TLDR: This post describes the history, process, findings, and caveats of our recently-conducted FOIA campaign of 1,300 public schools and libraries in the state of Massachusetts. You should also check out companion pieces in the Boston Globe, which has an overview of the project, and our research partner MuckRock, which dives […]
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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: […]
Building upon my last blog post and comments provided, I will summarize my project proposal here: Tane, in Shiga prefecture in Japan, is a unique rural depopulated community where various universities and organizations visit to conduct different projects. These outside projects can seamlessly come into the community largely because of […]
Members of an unveiled club at the Bukhara district Women’s Division (Soviet Uzbekistan, 1928). The social role of an Uzbek woman is frequently defined within the context of patriarchal values and is considered secondary and inferior to that of men. Major media outlets censored and produced under the government authority, […]
Callback.io: Breaking community participation barriers facing community radio Radio Amani based in Nakuru,Kenya is a community based radio station. Nakuru was one of the towns mostly affected by the post election crisis in 2008. Being the capital of a region that is not only diverse but the agricultural […]