Events archive

29.03.2006 The world’s 1.2 billion cellphone users will have increased to 2 billion by the end of the year, led by Africa – where mobile use is growing faster than anywhere else. A new exhibition looks at what happens to the phones that come to the end of the line.

27.03.2006 Oh, no – not another film about Africa seen through white eyes. I thought I would dislike Shooting Dogs. I was wrong. It’s superb, and it has sparked important debate on several fronts, says Daniel Nelson.

24.03.2006 From free and open source software (FLOSS), to peer-to-peer (P2P) distribution and "pervasive" mobile and locative technologies, the possibilities exist as never before to create and disseminate our opinions and experiences through our own media. TAKEAWAY, the Festival of do it yourself Media, will help you take part in the revolution, 29-31 March.

21.03.2006 Biodegradeable mobile phone covers, phones that take themselves apart for recycling, covers implanted with sunflower seeds which mean phones can be buried rather than put in the wastepaper basket. A new exhibition shows what can be done with mobs - a matter of concern given that 1,712 mobile phones are upgraded every hour in the UK alone.

17.03.2006 For most of the years Harold Wilson was prime minister he believed shadowy forces were destabilising both him and his governments. A new TV documentary showed that he was right, says John Booth.

14.03.2006 Outrageous and Contagious - the world’s first exhibition dedicated to viral emails - runs on 1-8 May at the ICA in London.

10.03.2006 Find out about the power of video advocacy at the Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2 on 26 April. The event will focus on WITNESS, a new York-based NGO dedicated to training and supporting human rights groups worldwide in the use of video in campaigning.
Sam Gregory of WITNESS will also be talking at 1.15pm at the London School of Economics on 27 April.

09.03.2006 Rachel Julian, fundraising director and Europe Regional Coordinator of Nonviolent Peaceforce, will discuss A toolbox for non-violent intervention on 14 March at 3-4pm, G12 Caedmon Hall, Headingley Campus, Leeds Metropolitan University.