Projects tagged
Latin America & Caribbean
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Horas por la educación, Hours for education
Read more: Horas por la educación, Hours for educationChilean students ran for 1,800 consecutive hours around Chile’s presidential palace, La Moneda, from June 13 to August 27, 2011 to protest the cost of education. The 1,800 hours stand for the 1,800,000,000 Chilean pesos, or approximately US$4 million which…
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Thriller Protest
Read more: Thriller ProtestThe following is a description of the action that Huffington post published online on 6/25/2011: “Student demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago dressed as goblins and ghouls from Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ video in their latest spirited pursuit of higher…
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Bit Rosie
Read more: Bit RosieBit Rosie showcases female music producers in high quality performance videos and short documentaries. Our videos and digital archive project with the New York University library document the work of women using music technology to make sounds across genres and…
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#NoMásMáscaras – campaña contra ataques con ácido
Read more: #NoMásMáscaras – campaña contra ataques con ácidoEntre el 2004 y el 2014 se registraron 982 víctimas de ataque con ácido en Colombia. En el 41 por ciento de los casos, el agresor no fue identificado. El aumento de casos llevó a que en enero pasado se…
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Bald is Beautiful Doll Project
Read more: Bald is Beautiful Doll ProjectBeating Cancer is a hard task. Cancer patients spend endless days in the hospital receiving a multitude of tolling treatments that we understand are necessary to save our lives. However, when you’re a kid, it isn’t always so easy to…
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Young Boricua & Proud
Read more: Young Boricua & ProudBoricua artist Castorillo discusses the crisis, diaspora, and the enduring significance of the Young Lords Party for Puerto Rican social movements today using illustrations: For the past couple of years, Puerto Ricans have been leaving the island and going (mainly)…
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Blindfolding Statues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (no title)
Read more: Blindfolding Statues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (no title)An artist in Brazil, who remains anonymous, placed red blindfolds on the eyes of statues across the city of Rio de Janeiro to protest the country’s political crisis. According to the BBC, the artist explained that “The idea is to…
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Partido de la Red, Argentina’s Internet Party
Read more: Partido de la Red, Argentina’s Internet PartyThe following is Alex King’s description of the founding of the Partido de la Red in Buenos Aires, Argentina: … “a giant Trojan horse trundled through the streets of Buenos Aires…this was how the newly formed Partido de la Red,…
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In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society’s Scofflaws With Humiliation
Read more: In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society’s Scofflaws With HumiliationActing on a tip from a disgruntled neighbor, two comedians dressed as drag queens confronted parking officers in broad daylight. The pair wanted to know why the officers, who so ruthlessly enforced parking limits, had never so much as given…
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Bogota Performance Piece – No Name
Read more: Bogota Performance Piece – No NameRenowned Cuban artist Tania Bruguera surprised a Bogota audience in September when she lined up three people directly involved in the Colombian conflict for a chat. The real performance however, started when a waitress emerged with a tray of neatly…