Projects tagged
Education
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The art of activism: Thapelo Motsumi & the Umuzi Photo Club
Read more: The art of activism: Thapelo Motsumi & the Umuzi Photo ClubPhotographer Thapelo Motsumi is one of many young South Africans who has worked with the Umuzi Photo Club to develop his artistic skills and engage his community. Now this “drop out” has had two exhibitions in London and has been…
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smArt Action
Read more: smArt ActionSmart Action – english – smArtAction is a collaborative art exhibition organized by a group of University of Puerto Rico and New York University student-activists. The exhibition will showcase artwork created during the 2010-2011 UPR student strikes or in conversation…
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Overlooked New York
Read more: Overlooked New York“To discover the seemingly endless variety of enthusiasms pursued by New Yorkers, whether they were carried from immigrants’ cultures from overseas or indigenous to the city landscape. These are real New Yorkers who have found fascinating ways to unleash their…
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The Uni Project
Read more: The Uni Project“The Uni Project aims to do one thing and do it well: temporarily transform almost any available urban space into a public reading room and venue for learning. We start with the conviction that books and learning should be prominent,…
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Ayti: Youth-Produced Game about Haiti
Read more: Ayti: Youth-Produced Game about HaitiFrom Games for Change site: Global Kids has established itself as an innovative leader in using online games to promote global awareness and engaged citizenship. Through the Playing 4 Keeps program, Global Kids trains urban youth to develop games about…
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Play the News: Making the News Interactive
Read more: Play the News: Making the News InteractiveFrom Games for Change site: “Play the News” is a web-based platform to bring interactive gaming elements to the online news media industry, and current event based classroom. Impact Games has created an engine to drive “Interactive News” mini games…
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Foreclosure Series
Read more: Foreclosure Series“It was important to me to present the whole story in a way that would captivate people’s attention and make a memorable statement. Making quilts seemed an ironic solution. Quilts act as a functional memory, an historical record of difficult…
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WeTOPIA, Delivering “Joy” In a Real Way
Read more: WeTOPIA, Delivering “Joy” In a Real WaySojo Studios, a new entertainment company, made plenty of headlines this week with its first social game, WeTopia. The studio is gaining plenty of attention with news of its $8 million arsenal, a roster of partnerships with non-profits like Save…
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Chilean Kiss-In
Read more: Chilean Kiss-InChile Students Stage Kissing Protest Ricardo de la Pena, UPI.com High school and university students staged a “Kiss in” outside the palaces of the city courts in Conception, Chile in response to Presient Pinera’s announcement on new government policies for…
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Dubai Man Aims to Enable Filmmaking Skills Among West Bank Youngsters
Read more: Dubai Man Aims to Enable Filmmaking Skills Among West Bank YoungstersYoungsters on the West Bank will have the chance to benefit creatively from a new project this summer. From the beginning of July, Handheld Stories plans to teach filmmaking skills to groups between eight and 16 years old from youth…