On Sunday October 15th American actress Alyssa Milano posted the following on twitter: The social media movement that followed across twitter, facebook and instagram saw millions of women share the hashtag #MeToo to express that they too had been victims of sexual abuse and harassment. The #Metoo movement’s popularity…
By Conor Ashleigh When it comes to visual communication there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. In this blog I will explore how in contemporary photojournalism and documentary filmmaking there is still a significant amount of imagery that reinforces traditional power relationships and exotifies those…
Social media is a key emerging space where communication for development is reaching large and new audiences. Trying to define social media is no easy task and naturally it’s heavily contested. Christian Fuches (2014) offers a rather concise description “sharing, collaboration, and opportunities for users to both create their own…
A view over the Himalayas in Nepal.I characterise my journey into Communication for Development like a river rushing out of the Himalayas, it’s non-linear, can be intense and reflective at different moments and overall truly transformative. My early career began as a community development worker, primarily with homeless youth and…
Below is a list of classic Postcolonial classic literature Edward Said – Orientalism – 1978 Homi Bhabha – The location of culture – 1994 Robert C Young – White Mythologies – 1990