Projects tagged
South Asia
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In Burma, dogs ridicule the regime
Read more: In Burma, dogs ridicule the regimeDogs featured in one ruse to ridicule the regime—pictures of dictator Than Shwe were hung around the necks of the stray dogs that roam the streets of Rangoon. The pictures, which rapidly found their way onto the Internet, are the…
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Those Without Names
Read more: Those Without NamesIn an art fair in Manila in March last year, one installation caught everybody’s eye. A blue single-seater armchair sits in the middle of a darkened room. It is surrounded by lamps hanging from the ceiling and rotating; another lamp…
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Gandhi’s Salt March to the Sea
Read more: Gandhi’s Salt March to the SeaIn 1930, the Indian National Congress adopted satyagraha (essentially, nonviolent protest) as their main tactic in their campaign for independence. Mahatma Gandhi was appointed to develop a plan of action; he proposed marching to the sea to make salt in…
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LGBT activists ask strangers for hugs in China protest at Weibo censorship
Read more: LGBT activists ask strangers for hugs in China protest at Weibo censorshipA social experiment testing the public’s reaction to gay people in China has gone viral. The blindfolded activists stood in public wearing T-shirts that said “I’m gay would you hug me?” and video of the protest then spread rapidly on…
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Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?
Read more: Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?We are sitting at a dhaba – a roadside tea-shop in Pakistan often frequented by lower-to-middle income men. At our table: four women and camera crew. The reporter from ‘one of the most globally viewed’ [read: western], mainstream British outlets…
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Theatre. Immersion. Education. [T.I.E.]
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Read more: Theatre. Immersion. Education. [T.I.E.]T.I.E. is a residential, 24-hour, intensive experience during which participants will be: introduced to aesthetics of Immersive Theatre, guided through a practical exploration of these strategies, and mentored in the creation of an immersive, theatrical experience about a social justice…
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ipaidabribe.com
Read more: ipaidabribe.comipaidabribe.com is an online tool that allows the users to report when they pay bribes, are asked to pay and refuse, and when they find an honest officer. They have a well designed site with apps for mobile phones, and…
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Global Citizen Festival Expands to India
Read more: Global Citizen Festival Expands to IndiaJay Z, Coldplay and the Bollywood star Aamir Khan will join forces in India this fall as the Global Citizen Festival expands internationally. The charity concert, overseen by the Global Poverty Project, will be held at the MMRDA Grounds in…
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“1984” in Bangkok Streets
Read more: “1984” in Bangkok StreetsThere are no whistles, no loud speakers, and no placards held up high in this quiet act of subversion. Pimsiri Petchnamrob stands silently in a mass of sharply dressed Bangkok commuters, her hands clutched around a copy of George Orwell’s…
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‘Triple Talaq’ Abolition Is Only The Start Of A Larger Campaign For Gender Justice In India
Read more: ‘Triple Talaq’ Abolition Is Only The Start Of A Larger Campaign For Gender Justice In IndiaThe egregious practice that some Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three times, has finally been declared unconstitutional and illegal by the Indian Supreme Court. The country’s…