“ Are they not simply comics? ” Massimo Repetti wondered and closed his essay about comics from Africa back in 2007. Although the excerpt meant to discuss the place of African comics’ production globally, it has at least one more reading. As we will end up seeing its notion is…
I personally find communication for social and behaviour change really interesting and challenging. As I wrote in one of my previous blog posts, it’s really fascinating how with the use of words and visuals you can actually influence people’s behaviour. It’s a rather complex process which involves development of theory…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
It won’t probably surprise anyone that development organizations use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their activities. But there are heated debates among Communication for Development (ComDev) theorists and practitioners of whether ICTs are actually enhancing development initiatives or deepening the gap between developed and developing countries, thus limiting participation…