Claiming Digital Spaces
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04/29/24 • 30 min
In this episode, artist, writer, educator and activist Alistair Gentry talks about the relevance of storytelling, language and creative tech in framing climate issues in a way that inspires meaningful action. We’ll be delving into emerging technologies and how they are influencing the creative landscape, and opening up new opportunities for engagement and activism while also unpacking the challenges and considerations for using these technologies ethically and responsibly.
Alistair Gentry
Alistair is an artist, writer, producer and educator in creative writing, performance, live and participatory art. He has been an activist in artists’ livelihoods and wellbeing for about 15 years, with particular focus on LGBTQ+, disabled, low income background and self-taught artists and leaders. He has collaborated extensively with scientists and technologists, particularly in the social sciences. Alistair is an alumnus of CCL UK (2023).
Links and references:
Tim Berners-Lee - https://home.web.cern.ch/science/computing/birth-webDoxBox trustbot - https://culture.theodi.org/doxbox/
Bank Job and Power - https://twitter.com/bankjobpictures?lang=en
How dirty is your data? - https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dirty-data-report-greenpeace.pdf
Open Data Institute - https://theodi.org/
★ Support this podcast ★In this episode, artist, writer, educator and activist Alistair Gentry talks about the relevance of storytelling, language and creative tech in framing climate issues in a way that inspires meaningful action. We’ll be delving into emerging technologies and how they are influencing the creative landscape, and opening up new opportunities for engagement and activism while also unpacking the challenges and considerations for using these technologies ethically and responsibly.
Alistair Gentry
Alistair is an artist, writer, producer and educator in creative writing, performance, live and participatory art. He has been an activist in artists’ livelihoods and wellbeing for about 15 years, with particular focus on LGBTQ+, disabled, low income background and self-taught artists and leaders. He has collaborated extensively with scientists and technologists, particularly in the social sciences. Alistair is an alumnus of CCL UK (2023).
Links and references:
Tim Berners-Lee - https://home.web.cern.ch/science/computing/birth-webDoxBox trustbot - https://culture.theodi.org/doxbox/
Bank Job and Power - https://twitter.com/bankjobpictures?lang=en
How dirty is your data? - https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dirty-data-report-greenpeace.pdf
Open Data Institute - https://theodi.org/
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The effect of language, storytelling and rhetoric on attitudes towards sustainability is indisputable. Framing climate issues in a way that inspires meaningful action is important now more than ever. In this episode documentarian, campaigner and activist Syed Jazib Ali discusses what is needed to build authentic narratives and campaigns and projects that are both moving and high-impact. We also explore climate fatigue, relevance of legal action, the trend towards climate optimism and performative activism.
Syed Jazib Ali
Jazib is a documentarian, campaigner and activist hailing from the indigenous Pahari tribe of the lower Himalayan region of the politically and ecologically sensitive Jammu and Kashmir. His award-winning documentaries and advocacy work are globally recognised, amplifying the stories of the underrepresented. His creative projects have been part of COP26, COP27 and he has worked with international NGOs, Think Tanks and United Nations organisations. Jazib is an alumnus of CCL Benelux (2023).
Links and references:
Passage to Kashmir - https://filmfreeway.com/RaheMuztar
Act Now Film - https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/actnowfilm-youth-voices-on-climate/
Theatre Green Book - https://juliesbicycle.com/news-opinion/read-the-theatre-green-book-volume-1-sustainable-productions/
5 broken cameras - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Broken_Cameras
The Slow Factory's Media Justice for Collective Liberation Fund - https://slowfactory.earth/
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Cultural Policy
The fifth episode explores what cultural policy is, its significance, and how it can influence societal change and play a role in social change, especially concerning climate and sustainability goals. The episode features Solveig Korum, Senior Advisor for Culture and Sustainability, and Rie Alkemade, Project Officer at the Cultural Relations Platform who discuss importance of preserving cultural practices and rights, particularly those threatened by climate change, and the potential of the cultural sector in promoting innovative and creative thinking in policymaking. The episode addresses how cultural policy can facilitate deeper, more meaningful intercultural exchanges and collaborations. Solveig and Rie discuss the need for policy that supports artistic initiatives related to sustainability and fosters dialogue between different sectors of society.
Rie Alkemade
Rie is a project and relations manager and a cultural producer with a keen interest in the creative artistic and cultural fields, and is a Project Officer for the Cultural Relations Platform. Her focus and passion has been primarily on cultivating sustainable partnerships and networks at a people-to-people level through fostering intercultural dialogue and exchanges based on mutual co-collaboration. Rie is an alumnus of CCL Benelux (2023).
Dr Solveig Korum
Solveig is an academic who works as an advisor for culture and sustainability at the R&D department of Kulturtanken – Arts for Young Audiences Norway. She is the co-founder of NaCuHeal Senegal, an NGO that operates tree-planting programs in West Africa and teaches Kundalini yoga at University of Oslo. Solveig is an alumnus of CCL Scandinavia (2022).
Song credit: Let The Light In by Marte Wulff (CCL Scandinavia 2022) and Chirkutt (Bangladesh).
Links and references:
Kulturtanken - https://www.kulturtanken.no/en/
Cultural Relations Platform - https://www.cultureinexternalrelations.eu/
UNFCCC - https://unfccc.int
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - https://ich.unesco.org/en/convention
Faro Convention - https://www.coe.int/en/web/culture-and-heritage/faro-convention
2005 Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions - https://www.unesco.org/creativity/en/2005-convention
MONDIACULT 2022 - https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/mondiacult-2022-states-adopt-historic-declaration-culture
Global Cultural Relations Programme - https://www.cultureinexternalrelations.eu/global-cultural-relations-programme
Culture|2030 indicators - https://sdghub.com/project/culture2030-indicators
Let the Light In - https://open.spotify.com/track/60YTkv3srf1EnbujqXbsXQ?si=e8146b3398eb489e
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