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Hi all,

I am beginning the process of encouraging a critical design connective called Imp-act (an Imp being a small and mischievous creature). It is a association of students/practitioners/thinkers etc in the local Brisbane area creating and then building on open-source ideas. Looking for anyone who is interested in helping develop the idea: especially QCA students and ex-students.

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Imp

communication activism education community

Here is a stamp from 1981 declaring India's solidarity with Palestinian people.

Where has this world gone?

Alana_Hunt

media society culture activism

It has been a while. But I must say I have enjoyed the break. Blogging since 2003 is not always easy, although it is mostly fun, rewarding, interesting and satisfying. Sometimes though, a break is nice and good to have. No matter how I turn it around, and how much technologies change the media sphere, still- communicating through autonomous channels is one of the key elements of a public sphere w…

oliver

media activism

https://www.academia.edu/7011665/The_lump_sum_grant

nocitizen

art society culture activism

Last week we finished the official part of the second Memefest/QCA extradisciplinary seminar/workshop/direct action here at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane. The theme was Food Democracy, and we wanted to explore it in relation to local Brisbane. We worked together with the wonderful and inspirational people of the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy in order to strengthen the food pro…

oliver

communication activism education community

We are excited to announce this year’s special Memefest /QCA workshop. A few more days to go and we will meet in Brisbane. Bellow you can find information regarding the event and the program.

GOALS: The workshop/seminar aims to research FOOD DEMOCRACY in relation to current Brisbane. The whole event will focus on the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy and its radical food program. We will …

oliver

activism education community

RIO DE JANEIRO – On Tuesday, 15 October, 2013, more than 200 protestors were arrested by the Rio de Janeiro state Military Police, as part of the continuing criminalization of social movements in the city. Those arrested were sent in small groups to over 10 different police stations, with the clear objective of impeding their access to legal assistance.

On Monday, 21 October, the Brazilian Ju…

inesnin

media society activism video

So..here we go. Bellow is a draft of the program for the event here in Brisbane that will take place from the 4.11.-11.11. http://tinyurl.com/l3m28mm

(update (25.10): there have already been few changes made since this was posted)

Have a look, especially the event participants, and let us know what you think. The finished version will be published end of this following week.

MONDAY N…

oliver

media activism education community

This years Memefest event will be held from November 4th to November 11th in Brisbane. We are very exited to announce that the project will be a special collaboration with the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy. Investigating further the topic of Food Democracy, we will focus on the Embassy's food program and create communication design/art that will through intervention in the city of Brisban…

oliver

activism community

Svi koji ste zainteresovani i do sad niste imeali vremena da sednete i otkucate svoje misli te prijavite svoj rad na MEMEFEST, to možete uraditi u narednih 5 dana. Zadnji dan za predaju festivalskih radova na temu DEMOKRATIJE HRANE je 31.5. do ponoći.

Dobra ispiracija - da u narednim danima napišete kritički tekst ili uradite vizuelni kritički rad - je jučerašnji PROTEST PROTI MONSANTU, koji …

nikolajanovic

society activism critique FESTIVAL