sexually harass young women” This was the headline in many online news sites in Greece some months ago. Eventually, the news made it to the national television and a public discussion started. The story broke out publicly by a university student, the latest victim of…
Are they not simply comics?
Meanwhile on Twitter.. #4
Here are some key posts from our Twitter feed the past couple days, or else, meanwhile on twitter : Another day, another player pledged 1% of his salary to the cause of #CommonGoal . This is the time to welcome the German male footballer Dennis Aogo!! Tolle Aktion! 👍 Dennis…
The curious case of blogging about development

Let’s talk about development. No, let’s talk about blogging instead. Hmmm, let’s talk about the development of blogs. That doesn’t make sense. What about blogging about development then? Yeah, yeah, that’s it. “Look at that fancy hipster blog, tsk tsk tsk..” said the Formal Publication to Official Communication When…
A look at contemporary ICT4D literature #3
A contemporary look at ICT4D literature. Not a critical view of Communication for Development, but rather a presentational one. Chapters by Jill Walker Rettberg (2013). Articles by Julie Ferguson, Maura Soekijad, Marleen Huysman, and Emmanuelle Vaast (2013), and Tobias Denskus and Andrea S. Papan (2013). Blogging (a short presentation…
Meanwhile on Twitter.. #3
Here are some key posts from our Twitter feed the past couple days, or else, meanwhile on twitter: This week streetfootballworld and CommonGoal welcomed the 5th #CommonGoal contributor, the Italian male footballer Giorgio Chiellini: Thrilled to welcome the 5th team member of @CommonGoalOrg to join @juanmata8, @matshummels, @mPinoe and @alexmorgan13: Benvenuto @chiellini!…
A look at contemporary ICT4D literature #2
A contemporary look at ICT4D literature. Not a critical view of Communication for Development, but rather a presentational one. Articles by Graham Meikle (2016), Chao Guo and Gregory D. Saxton (2013), and Meeyoung Cha, Hamed Haddadi, Fabricio Benevenuto and Krishna P. Gummadi (2010) Social Media: Communication Sharing and Visibility…
Football, media and development: The Juan Mata Paradigm
A look at contemporary ICT4D literature #1
A contemporary look at ICT4D literature. Not a critical view, but rather a presentational one. Digital leisure for development: reframing new media practice in the global South Arora and Rangaswamy’s (2013) paper is actually a call for bridging new media with communication development. In doing so, rethinking leisure-oriented…