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Comment on Regarding Humanity by New website continues poverty porn debate | Humanosphere

New website continues poverty porn debate | Humanosphere — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:05:57 +0000

[…] “The Re: Hum website will source content from a diverse set of authors and creators in order to bring a global perspective to the issue. It will serve as an educational resource and discussion forum to teach visual literacy, the importance of ethnography, and ways to maintain narrative integrity. We will be expanding to a discussion series, research, and an educational curriculum over time and as resources permit,” explains Raftree. […]

Comment on Social media and poverty porn by barnesa100

barnesa100 — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:54 +0000

This sounds very interesting. Despite the opportunities offered by online communications, the NGO sector still seems to advance the same narrative about global poverty. Although there are some notable exceptions, online platforms are still dominated by disempowering images of distressed children, women in passive motherhood roles and people in traditional rural environments. But the shrinking of attention spans makes using familiar images and narratives the easiest options. My recent research on audience responses to NGO appeal adverts found that people interpreted the familiar image of the distressed child as asking for their guilt, pity and money. They thought positive images asked them to donate because they would feel good about making a child happier and happier. But the appeal for solidarity with people’s self-organised collective struggle for justice was so unfamiliar to them that almost all my focus group respondents didn’t really understand what it was all about. Could this be because NGOs have for decades been exposing them to ‘poverty porn’ and not with the messages we really want them to think about. What do people think?

Comment on Mobiles Increase Reach at Childline Kenya by Abigael

Abigael — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:24:41 +0000

Thankyou childline for the great work you are doing

Comment on Mobile technology and workforce development programs with girls and young women by Women Empowerment and the Mobile Phone | engageSPARK

Women Empowerment and the Mobile Phone | engageSPARK — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:51:45 +0000

[...] week, I read an interesting blog post from Linda Raftree about an NYC and London Technology Salon session on how mobile phones are improving the reach and [...]

Comment on Glass Houses… INGOs and Walking the Talk on IATI by Mika Välitalo

Mika Välitalo — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:51:15 +0000

Excellent and inspiring post, thanks a lot Tessie!

Comment on Technology Salon: IATI, NGOs, tech and aid effectiveness by Glass Houses… INGOs and Walking the Talk on IATI | Wait... What?

Glass Houses… INGOs and Walking the Talk on IATI | Wait... What? — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:43:07 +0000

[...] valid exemptions for sensitive data. We have also learned that there are many resources to help INGOs navigate the IATI compliance waters. These resources are not well known to US INGOs, and need to be better publicized. Plan in the US, [...]

Comment on Mobile phones, toilets and libraries – beyond access by Beyond Access | Mobile Ministry Magazine

Beyond Access | Mobile Ministry Magazine — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:09:29 +0000

[...] Read the rest of Mobile Phones, Toilents and Libraries – Beyond Access at Wait… What? [...]

Comment on 16 thoughts on open government and community and economic development by washwatchblogger

washwatchblogger — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:34:33 +0000

Reblogged this on WASHwatch and commented: Interesting post summing up some common challenges facing Open Data by Linda Araftree

Comment on Benefits, barriers and tips for ICT-enabled M&E by Karsten Weitzenegger

Karsten Weitzenegger — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:42:23 +0000

Reblogged this on mande.weitzenegger.de.

Comment on Contest: Innovations in connecting the unconnected by ellieraeward

ellieraeward — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:51:48 +0000

Hello! I just wanted to leave you a short note…I have recently started working for a new website called NGOpolis, which is a communications platform to encourage networking between individuals interested in development and conservation. I have shared a link to your blog post on NGOpolis, as I thought it was very relevant to what you wrote about how the competition hopes to generate more conversation between smaller organisations.

I look forward to reading your next post!
Best Wishes
Ellie