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Comment on Jake, United States: Occupy Organising by ssdf

ssdf — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:20:21 +0000

why is the end of his presentation cut off?

Comment on Soundtrack to the Revolution by Maya

Maya — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 10:58:05 +0000

Just saw this on Global Voices, a piece about ‘the soundtrack to the Syrian revolution’ :http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/03/03/the-soundtrack-of-the-syrian-resistance/?gv_hidebutton_used=header-banner&gv_hidebutton_expiration=30

Comment on The Issue with Protest by Gayatri

Gayatri — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:59:13 +0000

The protests by the ex-Chief Minister of Delhi (Aam Admi Party) planting himself and his party members on delhi’s streets – a sit in and sleep in, near parliament (to demand that Delhi’s Police come under the delhi govt and not the central govt) turns the idea of protest on its head – can a government in power protest? Many called it anarchy, others said it was a gimmick.It spurred debates about the lines between anarchy and activism. I agree with Shah in your article that the words and concepts we use or were used to describe our positions on issues (and actions) need a new barometer. When institutions fail to deliver it sparks protest whether you’re in a democracy or fighting for it. According to Dipankar Gupta. ‘ a little anarchy is a dangerous thing but a good protest is a joy forever’…

Comment on Resources & campaigns on gender-based violence by tanya

tanya — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 23:19:15 +0000

I note that WITNESS have launched a new video series for: How To Conduct Interviews with Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: http://blog.witness.org/2013/11/new-video-series-conducting-interviews-survivors-sexual-gender-based-violence/

Comment on Seeking new ways of seeing – collaborative mapmaking in Jerusalem by hagit

hagit — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:42:47 +0000

Hi Tanya, as Dan wrote you should definitely subscribe to the mailing list, people are usually very responsive and extremely helpful. If you are not in the US you might want to check the possibility of creating your own kit. It can be cheaper and easier. See the details for kite mapping here: http://publiclab.org/wiki/kite-mapping you’ll find many answers there, but also sign in to the public lab, tell the grassroots mappers you are about to do a flight – maybe someone who has experience is close by in your area and can help you with your first flight, might also be able to share equipment. Create a research note in the Public Lab website, this can be a short description of what you set out to do and how it went, your next steps and such… good luck!

Comment on Seeking new ways of seeing – collaborative mapmaking in Jerusalem by Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:40:28 +0000

thanks Dan. I am about to order a kit so let’s see how it goes!

Comment on Seeking new ways of seeing – collaborative mapmaking in Jerusalem by Dan

Dan — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:45:40 +0000

http://publiclab.org/wiki/guides is a good place to start. If you have further questions I encourage you to subscribe to one of the appropriate mailing lists.

Comment on Evidence to save Amazonian rainforests by Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:35:48 +0000

Thanks for sharing this story Marcelo. I watched the extra link you gave to Claudio’s TED talk. It’s so sad to know how he realised he was at great risk for speaking out and yet was not given any protection.

Comment on Seeking new ways of seeing – collaborative mapmaking in Jerusalem by Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:13:04 +0000

Hi Hagit, I’ve been perusing the link you provided from OpenLab and it does seem to me I can buy a basic kite kit from them for about US$100. The balloon mapping kit looks to be the same price. From what I can work out balloons will give a better, more stable result but won’t be useful if there is too much wind or the weather is a bit choppier but also they can be a hassle since you have to source helium (how does one do that??)? How easy do you think it’d be for a novice with no experience to use the kite kit? is there a video or simple 10 steps type link you can recommend and what kind of first time results might I expect? I guess this so much depends on the camera you use? What sort of camera do you use? I found your story inspiring and really want to try this out. Thanks! Will def keep reading too. Tanya

Comment on 10 maps that show me a different environment by Tanya

Tanya — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:46:06 +0000

thanks Paul for your comments and for letting us know why some of the links may temporarily not be working! Yes, Mikel has been such a great advocate of OpenStreetMaps in the human rights sector: it’s via Mikel that I’ve learnt about many great OSM projects.

Comment on 10 maps that show me a different environment by Paul Norman

Paul Norman — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 08:22:39 +0000

Good to see some of the interesting uses of OpenStreetMap publicized. Unfortunately some like ParkMaps are currently shut down with the US government

Minor correction – Mikel is a former board member, not a current one.