https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:54:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2013/10/24/copyright-or-not/ Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:54:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2013/10/24/copyright-or-not/ The Introduction to Civic Media class participated in a role play discussing the pros and cons of copyright within creative industries, from different points of view. The roles were randomly assigned and each person had to argue their own case. Copyright was discussed from eight different points of view of: an idealist owner of an illegal streaming site, a bootlegger, a social activist, a “western world” consumer, a “third world” consumer (in lack of better […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2013/10/08/flux-possible-futures-of-a-gender-blurred-society/ Tue, 08 Oct 2013 13:29:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2013/10/08/flux-possible-futures-of-a-gender-blurred-society/ As an artist in residence at the Open Doc Lab and a freelance filmmaker, I am currently working on an interactive documentary with the preliminary title ”Flux”, which explores gender identities and gender roles. ”Flux” will be an immersive web experience that will open a space to discuss alternative social structures for a society where gender roles are less prevalent. I believe that questioning and becoming aware of our thought patterns is at the core […]]]>