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An Interactive Community - to make a submission to our workspace, please email cultagen@fas.harvard.edu Please note that all essays and presentations are sole property and copyright of the author and may not be re-published or reproduced without the author's written consent. Please contact the author directly, if possible, or us at cultagen@fas.harvard.edu to request consent for duplication or other use. ESSAYS AJA - Image and the Process of Healing in Refugee Youth Alam - The Majority World Looks Back Duarte - Photography and Indigenous Communities Frank - Through the Lens Guran - The Concerned Eye- Visual Inclusion and Citizenship Hubbard - Shooting Back Hyde - Portraits and Collaborations Jirmanus - Communication for Societal Transformation ph15 - Participative Practice ESSAYS IN SPANISH Martin - Educational Possibilites of Art in Social Interaction Pastor - The Factories of Social Photography and Photographic File TAFOS/PUCP Rosenthal - Proyecto Colombia se Mira ESSAY ABSTRACTS Chikaoka - Programma "Olhos d'Agua" Summary (Abstract) Greeley - The Visual Economy of the Photograph in Post-Revolution Rural Mexico (Abstract) Luttrell - Children Re-Framing Childhood (Abstract) PRESENTATIONS Frank MIT - Through the Lens NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcement: Institute For Photographic Empowerment A Joint Project | Venice Arts | USC Annenberg Greetings From The Institute News and Updates from I.P.E. Dear friends and colleagues, I hope this update finds you well. I want to share the exciting things happening at the Institutute For Photographic Empowerment and invite you to experience all that "IPE" has to offer. How, you might ask? As our interactive site is fast becoming the "go-to" destination for academics, students practitioners (photographers, filmmakers, NGOs) and supporters of participant produced work, we welcome you to submit your links, feature project submissions and ideas, and academic research papers. Post your jobs, internships, events, and exhibits. Ask questions through the Forum, blog with your peers, or encourage your students to use the site to interact. And because the site is updated daily you can expect your content to be online and in our RSS feed within a day of submission. We look forward to your involvement as our programs and initatives unfold and expand. Talk to you soon! Pablo Toledo | IPE Program Manager Announcement: IPE Online: Tools for Practioners, Academics and Students The Institute For Photographic Empowerment has been updated with new and interesting content and tools, including: an online forums on everything from policy and ethics to the impact of digital media and the Internet on story creation and dissemination; feature innovative projects that marry image making with advocacy; and educational resources for academics, such as books, articles, and papers. Announcement: Fotokids seeking Director of Photography at our project in Las Mangas Honduras - please visit the job post @ idealist.org - Director of Nature Photography & Environmental education Announcement: Venice Arts - View the blog maintained by students in Jim Hubbard's USC course titled Visual Communication and Social Change. The blog offers valuable insights to the world of participatory photographer from the often unsung student's perspective: http://joinipe.org/welcome/archives/172 Event: Join Venice Arts for a Student Group Show: Photography, Film & Digital Art Reception on Saturday, May 3, 2008 12pm-2pm. Also open by appointment. The Venice Arts Gallery is located at 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. Please also note the address change. Announcement: The inaugural First Exposures benefit event saw 400 people give their support during a silent auction, which generated enough proceeds to send six very excited teenagers (and two adults) to Ghana this summer for a photography project. In the wake of this success, images from the silent auction are still available for purchase at http://www.ghanayouthphoto.org, or simply visit http://sfcamerawork.org/mentoring.html to donate online. Update: View the latest article published on Shahidul Alam's blog at http://shahidul.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/ RELATED MATERIALS Otra mirada. Buenos Aires fotografiada por los chicos que viven en sus calles. SF Camerawork: Mentoring - First Exposures Bibliography The Visible Rights ToolKit New York Times Article on Emancipatory Photography 
Nancy McGirr, Shinpei Takeda, and Jim Hubbard
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