Dec 5, 2020Live Streaming: A confirmation of community and exercise of citizenship.Live streaming is a process of transmitting video and audio data packets across a network in order to distribute the content to a peer or an audience. This takes many forms from corporate webcasts to streaming live video games on the Twitch platform. It may seem like the whole technology…Live Streaming11 min readLive Streaming11 min read
Nov 12, 2020The Techno-solutionism approach to Philanthropy isn’t the answer, but let’s not downplay ‘Tech For Good’s’ achievements.On the 12th of November Data and Society’s Chief Executives, Janet Haven and Dannah Boyle released a report funded by the Knight Foundation entitled Philanthropy’s Techno-Solutionism Problem. Here they argue that philanthropy and the tech for good sector will need to change their ways in order to create long-term sustainable…Tech4 min readTech4 min read
Nov 10, 2020How video as a tool in the Human Rights advocacy arsenal can shape the future of Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean?Information communication technologies (ICT) are becoming widely used by human rights defenders (HRDs) as a tool for measuring and advocating for human rights (HR). This Article explores the video aspect of these technologies, and how they have been implemented by HRD’s across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The field…Human Rights17 min readHuman Rights17 min read
Nov 7, 2020On the surface, what can the USA now learn about Politics from Brazil?In 2014, Dilma Rousseff's election was contested by Aecio Neves who wanted to put forward a recount for the votes. …Trump3 min readTrump3 min read
Nov 1, 2020Jungle Drones: Can Indigenous drone projects in Latin America and the Caribbean be made more sustainable?Indigenous communities in Latin America and the Caribbean are the focus of growing critical concerns surrounding deforestation, climate change, and social movements. Many of these communities have also been contending with governments who have track records of implementing policies solely based on economic growth and private enterprise without considering Indigenous…Drones11 min readDrones11 min read
Oct 28, 2020Social media movements and their inconsistent momentums.Social media’s business model is designed to titillate users by amplifying the opinions of cretins which ultimately leads to positive social movements becoming exhausted. This has forced dogmatic intellectuals to manifest as the resistance body and counterpoint as an attempt to readdress balance on the equilibrium. Unfortunately, this resulted in…Human Rights9 min readHuman Rights9 min read