NEWS
Thu, 01/17/2013 - 19:23
We closed 2012 on a high point with a productive and inspiring meeting with the facilitation team for the Info Activism Camp. The group consisted of 30 people, a combination of Tactical Tech program staff and individuals working in diverse regions with different expertise such as data wrangling, information design, investigative journalism, new media tools and training for activists. All of them...
Mon, 10/08/2012 - 14:04
Tactical Tech is pleased to announce the launch of 10 Tactics Unstitched in Arabic. After speaking to people who had used our original 10 Tactics film and cards for trainings and educational activities, 10 Tactics Unstitched was a logical next step. We pulled out all the campaign examples featured in the original project and placed them in an interactive grid, sortable by campaign issue,...
Tue, 09/18/2012 - 17:36
An attentive crowd of about fifty people packed into St. George'sBookstore in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, September 13th, for theBerlin book launch of "Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution."Editor Andrew Boyd and contributor Dmytri Kleiner were in attendance atthe event, hosted by Tactical Tech's Marek Tuszynski.Andrew Boyd introducing Beautiful TroubleAfter Kleiner's condensed 15-...
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 21:05
This animation shows the number of 10 Tactics screenings organised by volunteers around the world from the launch of the film in late 2009 until 2012. Visualisation produced by Julia Wolf and Daniel Páez.
Wed, 05/09/2012 - 22:04
WikileaksA Web 2.0 Suicide MachineSyrian puppets making fun of Bashar al-AssadThe Arab RevolutionsBalloons mapping deforestation in ChileLewd Grass Mud Horses in ChinaThe Occupy MovementThe Stop Online Piracy Act How many things on this list can you identify? If they seem disconnected, why are they all there? 10 Tactics Remixed, Tactical Tech's new project about info-activism, is...
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 20:51
Just over two years ago we produced a film, showcasing the stories of activists around the world who had used information and new media to enhance their advocacy campaigns. This film became a vehicle for creating discussion about information-activism, and the possibilities and pitfalls new media creates for the people, organisations and campaigns using them. The film was screened 219 times in 66...
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 20:27
Brazilian-Portuguese the growing list of languages 10 Tactics is available in. Download the cards.
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 22:00
Unlike Us 2 is the second event on ‘alternatives in social media’, where artists, designers, scholars, activists and programmers gather. This international research network analyzes the economic and cultural aspects of dominant social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Through workshops, conferences, online dialogues and publications, the Unlike Us network intends to both analyze the...
Mon, 02/20/2012 - 05:30
Write up from the National Council for Children.
Mon, 08/22/2011 - 18:40
10 Tactics have now been translated into Chinese (traditional and simplified characters) and is now available on the 10 Tactics website for download. It's been over 18 months since we launched 10 Tactics, the film and set of resources about info-activism, and it's still finding new ways to reach more rights advocates and help people explore the possibilities of new technologies for...
Fri, 07/29/2011 - 15:23
We've just released a new addition to the 10 Tactics project, which has been creating discussion about the use of new technologies for advocacy and inspiring info-activism all over the world. The new 10 Tactics workbox is designed for those who want to use 10 Tactics info-activism examples in workshops and trainings. The workbox is a concise online catalogue of all 35 stories, helping...
Wed, 06/15/2011 - 16:23
Written by Delphine Pawlik, Programme Coordinator & Facilitator for Global Change.As part of the Global Change course in Nepal, ActionAid Denmark looks into the fine art of communication, including how to convey your message to different target groups using different media and methods. For this matter the materials from Tactical Tech have been of enormous value to us. Global Change is a...
Tue, 06/07/2011 - 16:08
Internet & Media Literacy (IML), based in Nairobi, Kenya provides workshops to civil society and faith based organisations as well as private and government organisations to help them develop skills in media production and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Several months ago Tactical Tech awarded IML a toolkit grant to support these workshops. One recent workshop...
Thu, 06/02/2011 - 15:54
The 2011 'Tuning in to Diversity' event, held last week at the Haag, is one of a series of meetings and workshops facilitated by Mira Media and partners that are designed to support more diversity and ethnic media pluralism in the European Union (EU). This year's event included more than 100 participants from across the EU and it was focused on social media: how can it be used to support media...
Fri, 05/06/2011 - 16:10
War Child International is leading an ICT & Media Week in Uganda, June 6-10, and plan to use 10 tactics for turning information into action and our three toolkits (Security, Message and Mobiles in-a-box) to inspire participants from 10 different countries develop their own advocacy projects and campaigns. War Child International is a family of independent humanitarian organisations...
Wed, 04/20/2011 - 20:18
As digital technologies multiply and become more accessible to the average user, the opportunities for rights advocates to improve the efficiency and efficacy of their work grow. But we need to understand how technologies work if we want to make them work for us. When most people get behind the wheel of a car, they do so with a basic knowledge of how a car works and an awareness of what could...
