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What is Info-Activism?

Info-Activism is an approach which helps rights advocates tactically utilise information, communications and digital technologies to enhance advocacy work. Tactical Tech believes that new technologies have significant potential to enhance the work of campaigners and advocates, giving them the tools to gather and analyse information and the means to turn that information into action. In this website, we would like to introduce you to our new initiative - The Info-Activism Camp which will be held in Bangalore, India between the 19th and 25th of February 2009. More about our approach to Info-Activism can be found here.

 

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Curricula

The week-long camp will evolve around various themes, a few of which are listed below, with examples of sessions listed in brackets.

  • Strategy and Planning (Identifying target audience, Choosing appropriate tools and tactics)
  • Gathering and Analysing Information (Monitoring, Documentation)
  • Increasing Participation (Facilitating Community Advocacy)
  • Co-operation and Co-ordination (Working in tandem with regional and global advocacy groups)
  • Security and Privacy (Information security, Privacy, Online Communication security)
  • Outreach (Creating and distributing content - audio, video and information design)

The curricula will be finalised in the coming months and will to a large extent depend on the final set of participants who are selected to attend the camp.

Featured examples of info-activism

  • A Ray of Light in Zimbabwe

    Sokwanele http://www.sokwanele.com/ is a civic action support group driven towards the use of non-violent actions to bring democracy, justice and freedom to Zimbabweans. They challenged and confronted, through non-violent means, the manner in which the ruling party – Zanu-PF ran the African nation. At a time when the government imposed strict restrictions on the media and quelled all anti-government operations, Sokwanele’s website played a key role in posting updates on government activities.

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