There always needs to be a product: 'Self-reflection', volunteering & the...
First, there was good, old volunteering in Africa or Latin America, then we (were) discovered (by) the CV-enhancing experience industry around voluntourism in developing countries and now we are faced...
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Hello all,The new semester is round the corner and one of the many ways to welcome our new students is to encourage them to get immersed in and (slightly) overwhelmed by the debates featured in the...
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The UN’s technocratic answer to the ‘data revolution’
Alternative title: Have bureaucracy, will organize meetings: The UN’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution It started with casual Twitter feed browsing on Sunday and a short...
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Voice & Matter Festival 2014: Welcome to the cross-border C4D & ICT4D...
As the deadline for registration is approaching fast, I wanted to share the announcement for our Glocal conference on Communication for Development with you. Örecomm's fourth bi-national conference,...
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Hello all,Between the beginning of a new semester that gained momentum a bit too quickly and our forthcoming Voice & Matter international Communication for Development conference, this week's link...
View ArticleIs paying 7,500 pounds for an ebook the future of Open Access?
I came across two examples recently that left me with in an uneasy, confused state as to where open access publishing in academia is heading. First, one colleague shared his experience from publishing...
View ArticleLinks & Contents I Liked 126 - blog post #300!
Hello all,A note on the 300th blog post Wow! Blog post no. 300...how time flies! Before we move to another comprehensive link review, I want to take a moment to thank you, dear readers, fellow...
View ArticleCelebrity development bullshit bingo-Victoria Beckham UNAIDS Goodwill...
Nobody said the work and life of a communication for development researcher would be easy! Therefore, I conducted painful field research by transcribing a 1:40 minute video recording of Victoria...
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Hi all,It's Friday and time for some recommended readings! New publications, development news with a peace & conflict focus, digital lives with Firechat, traveling chef Anthony Bourdain and Vice...
View ArticleShould the voices of senior consultants feature more prominently in public...
It has probably happened to you before as well: Every so often I receive a short facebook message or email by a senior development consultant – women and men with probably 15, often 20 or more years of...
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Hi all, This week's review comes live from Istanbul where UNICEF and academics are going to discuss child rights in the digital future. And there are plenty of interesting links and readings to be...
View ArticleAre 80 million potential voluntourists, slacktivists & DIY humanitarians the...
Forgive the catchy headline, but this is still a development blog ;)! To answer my question straight away: No, of course not. But wait, there’s more… In a recent NPR feature How Millennials Are...
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Hello all,As we are starting a fresh week, we all deserve some good, critical readings for the breaks, waits or evenings...The Development news section features sex (well, in the context of development...
View ArticleThe future of expats in a globalized development industry-Reflections on the...
Last week DevEx’ Kate Warren shared three major points from the DevEx Career Forum:1. The localization of aid movement has drastically changed career opportunities for both international and local...
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Hello all,Let's just jump right into another comprehensive review! We have new stuff from Aidnography-and a new section that digs into the blog's archive.UN South Sudan whistle blowing, international...
View ArticleCelebrities – the trolls of (virtual) global development?
Brendan Rigby's post on his facebook probably captures a sentiment that many of us share: Duncan Green of From Poverty to Power (...) says that this Geldof-led band reformation feels like a...
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Hi all,It's the busy marking season, plus I pulled many muscles from eyeball-rolling and hand-wringing over Ebola-Christmas-Song-gate, but finally there is a new, substantial link-review for our...
View ArticleWhy Save The Children’s Global Legacy Award to Tony Blair matters for C4D
I only read about Save the Children’s (STC) Global Legacy award to Tony Blair today and was surprised that it has not made bigger waves in the virtual development discussion spaces: The controversial...
View ArticleLearning organization #fail: Save The Children’s PR to defend Blair is almost...
Since I wrote my initial post on the Save The Children award for Tony Blair on Sunday, the story has gained some considerable momentum; it has been widely shared and discussed in my social networks-so...
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Hi all,I was busy last week following the Save The Children-Tony Blair PR disaster (and I also have a fantastic day job that involves marking, teaching & researching ;)) and some great links have...
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