Wed, 03/16/2011 - 20:54
From 24 – 30 March, in the Hague, the Movies that Matter (MTM) film festival will feature over seventy human rights films and documentaries from around the world along with debates and discussions. A core part of the programme, entitled “A Matter of ACT” showcases 10 documentary films portraying the lives and work of unique and inspirational human rights advocates from Asia, Africa, Latin America...
Tue, 02/22/2011 - 20:36
Many projects have tackled sexual harassment in our communities through education and action. One of the major challenges with sexual harassment and tracking is the difficulty of collecting accurate data. A lack of reporting can provide limited numbers and make the problem seem smaller than it is. A group in Egypt is creating a movement using a mashup, Ushahidi, to provide a place for...
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 18:35
In November, Tanya Notley completed a two week tour of Australia, speaking about the use of new technologies for advocacy and facilitating info-activism workshops at a series of events which Tactical Tech was invited to. At the Making Links conference, designed to create the space "where social action and technology converge", Tanya delivered a keynote and presented Tactical Tech's work. She also...
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 16:44
Taibah was already a dedicated environmental activist when she came to Tactical Tech's Info-Activism Camp in India (2009) from her hometown of Borneo, Indonesia. She was general secretary of the environmental student group at Lambung Mangkurat University, and former facilitator of the Green Student Movement in Walhi Kalsel (Friends of the Earth Indonesia). She had already been...
Sat, 12/04/2010 - 15:03
Aleksandra Gurinova (26), found the info-activism camp very enlightening and relevant to her work supporting both people living with HIV/Aids and drug-users, in their struggle for access to appropriate treatment. She particularly enjoyed the international nature of the camp because she says that info-activism has evolved much more in other countries than it has in Russia. When Aleksandra...
Mon, 11/22/2010 - 19:13
Botswang Kgeledi (24) attended the Info-Activist Camp as an established technology expert and a fervent promoter of digital based advocacy in Southern Africa. For him, the Info-Activism Camp was a place to gain new technical knowledge, make connections and join a global network of people, all striving to achieve social justice. At the time he was working as an IT programming officer for the...
Wed, 11/10/2010 - 13:32
25 year-old Rumbidzai attended Tactical Tech's Info-Activism Camp (2009) to learn “how to best utilise advocacy reports to bring about change”. She knew that digital technologies had great potential for advocacy but she was hesitant about just what could be achieved in a country with as limited infrastructure as Zimbabwe. At the time she was working for the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU...
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 14:53
In 2009 we brought together 130 people working on rights issues in different spheres – from activism, design, technology and development – to learn, share skills and ideas and imagine new ways of doing advocacy work using digital technologies. The week-long Info-Activism camp was held 50 kilometers from the city of Bangalore in India at a quiet resort re-purposed by Tactical Tech to suit the...
Tue, 10/05/2010 - 20:07
An all new Arabic language DVD - including the 10 Tactics film and cards - is now available to download on the 10 Tactics website. ‘10 Tactics’ provides original and artful ways for rights advocates to capture attention and communicate a cause. It includes a 50-minute film documenting stories from around the world and a set of cards; with tools, tips and advice to...
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 14:29
Tactical Tech recently participated in the International School on Digital Transformation (ISTD), held in Porto, Portugal, July 25th to 30th. The six-day residential programme was organised by the UT Austin-Portugal Program, a cooperative endeavour between the University of Texas at Austin and some of the top universities of Portugal. The event brought together 45 emerging and established...
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:37
Every year around 20 000 of the most influential advocates, policy-makers and organisations working in the field of HIV/AIDS and committed to ending the pandemic gather for the International AIDS conference. This year's event took place in Vienna, Austria, between 18 - 23 July and was focused on maintaining HIV/AIDS as a key global, and human rights issue and pushing for the expansion...
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 18:57
After the success of 10 tactics for turning information into action, Tactical Tech is starting work on a new info-activism resource that will support rights advocates to use information and digital technology. While this new project is still at the research and planning stage we are inviting you as friends, colleagues and networks to share with us any ideas you have for info-activism stories....
Fri, 06/04/2010 - 19:48
This week Tactical Tech celebrates 100 worldwide screenings of 10 tactics for turning information into action, the documentary film about info-activism. Tanya Notley, the 10 tactics project lead, reflects here on the success of this project.In the first month 10 tactics was launched, December 2009, interest about this film swelled and it was screened at 17 different events. 2010 has been no...
Sat, 10/10/2009 - 02:37
350.org and Tactical Tech have pioneered 'Project MOBiLIZE', a multi-country text message system that will allow the public to participate in the global debate on climate change. Individuals and groups across 20 countries will mobilise on this issue for the second annual International Day of Climate Action, organised by 350.org, on 24th October. On this day, grassroots campaigners...
