wto protests video piece


protesters during 5 days

bringing attention to the WTO






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social movement

-downing thinks social movement use alternative media, use of alternative media has not been studied.

-alain turein: 3 pcpls : movement identity (definition), notion of an adversary or oponent, explicity identified; having a vision (objective in the future, goal)

focus on transformation :: 

alternative media as material and [sicological spaces :: for transforming culture

alternative culture :: trasnformation


- steiner : history of women's alternative media

serving women as a community
cultural

mass media images of women, 


- eyerman & jamison ; 

value of mobilizing tradition
appropriation of songs
organic intellectuals in social movement  :: individuals that are part of the movement and contribute to the formation

innovative ways of understanding :: exemplary cultural actions 


context is so important


use of folk music for social movement >>>


mobilization of tradition :: narrative knwoledge that can inspire new waves of activism, try to understand contemporary events situations, 


popular culture can affect the structures of feeling

new framework for understanding who they are

issues of identity and community interact with social movements


emotive, affective, connect people, historical sense, 

song as belonging :: common messages : embodied senses of community ::: feeling there is something beyond themselves :: identity :: hitstoric



notion of collective identity :: a social movement ::: 



focus on transformation :: social change


social movements are both about the political and the cultural


cognitive practice "" knowledge production









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open source


open video ::

creating a huge database

democracy 

use culture

identity :: how cohesive the alternative is?


media reform movement >>>