Digital Democracy

13 Kids + 4 Cameras = Project Einstein South Africa We’re proud to announce the launch of our brand new book created by the Project Einstein South Africa youth. It’s designed by Smitha Alampur who is currently in South Africa delivering the books to the children and with writing help from our intern Ellen Knuti. [...]

In October 2008, Mark and Emily did a digital storytelling photography project with youth living in shelters in Pretoria, South Africa. During the course of the five-day training the 13 young people learned how to use digital cameras and flip video, and how to critique and edit their own photos. They traveled throughout the city, [...]

We’ve partnered with New Words, What Kids Can Do, and Khulisa on a photography service learning project we’ve been doing in Johannesburg over the past several days. We’re looking to leverage this project into a digital exchange using internet technology via Digital Democracy’s project Virtual Community Center (VCC). The aim of this digital exchange using [...]

We presented at the MobileActive 08 Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa about the use of mobile phones by members of the Burmese democracy movement around Burma’s borders. Our “mini-talk” covered issues having to do with cross-border movement strategies against Authoritarian Regimes. Read what one blogger had to say about our session. Videographer Rhoda Davids captured [...]