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Theme : identity
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Stop the Press!
While we've been in China, a lot of people have made veiled references to the censorship of the press. Mostly, they either assume you know how the system works, or prefer not to get drawn on the subject. Once or twice, interviewees have clearly been worried that we are western press, so we've had to reassure them of our (lack of) credentials. Tonight, however, Sam and I finally got to sit down and have dinner with a journalist (who will remain nameless) who was very generous with her time and...
from : rachelbriggs
15th October 2006
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Life thru a lens
Shan Song is an underground film maker in Beijing. By day he writes scripts for government-produced TV dramas, by night he makes films through a collective he set up after film school called 22Film. Sam and I met him yesterday to talk about the ways in which independent film making is bringing about social change in China.The advent of digital cameras and the internet has enabled a generation of young people to make films about themselves, how they live and where they want China to go. They go...
from : rachelbriggs
13th October 2006
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Beyond the veil
By choosing to comment on Muslim women's dress last week, Jack Straw plunged himself into the heart of a debate that is seen as symbolic of the pitfalls that lie ahead for our increasingly multicultural society. His argument was that the niqab - the style of dress that calls for women's faces to be veiled below eye-level - creates a physical barrier that is problematic because it reflects the social and cultural barriers that already stand between Muslim communities and their...
from : hannahlownsbrough
9th October 2006
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Change Within
Change Within examines the crucial role played by black and minority ethnic voluntary organisations.
from : hannahlownsbrough
3rd October 2006
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Talk Us Into It
This report argues that people are not talking about public affairs less – the problem is that they are engaging less frequently in the means by which their conversation can become public. We need to reconnect these conversations with the public realm and bring back into discussion the interests that at the moment are so fragmented.
from : markfuller
14th September 2006
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Serving a cause, serving a community
This pamphlet, co-authored by Cabinet Minister Douglas Alexander MP, looks at the role of political parties in modern communities.
from : markfuller
13th September 2006
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NTO UK - Jerry Fishenden's blog
Biometric data and unintended consequences
from : petebradwell
13th September 2006
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Bigger, dafter, creepier - Gordon Brown's ID scheme rescue plan | The Register
A piece on Gordon Brown's thinking on ID cards.
from : petebradwell
13th September 2006
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Northern Lights 2020
22nd-23rd June 2006, Glasgow What kind of places do Europe’s northern cities want to be as they look forward to 2020? Can they tell a distinctive story of optimism, inclusiveness and imagination?Glasgow as a city is often pulled south- by comparison, competition and control- to Edinburgh, Manchester and London. But what if Glasgow chose to look north and east instead? Might its Nordic neighbours provide a better ‘urban peer group’ for Glasgow to exchange ideas,...
from : mollywebb
1st September 2006
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The New North
Speakers: Umayya Abu-Hanna (Finnish National Gallery) Mohammed Elabed (MOI, Sweden) Mandana Zarrehparvar (Danish Institute of Human Rights) Ehsan Masood (The Gateway Trust) Madeleine Bunting (Director, Demos) Dr Catherine Fieschi (Demos) - Chair
from : markfuller
29th August 2006
