Mobit Mindanao

"From a corporate communications perspective, these tools are important not only as a platform for..."

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:12:25 +0800

“From a corporate communications perspective, these tools are important not only as a platform...

"“The course will cover the bad and good aspects of artisanal and small-scale gold mining and..."

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:35:26 +0800

““The course will cover the bad and good aspects of artisanal and small-scale gold...

"What Stengers calls for in Cosmopolitics is (amongst others) a new way of linking science and..."

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:47:29 +0800

“What Stengers calls for in Cosmopolitics is (amongst others) a new way of linking science and...

Social Media and Political Change: Capacity, Constraint, and Consequence (Journal of Communication, Volume 62, Issue 2, April 2012)

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:03:35 +0800

Social Media and Political Change: Capacity, Constraint, and Consequence (Journal of Communication,...

Bought two books for Mobit research references. Review and...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:37:04 +0800

Bought two books for Mobit research references. Review and description to follow.

"Why is it that, even when we are exposed to shocking stories and images, nothing seems to change in..."

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:35:38 +0800

“Why is it that, even when we are exposed to shocking stories and images, nothing seems to...

"Forty years ago John Berger observed, in Ways Of Seeing, that “the picture exists to prick our..."

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:19:30 +0800

“Forty years ago John Berger observed, in Ways Of Seeing, that “the picture exists to prick...

chaosbureau: From 1975 on, my entire country metamorphosed into...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:59:23 +0800

chaosbureau:

From 1975 on, my entire country metamorphosed into a single, numberless death. At first this seemed intolerable, but later it was accepted with indifference and even relegated to oblivion. - Tomás Eloy Martínez, Lugar común la muerte From the book “A Single Numberless Death” by Nora Strejilevich #EndImpunity #NoMiningMilitias

Bettie XL Lens, DC Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic

A discussion with human right defenders from the Philippines...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:34:43 +0800

A discussion with human right defenders from the Philippines appearing in Toronto as part of a cross-Canada tour.

WITH GUESTS:

BISHOP REUEL MARIGZA
General Secretary, United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) and Vice-Chairperson, National Council of Churches in the Philippines

DR. MERRY MIA CLAMOR
Community health worker, active member of Tanggol Bayi (Defend Women-Association of Women Health Rights Defenders) and acting coordinator of the Council on Health and Development. Former political prisoner.

ANGELINA BISUÑA IPONG
Coordinator, Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Association of Ex-Detainees Against Detention and Arrest). Former political prisoner.

TOUR LOCATIONS:
Toronto: March 27-31 / Ottawa: April 1-4 / Montreal: April 5-8 / Winnipeg: April 9-11 / Vancouver: April 12-16

SPONSORS:

BAYAN Canada - Anakbayan Toronto - Community Alliance for Social Justice - GABRIELA Ontario - KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives - MIGRANTE Canada - Philippine Solidarity Network - United Church of Canada

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bern Jagunos, Program Coordinator, Asia Pacific Partnerships, United Church of Canada. (416) 231-7680

Connie Sorio, Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Partnerships, KAIROS. (416) 463-5312 ext 240

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Music: Sari-Sari & Rianto at ACM 1 & 2- Maranao Sequence /http://youtu.be/_VejdOXRc78
Video by alex felipe (photos by alex felipe and from google images)

Is this what they mean by #noynoying?

