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Cracking down on kraakers – the end of Dutch squatting as we know it

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Sofia Tussis
Squat in Maastricht

I come from a city where culture and entertainment belong to those with a thick wallet. For the others, Milan has not much to offer, which pushes to seek for alternatives. The centri sociali, social centers, are the places where music, art, food and politics are collective and cheap if not free, mushrooms of resistance sprouting [...]

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Arts and censorship

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin
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As part of the Creating Waves 2 event, we invited the participants to express their reflections on the relationship between art and censorship through figurative arts.

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Avant-garde Messages- The Dadaists are Back

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Sofia Tussis

This collective poem-writing performance connecting art and censure is inspired by the works of the Dadaists and most notably Tristan Tzara and his newspaper collages.
All workshop participants (and even passers-by) were invited to contribute to poems, by “throwing” words into the poem. Some however were also be given authority rights, having [...]

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Gonzo Journalism

Posted on May 29, 2010 by valentin
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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 [...]

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Participatory Editorial

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Conrad

The driving force behind “Creating Waves” was the wish to expand the number of voices that create Maas-media’s message as well as the ears that are receptive to it. In order for the maas-mediamorphosis to take place, we wanted to establish a face to face connection that we deem necessary for the formation of an [...]

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The Manifesto of Participatory Journalism

Posted on May 14, 2010 by valentin

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 [...]

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Tear Down the Walls

Posted on April 14, 2010 by aranyo.aarjan

The issue of ‘migration’, in particular ‘immigration’ has been much at the forefront of European political polemic in recent years, attracting strong opinions on either side of the debate. Among the political discourse, particularly since the recent economic downturn, there has been a strong anti-immigration argument. Not here. When it comes to taking a stance [...]

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Anti Deportation Freestyle

Posted on April 1, 2010 by valentin

A sneak preview to the next issue on migration…

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Immigrants locked up and assaulted – how the UK becomes a cage

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Conrad
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An insight into the UK’s discriminating immigration policies and its escalation
 
by Sara Heinrich
 

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Twenty years after people all over Europe went on the streets to demonstrate for their human right of freedom of movement and freedom to travel, the EU celebrates open borders for unlimited movement and freedom to travel for every EU-citizen. This much [...]

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Visualization Of Cultures In Motion

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Conrad
2004, Athens. Muzaffar "Alex" Jafari writes about his journey on foot from Afghanistan to Greece via Iran

The European Union exemplifies an entity of a mixture of people that is determined by an intercultural society, which is often said to be the future of our globe. The Netherlands represents probably the most multicultural country within this bigger entity. Migrants from all over the world, including the writers and contributors of Maas-Media, have [...]

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