Tag: afghanistan
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The Spiders | a graphic novel
About the US govt dropping cameras in Afghanistan… Via Tom Coates. The Spiders | a graphic novel
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in the 1960s, rumours surfaced that some anthropologists were being recruited by the CIA in Vietnam. In 1970, Eric Wolf, then chair of the AAA ethics committee, declared that social scientists were being recruited to assist the military in dealing with counterinsurgency in Thailand. “These programs comprise efforts at the manipulation of people on a…
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PEN World Voices Festival: Wafaa Bilal, Emmanuel Guibert and Josep-Maria Terricabras
[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] I’m moderating a free panel in the NYC PEN World Voices Festival at 6pm on Thursday 30th April – “Quiet Revolutions in Storytelling” – at which we’re going to be discussing new media, storytelling and human rights. We have three fascinating panellists, and I wanted to introduce you to their…
Sameer Padania 