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links for 2010-03-10

links for 2010-03-09

John Wilbanks on Science Commons, and generativity in science

John Wilbanks, the founder of Science Commons, is in the midst of a big move. His division of Creative Commons, focused on opening scientific research and innovation, is now five years old and is being “airlifted” to California to try to bring some of their ideas into the Creative Commons movement as a whole.

Featured Blogger: Getutza

Getutza admits that she is a timid person. However, she has discovered that blogging has helped her overcome this shyness thanks to her participation in the Blogging the Dream project from the Orizonturi Foundation in Campulung Moldovenesc in Romania. Ever since she started her blog Singuratate [ro], she has found an outlet to express her thoughts, feelings, and experiences. In a recent interview with Rising Voices, Getutza said:

links for 2010-03-08

FOKO: The Power Of Storytelling

Security Forces in Analakely during the 2009 Malagasy Protests (by Avylavitra)Security Forces in Analakely during the 2009 Malagasy Protests (by Avylavitra)

Half the Way

On wednesday 3 March,2010, we organized a small ceremony at Al-Afefe Foundation in Sana'a.
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We have started our program presenting hand in Hand Initiative's activities .In addition,  we talked about EWAMT  project , and its sucess to come out at the end of the first phase with 24 active bloggers. Further more, we talked about a success story of one of the bloggers, that she got an invitation to participate in Women's Leadership in Tehnology in Al-Sharja. However, she could not go there because her family won't allow her to travel alone.

links for 2010-03-04

  • Raph's Website " Are virtual worlds over?
    Fascinating article from a 3d virtual worlds pioneer arguing that much lighter-weight games have stolen some of the momentum for virtual worlds by appearing to be standalone places with an ongoing existence… even when they're not. A very interesting analysis of the ways psuedonymity, tie formation and the notion of independently existing place differ between Facebook games and virtual worlds… ending with a conclusion that momentum has shifted towards these simpler spaces.

HiperBarrio: Recording Daily Lives And Sharing With The World

On 6th of February the Rising Voices grantee from Colombia HiperBarrio- Convergentes organized a photo workshop in the Public Library Of La Loma. The task for the participants was making a sequence of 15 photos about the territory. Henry El Sucio decided to investigate the sequence and record the use of public space and found out that a group of children were playing in the street. Taking advantage of it he asked them “Where do you play?”.

Jonathan Stray on original reporting: imaginary abundance

This evening, Google News tells me that I have my choice of 5,053 articles on conflicts between Congressional Republicans and Democrats over healthcare reform. (Oh goody.) How many of those stories contain original reporting? In a world with thousands of professional media outlets at our fingertips – as well as hundreds of thousands of amateurs – how much original material do we really have access to?

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