An evening on Media and Activism

07 April 2009, 
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Goethe Institute, Karachi

Do media and activism always go together. How does an activist media fill the gaps. How do the new technologies fit in this picture. What does this increased access to information mean for our culture and society. 

In a timely note Rob van Kranenburg observes the present age of acceleration. Suzanne Hogendoorn presents her film on European activists at the G8 Summit 2007. Awab Alvi gives us a behind-the-web look at citizens covering the Long March in March 2009 using internet & cellphones. Journalists from news channels will talk about how they use new media in their work. Discussion on linkages on these themes will follow.

Programme

Welcome by Goethe Institute
Introduction by Mauj Collective

'On the Need of Bureaucracy: slowing things down in the age of
acceleration'
Rob van Kranenburg


'We will block you'  (documentary film)
Suzanne Hogendoorn & Mark Kulsdom

Break

Tracking the Long March
Awab Avi

New Technologies in Journalism
Journalists from News agencies and TV channels

Open Discussion