The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution

by Anne Chahine

Googlism The Church of Google

by Joanna Sleigh

Rhizome

'The Non Sequitur Montage' by Jóhanna Björk

East Germany in Mozambique

Private Photographs of a Forgotten Time by Katrin Bahr

Zora Neale Hurston

Mother of Ethnographic Fiction

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Me and Ruth

A Personal Note by Anne Chahine

The Power Of Activist Video

(C) Gemma Hannah

I recently fell head over heels in love with an online platform called Creative Memory (The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution). The website’s approach to archiving memory while simultaneously disseminating its collection online is highly innovative but more importantly takes the longevity of the project into account as well. […]

The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution

31 Jul, 2017 in Memory / The Role Of Narrative by Anne Chahine

There has never been a more interesting time in human history for religion. Thanks to the creation of the internet and the blossoming of cheaper and comprehensive communication technologies (…amongst other things) we are witnessing varieties of new approaches to spirituality and religion. This is what I personally discovered one […]

Yes the Church of Google exists

3 Jul, 2017 in Digital Media by Joanna Sleigh

Recently I met with the Berlin based storyteller Gemma Hannah. She enlightened me on the role of narrative, the way performance and speech change its shape and reflected on the narratives of life. Gemma’s work spans time and place with stories from different centuries and foreign lands. This knowledge of […]

Polology Podcast – Gemma Hannah

6 Jun, 2017 in podcast by Melody Howse

“If most of the people think in opposition to the rules, the rules will fall down.” Concha Mateos, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid As usual the ICI Berlin were host to a thought provoking conference. This time on ‘Activist Videos.’ Contributors from all over the world took part over the […]

The Power of Activist Videos (Video Activism 2.0)

29 May, 2017 in Conference / Review Article by Melody Howse

The two last film-festivals I attended screened intriguing documentaries that didn’t seem to follow any previous ideas of a narrative. These films are Untitled (2016) directed by Michael Glawogger and Monika Willi, screened at the Berlin Berlinale and Cameraperson (2016) directed by Kirsten Johnson, screened at Stockfish, Reykjavík, Iceland. Both […]

The Non Sequitur Montage

21 Apr, 2017 in Opinion / The Role Of Narrative by Johanna Björk

“For all of us there is a twilight zone between history and memory; between the past as a generalized record which is open to relatively dispassionate inspection and the past as a remembered part of, or background to, one’s own life.” Eric Hobsbawm[1] The signing of the Friendship Treaty (Freundschaftsvertrag) […]

East Germany in Mozambique: Private Photographs of a Forgotten Time

7 Apr, 2017 in The Role Of Narrative by Katrin Bahr

My father has the habit of reading several books at once. Depending on his mood and interest he switches from one book to the other right in the middle of a chapter. So naturally, there were a a lot of books scattered around my childhood home: they were mostly about […]

Me and Ruth – A Personal Note

4 Apr, 2017 in Opinion / The Role Of Narrative by Anne Chahine

When I first came to the field of anthropology I discovered the term ‘academic writing’ and found something distinctly unique about academic texts. Most were engaging, informative but often difficult to grasp. There was a new language to be learnt, but at the same time an obfuscation of the argument […]

The Mother of Ethnographic Fiction: Zora Neale Hurston

2 Mar, 2017 in The Role Of Narrative by Melody Howse