Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009 5 Comments »
JR – EXTRAIT “WOMEN ARE HEROES”, Kibera, Kenyaby JR JR ArtNet is a renowned French photographer that is known for his intimate portraits. His latest exhibition, “Women are Heroes” is an unconventionally displayed in some of the world’s biggest slums in Kenya, Brazil, India and Cambodia. These are slums where women are economically marginalized, often […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2009 Comments Off on Death of a Nation: Russia After the Fall of Communism
True Stories: Death of a Nation is a documentary that profiles Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Marcel Theroux investigates first-hand the political, economic, and social issues that surround the troubled nation. The issues that are examined include the Russian oligarchs and “gangster capitalism”, the HIV epidemic taking place in the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2009 4 Comments »
This video summarizes a workshop that was given for Palestinian youth at IBDAA (a grassroots cultural center located in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank). IBDAA is a local activist group that focuses on raising awareness and maintaining Palestinian culture within the camp. They began as a dance troupe that toured Palestinian children […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2009 7 Comments »
The video i’ve chosen is not embeddable but can be found in full here: please watch it in a new window and return here to post comments. By Marcus Bleasdale and produced by Media Storm, which is sponsored by the washingtonpost.com Transcript (new window) My summary Journalist Marcus Bleasdale has spent many years in the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
I am posting this video to get us going, and as an example of the sort of videos I am asking you to look for. I found this video through the organization Rights Action, which is based in Canada and builds alliances in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico for community development and human rights. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2009 Comments Off on video sharing sites
this post on lifehacker describes the five most popular sites, all good places to look for potential videos to post here
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 7th, 2009 Comments Off on Welcome to geography 362’s course vlog
We will be posting short videos about development (and related issues) made in/by/with peoples of the majority world (“global South” – though it is also in the heart of Vancouver, and in the far North). We will also be posting short videos made by our class about how uneven development shapes our communities in greater […]