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I just found the site We Tell Stories. It mashes up stories and maps, taking you through space as well as through narrative, an unusually poetic application of the map mashup meme. Thanks, Ethan.
Bio
In 2006, I founded ZapBoom Consulting, which specializes in the analysis of how digital
tools like cell phones and the Internet can be used in social change campaigns in developing countries. I have
researched and written reports on topics ranging from online
citizen journalism to blog advocacy and internet censorship. I have
also performed in-country Internet monitoring and international
conference organizing.
You can contact me at MaryCJoyce AT gmail DOT com.
Client Buzz
Feedback from Zapboom Clients:
"Mary's passion and energy for digital activism is obvious in every action and initiative she makes."...read more
"Right away she cut to the core of our needs."...read more
"She deserves much of the credit for organizing a tremendously successful event."...read more
"She was able to turn a potentially complex technical task into something that brought all the different viewpoints together and channelled everyone's energy in a collaborative manner."...read more
Digital Activism Projects
- New! DigiActive.org (our goal is a world of digital activists)
- Free Fouad (2008 blog campaign)
- Rayt it! (2007 web annotation project)
- Free Monem (2007 blog campaign)
- Free Alaa (2006 blog campaign)
- Demologue (2005-2007 digital democracy project)
Written Products
- Blog for a Cause!: The Global Voices Guide to Blog Advocacy
(Global Voices, 2008) - The Citizen Journalism Web Site 'OhmyNews' and the 2002 South Korean Presidential Election
(Internet and Democracy Project, 2007) - Internet Watch Report: The 2007 Presidential Elections in Nigeria
(OpenNet Initiative, 2007) - Social Change Technology in the Global South
(Journal of Information Technology and Social Change, 2007)
- Prospects for e-Advocacy in the Global South
(The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Res Publica, 2006) - The Election Blogging Guide
(Demologue.com, 2006) - Morocco Raises Its Voice (Fulbright final report, 2005)
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David Weinberger on Fame Culture We Create
Posted by Mary on 28/04/2008 at 15:43
Last Friday I went to ROFLCon, the “rolling on the floor laughing” convention. It was a two-day event organized by an enterprising group of Harvard undergrads (and sponsored by the Berkman Center) to celebrate and explore internet memes and culture.
Why is this an appropriate topic for blog on digital activism, you might ask. Although the conference was ostensibly about funny Internet memes it was really about how Internet is fueling the growth of user-generated culture - cultural democracy, if you will. Internet fame, which Berkman fellow David Weinberger discussed in his keynote address, is a perfect
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| Comment Gazan Youth Phone-bank for Obama Online
Posted by Mary on 23/04/2008 at 11:21
According to a report by Al Jazeera English (see video above) Palestinian youth are using the Internet to run an informal phone bank to call voters in the US before every primary in order to convince them to vote for Barack Obama.
The organizer of the international phone-banking initiative, Ibrahim Abu Jayab, age 23, brings a group of 17 friends to a cybercafé in Gaza before every US primary to use Internet telephony to randomly call numbers in the state where the primary is being held and ask citizens to vote for Obama.
(Read more)Tags: gaza Barackobama palestine
| Comment Nueva Palabra: Obamónos
Posted by Mary on 21/04/2008 at 20:04
Encontré una nueva palabra: ¡Obamónos!
¡Vamonos a apoyar a Barack Obama!
Tags: Barackobama
Mary's DigiActive radio interview
Posted by Mary on 12/04/2008 at 18:37
Last week I was interviewed about my digital activism site, DigiActive.org on the Australian community radio program The Fourth Estate with Daz Chandler. You can take a listen below by clicking the green arrow:
Topics discussed include my motivation for founding DigiActive, examples of how activists are using Facebook to organize international protests, whether digital activism is elitist, and why it's a good idea to use online commercial tools for activism.
| Comment Is MoveOn Taking the Right Position on Iraq?
Posted by Mary on 10/04/2008 at 13:31
One of the reasons I am so excited about digital activism is that it gives a very public voice to people with few financial resources (start a free blog and you instantly have a potential audience of millions). In short, digital activism empowers ordinary citizens to have a significant impact on world affairs
But with this privilege comes responsibility. If the Internet allows ordinary citizens to influence world affairs we have to think very carefully about how we use that influence. Case in point: MoveOn's campaign to get American troops out of Iraq. Above is a video they
(Read more) | Comment A Network Map of the Iranian Blogosphere
Posted by Mary on 07/04/2008 at 16:02
Network Map of the Iranian Blogosphere: click the image to see a bigger version.
In addition to my master's program and DigiActive, I am also a research assistant for the Internet and Democracy Project at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. For much of this year, John Kelly of Morningside Analytics and Columbia University, and his team, has been studying the Iranian blogosphere for the Internet and Democracy Project. He's used both a network analytics program and human reserch to create the map above.
A little bit of explanation: A dot represents a blog.
(Read more)Tags: Berkmancenter iran
| Comment Live-Blogging: Larry Lessig Wants to Change Congress
Posted by Mary on 04/04/2008 at 19:17
Larry Lessig, Stanford intellectual extraordinaire and founder of Creative Commons, is here at Harvard Law School to talk about his new campaign Change Congress as part of the Berkman@10 lecture series.
He begins with a quote from Ronald Reagan: "A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy."
(Read more)Tags: lessig harvard corruption Berkmancenter
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Alternative Media Critical to Malaysian Election
Posted by Mary on 04/04/2008 at 14:49
Malaysiakini.com, one of the biggest alternative news blogs in the country.
According to USINFO, a publication of the Department of State, alternative media played a key role in the March 8 parliamentary elections in Malaysia. The ruling Barisan National (BN) party received a surprising blow when it lost 58 seats in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat. Although the BN still holds 63% of seats, it lost its commanding two-thirds majority. The BN has ruled Malaysia for 50 years.
At a forum on April 1, at the University Malaya, columnist Datuk Johan Jaffar noted that alternative media had a crucial effect
(Read more)Tags: cellphones sms election malaysia
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