Interview with Jedidiah. Pillar : mainstream media
IC's voice uncensored
Friday night, end of term (or rather early saturday morning).
I finally overcame my 1001 technical issues, and my computer seems to have responded to my verbal threats of getting rid of it as soon as the semester is done.
Given that it is pretty late, I will make it short and sweet.
I finally overcame my 1001 technical issues, and my computer seems to have responded to my verbal threats of getting rid of it as soon as the semester is done.
Given that it is pretty late, I will make it short and sweet.
visible people's T-shirts are ready
Today we got together at Meredith’s chapter room and made our own T-shirts. One by one, each white T-shirt was gracefully spray painted in gold by Myriam and we put our heads together to think of messages to write on our T-shirts. What kind of words would challenge the commodification of personal stories for the sake of advocacy? Each member in our group will be blogging about each T-shirt so please keep visiting our blog!
The message on my T-shirt is: “Am I a-wear-ivist?”
Creating culture
The more I go through IC's website content, the more I feel that it has nothing to do with Ugandans. Well, I should qualify that statement. Yes, it has information on their work (somewhat), although they are "following" Kony into Congo, they are helping rebuild schools, they are setting up radio towers.
But the problem is, they also have a music blog, links to their videos, photos, clothing... if I didn't know better, you'd think this is a hipster clothing company or something. It's just plain distracting!
But the problem is, they also have a music blog, links to their videos, photos, clothing... if I didn't know better, you'd think this is a hipster clothing company or something. It's just plain distracting!
What's the difference between seeing, and understanding?
Sitting on the bus, riding to UBC, thinking about Invisible Children and Visible People. It dawned on me that there's a significant difference between seeing something, and understanding something.
In the case of Invisible Children's movies, I argue that the people of northern Uganda are made more visible. This can be a good thing as the youth of America open theirs eyes to a different country, a thriving community, and a deadly conflict.
But just because Invisible Children's movies make the people of northern Uganda more visible, this doesn't mean that their movies tell the full story of this conflict, and that audiences, after viewing their movies, leave with an in-depth understanding of northern Uganda's collective and individual histories.
On the other hand, is it too much to ask of an NGO and humanitarian organization like Invisible Children to get the youth of America to really know and understand using movies (or the other four pillars of media) alone? I wonder.
"No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding." - Plato
Resources, what resources?
The following is a list of resources found on the Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) site:
