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Rwanda's Artful Path Toward Peace: Cultural Industries and Post-Conflict...

In my last blog, I wrote about a medium that plays a critical role in post-conflict reconciliation: art.  I argued that the cultural industries—film, music, crafts, architecture, and theater, among...

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The Reel World: Film & Development Knowledge

I’ve never been to Colombia nor do I have the slightest idea of what it’s like to be involved with drug lords smuggling people across borders, but I remember what it was like to watch Maria Full of...

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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum

These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.International development according to HollywoodHumanosphere “International development is just about...

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Quote of the Week: Beeban Kidron

“I think the documentary, as a form, actually speaks to what’s missing. Our politicians don’t say anything any more: they just refute and assert.  I think the documentary is something that people are...

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The Things We Do: How (not What) Movies Inspire Us

At the basis of communication and public policy are assumptions about human beings- their rationality or irrationality, their foibles, wants and preferences. A lot depends on whether these assumptions...

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What Do We Expect from Environmental Risk Communicators?

Several polls have shown that we citizens, in relation to the generic “environmentalist” agenda, stop short of enacting real changes in our habits and in our daily lives, changes that would help undo...

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Blog Post of the Month: Entertainment Media Can Help Change Behaviors and...

Each month, People, Spaces, Deliberation shares the blog post that generated the most interest and discussion.In August 2014, the most popular blog post was "Entertainment Media Can Help Change...

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What Agha the Pakistani Street Child Thinks About Terrorism Will Surprise You

A small boy ekes out a daily meal of naan and curry by picking up garbage in the streets of Lahore. That’s the premise of “I am Agha,” a short documentary film posted by three Pakistani filmmakers on a...

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#2 from 2014: Entertainment Media Can Help Change Behaviors and Stop the...

Our Top Ten blog posts by readership in 2014. This post was originally posted on August 06, 2014In the wake of the current Ebola crisis, the 2011 movie Contagion (See the trailer here) directed by...

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The Accountability Lab: Building a community

Blair Glencorse of the Accountability Lab discusses the importance of community-driven development and how filmmaking can engage people in accountability goals. Many organizations and development...

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Media (R)evolutions: The epic Nollywood machine

New developments and curiosities from a changing global media landscape: People, Spaces, Deliberation brings trends and events to your attention that illustrate that tomorrow's media environment will...

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Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’: The Maestro Handles Complexity Adroitly

Difficult social problems are fiendishly difficult to communicate. For, these are issues about which experts disagree and citizen-voters, too. The causes are unclear, the solutions are unclear, and...

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Quote of the Week: Brad Pitt

“I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives.” - Brad Pitt, an American actor and producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three...

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Quote of the week: Danny Sapani

“What we want to get to is a place where we look at the human and not the colour, where we are not hampered by what we see. See within. Anyone can tell that story. It may be that there is a sort of...

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Integrity Idol: How a reality TV show is changing minds about public service

In an age when celebrity culture and corruption appear to be omnipresent, it’s quite refreshing to be reminded that there are good people doing good work day in and day out.  These people work in our...

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Media (R)evolutions: Film industry will grow in coming years- mostly in Asia...

New developments and curiosities from a changing global media landscape: People, Spaces, Deliberation brings trends and events to your attention that illustrate that tomorrow's media environment will...

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Media (R)evolutions: Media use in the Middle East

Also available in:  Français, العربية New developments and curiosities from a changing global media landscape: People, Spaces, Deliberation brings trends and events to your attention that illustrate...

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