Jul 12by Andreas Hackl in Allgemein, featured, Israel, nationalism, RSS, technology, The Fieldnote

Who cares about Selfies? It’s the #Otherie, stupid!

A fieldnote from Tel Aviv, Israel (July 2014):
People take Selfies, but armies and states in war rely on #Otheries: the one-dimensional focus on the Other, as a target, as an object of war. A note on Othering in the current Israeli military operation against Hamas in Gaza.

Jun 30by Andreas Hackl in civil disobedience, featured, politics, RSS, The Voice, Ukraine

Did Ukraine’s civil resistance fail?

“Civil resistance is also about what we don’t see,” says Maciej Bartkowski, a leading expert on nonviolent resistance. Comparing Ukraine to other cases in history, Bartkowski underlines the effectiveness of civil resistance, discusses its limits, and clears up some of the widespread misconceptions about it.

May 4by Sammy Khamis in Europe, featured, homosexuality, law, marriage, politics, RSS, society, The Voice, United Kingdom, USA

„The tide of history is on our side.“

A telephone call between two very remarkable people endorsing equal rights for same sex couples: Adriana Badal, mayor of the small town Bisbee in Arizona, and Father Andrew Cain, a vicar in the Church of England in London.

Apr 29by Fanny Gutsche in English, Europe, featured, folk music, national identity, radio, RSS, Switzerland, The Fieldnote

Broadcasting Swissness

Looking at the letters from the listeners of Swiss Radio International can help us to understand the effects media has in how the image of a nation is constructed.