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Journalism agenda: “Starting in online investigations with open-source intelligence… “Mobile journalism experts to follow on Twitter…

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How to get started in online investigations with open-source intelligence First Draft News by Bellingcat Myself and others at First Draft frequently receive emails from a whole range of people asking how they can start doing the sort of online open-source investigation and verification that they’ve seen us doing. The skills and methodologies used are all … Read more

Literati roundup: “Five politics classics every activist should know about….

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Five politics classics every activist should know about open Democracy News Analysis – by Tom Butler-Bowdon And they’re not all what you think… 1. Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals (1971) The McCarthy era decimated the ranks of American radicals, yet it did not stop the disillusionment that America’s young felt in the 1960s about politicians and … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Greek debt talks fail, BUT next meeting on Monday… Tension in Minsk…

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No agreement in Greek eurozone talks  BBC News | Europe | World Edition   Greek and eurozone officials have left a seven-hour meeting without even basic agreement on how to proceed in talks over the country’s debt crisis. Greek debt talks fail, next meeting on Monday  EurActiv.com Greece’s new leftist government and its international creditors failed to … Read more

Anthropologists on full attack: “The Digital” as major theme at #AAA2014

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“The Digital” as major theme at #AAA2014 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Matt Thompson As I settled in to browse the conference program for the 2014 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (just hours before I was scheduled to leave, natch), I was immediately struck by a common … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Boas and the Monolingualism of the Other…

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Boas and the Monolingualism of the Other  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology In my last post on Bauman and Briggs Voices of Modernity I explored their argument that Boas’s notion of culture makes it seem like a prison house from which only the trained anthropologist is capable of escaping. In doing so, however, I … Read more

Deniz Ergürel: Washington gözlemlerim ? Şubat 2012

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  Washington gözlemlerim ? Şubat 2012 12 Şubat Pazar akşamı THY?nin TK007 uçağı ile Washington DC?ye indik. Trafiğin yok denecek kadar az olduğu şehir oldukça sessiz ve sakindi. Ama aynı sakinliği Türkiye ? ABD ilişkileri için söylemek pek mümkün değil. Medya Derneği Başkanı Salih Memecan ve Gazeteci Ergun Babahan?la birlikte, Washington DC?de yaptığımız 4 günlük gezi … Read more