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:32:00 +0800

“I’m as excited as you are to see the finished draft. But the proposal yesterday was permission to...

hijodegilipolla: proposed flag of Compostela look for...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:01:37 +0800

hijodegilipolla:

proposed flag of Compostela

look for references…

(via Davao, Region XI, Philippines) Davao by Jaume Ollé, 12...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:00:02 +0800

(via Davao, Region XI, Philippines)

Davao

by Jaume Ollé, 12 January 2001

The Province of Davao, formerly (and still occasionally) called Davao del Norte, occupies the head of the Davao Gulf in Southern Mindanao, Philippine Region XI. It contains two cities, Tagum (the capital) and the Island Garden City of Samal (in the gulf). It does NOT contain the city of Davao. Bananas are the dominant export crop, and rice, maize, and several other food crops are grown for consumption on Mindanao. Little remains of the forests. Livestock raising and fishing contribute to the economy, and there are various manufactures. Gold-mining was important in former times, and probably accounts for the gold cross on the shield, but seems to have been given up. Sand, gravel, guano, and marble are all extracted. The provincial government encourages tourism, and Samal is one of the national government’s five top goal areas for tourist development.
John Ayer, 29 May 2001

Storyboarding my presentation. More visuals, less text.

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:17:36 +0800

Storyboarding my presentation. More visuals, less text.

Solidarity. Common ground. (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:38:21 +0800

Solidarity. Common ground. (Taken with instagram)

The Mobit Toolkit. (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:12:26 +0800

The Mobit Toolkit. (Taken with instagram)

I cannot forget the short conversation I had with Bae Adelfa and...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:56:11 +0800

I cannot forget the short conversation I had with Bae Adelfa and Leah (shown in the Photos here) who asked me to find out how to bring internet literacy to their children in their tribal villages. Our conversation happened before my Mobit team had conducted our workshops and launched our pilot project. At the time, I had a few ideas. After launching Mobit, I think it’s a lot clearer now how this could be done. The two ladies are members of a new political party called Katribu who are running for political office to represent the voice and hopes of indigenous peoples in the Philippines. How would internet literacy help them achieve their political and community sustainability goals? What other solutions could we come up with together, I wonder?

Knight News Challenge: VozMob (Mobile Voices) Affiliate Network

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:43:39 +0800

Knight News Challenge: VozMob (Mobile Voices) Affiliate Network: Supporter of open source tech?...

Late-night #mobit drupalcon w CPU girls Gladys & Almondz at...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:00:58 +0800

Late-night #mobit drupalcon w CPU girls Gladys & Almondz at a Blenz Coffee shop in Global City, Manila. (Taken with instagram)

Thankful for small reprieves from hard work. Breakfast on Paco...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:14:29 +0800

Thankful for small reprieves from hard work. Breakfast on Paco & Jane’s top floor terrace. We’re enjoying melts-in-your-mouth, tree-ripened papayas, 25c/lb. nomnomnom! #thisreallycouldbeparadise (Taken with instagram)

Last day of our #mobit mobile monitoring workshop. It’s...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:17:15 +0800

Last day of our #mobit mobile monitoring workshop. It’s quarter to 8am. I’m sitting on a beautiful ornate iron lawn chair the colour of grass, greeting the early morning sun with joy, gratitude, and hope. #mobit begins it’s dry run tomorrow, that is, we start the field work of covering stories in remote areas not very many frequent unless you live there, or are a transnational mining company laying claim to the land and exploring for minerals such as gold, silver, copper, and oil. The people in these remote places have been struggling, some for over 20 years, against the onslaught of multinational corporations, colonial landowners, and military aggression. These words seem extreme to many of you, especially during breakfast, but for the people living in these areas, this litany of “aggressors” are what they have to live with day in and day out. I keep repeating the effects that the transnational national resource extractive industries coupled with militarization (“investment defense forces”, militias, call it what you like) on the land, in all life, on the human spirit to remind myself why this work is important despite the potential for threats of violence and death to my person. The army is supposed to protect the people from foreign aggression, not join with the multinationals in persecuting the people. It is my hope that this work will call upon those who value deeper meaning to life beyond accumulation of manufactured material wealth to act - to move it - in solidarity with the women, men, indigenous peoples, youth, and children who find themselves uprooted and pushed into the toxic front lines created by these resource extractive corporations and their military allies. Isn’t it about time we say enough to the pillage of our common birthright. Protect the land for it is what gives us nourishment for life. (Taken with instagram)