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Author Archives: valentin
To occupy and ‘occupons’: The 99% of Montreal.
Several weeks ago, Thomas L. Friedman wrote a commentary piece for the New York Times . In his article, he stated that, in between the Arab Spring and the occupation of Wallstreet which even seemed to be producing sympathy protests, it should be clear to everyone that “something is happening here,” some great global eruption, [...]
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Gonzo Journalism
GONZO!
Story #1 – Fun Fair Reportage
“WHERE ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING MILFs AT?”, my co-journalist, my co-druggy, co-party, co-crazy shouts. “SSST, we’re undercover.” Deadly look shoots through my zebralined specs. “We’re on a mission, blend in with the crowd bitch.” The crowd- drab, grey, mindless. Good luck trying to blend in when you look like you skipped [...]
The Manifesto of Participatory Journalism
The Manifesto of Participatory Journalism from Maas Media on Vimeo.
Journalism and the role of mass media were in the past two centuries defined by the dichotomy of production and consumption. The publication of the news by an elite few, meant for solitary consumption in living rooms, trains and libraries around the world encouraged a culture [...]
Curry and Identity
The centrality of food and consumption for most issues of social and cultural concern can, to my opinion, not be over-emphasized. Food practices are constitutive of social identities and cultural differentiation. “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are”, a phrase originally coined in the 1820s by Brillat-Savarin, a French [...]
Posted in Food & Consumption, Issue 3 - Migration
Tagged Food & Consumption, Immigration
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The Rise of Climate-Change Art
Vision of a tragic future? … Tomás Saraceno’s Biospheres at the Rethink exhibition in Copenhagen. Photograph: Anders Sune Berg
In the past decades, policy makers have given great attention to making cities or nations more sustainable. We, as citizens of the world, have to reconsider our obligations and responsibilities regarding our planet, too, because policy makers [...]
Posted in Arts & Culture, Issue 2 - Climate Justice
Tagged Arts & Culture, Climate Justice, Copenhagen
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Technology for Ten Billion People
Reinder vanTijen, Founder of Demotech
Climate justice and technology are intrinsically linked subjects. Technology is at the heart of the industrial revolution, which on the one hand brought about the prosperity and development we currently enjoy in the North.
On the other hand, it is also the root cause of increased greenhouse gas emissions and ongoing climate [...]
Editorial II
Dear Friends,
More than two months since the publication of the inauguratory issue of the fabulous grassroots media initiative that is Maas Media, we are finally back with the much anticipated second issue, as we step into the second decade of this new century. Needless to say, in these last two months, several highly significant events [...]