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  • NEWS LITERACY July 30, 2018

    News Literacy Summer Institute 2018

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  • ISSUES December 18, 2016

    Volume 4: The Legacy of The Arab Spring: New Forces and Fault Lines

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  • VOLUME3 November 3, 2015

    RICHARD HORNIK: More Than Numbers: Picking national Winners in the 21st Century

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  • JOURNAL July 7, 2015

    VOLUME 3: BEYOND BRICS: NEW AND RISING GLOBAL POWERS

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  • GLOBAL TRENDS, ISSUES, JOURNAL, REGIONAL ISSUES, VOLUMES July 1, 2014

    VOLUME 2: NEW AND SOCIAL MEDIA… & REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA

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  • GLOBAL TRENDS, ISSUES, JOURNAL, REGIONAL ISSUES, VOLUMES June 1, 2013

    VOLUME 1: THE PRECARIAT…& UNDEREXPLORED DIMENSIONS OF BEIJING’S FOREIGN POLICY…

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GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

AGNIESZKA ROTHERT: CONNECTING WITH COMPLEXITY, ESSAY

We live in an ever-changing world. Everything is shifting, connecting and disconnecting and interconnecting. The world is becoming more and more com­plex. The most…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

AGNIESZKA FILIPIAK, ELIZA KANIA: NEW AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE’S EMPOWERMENT

Theorists’ views on the role of new media in stepping towards societal change are significantly divided. Starting from the optimists’ unmarked de­light and hopes…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

DOROTA PIONTEK: NEW MEDIA OLD THEORIES; COMMENTARY

Prof. Dorota Piontek provides a commentary to this article: For almost 100 years of research, starting with printed newspaper, then cinema, radio and especially…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

VERONIKA LAPINA: IMPACT OF ANTI-PROPAGANDA LEGISLATION ON LGBT ACTIVISM IN RUSSIA’S REGIONS

Every now and then we are confronted with various negative information connected with situation of LGBT people in Russia. Although the digital revolution gave…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

NAHED ELTANTAWY: WAGING NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM POST JAN25: CASE STUDIES OF EGYPTIAN WOMEN

The Arab Spring revolutions that swept the Middle East in early 2011 established the power of social media in facilitating speedy and far reaching…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

JOANNA NOWOSAD: BABYLON ’13 CIENMA OF CIVIL PROTEST

Keywords: Kiev, Maidan, new media projects, Ukrainian protests, Ukraine, documentaries Download text

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

NATALYA RYABINSKA: UKRAINIAN EUROMAIDAN PROTESTS AND THE NEW MEDIA

In late 2013, eight years after the Orange Revolution Ukraine has again become the site of mass protests, this time against the government’s decision…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

A STORY WILL ALWAYS MATTER – interview with Kirsten Johnson

Her film Pray the devil back to hell brought the Liberian Women’s Struggle for Peace to light. A year later the discussion on female…

GLOBAL TRENDS, GLOBAL TRENDS 2, ISSUES, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

COUNTERFORCE TOWARD SIMPLIFICATIONS – interview with Paul Hansen

“Documentary photography is among the hardest, and most rewarding professions there is” – claims photojournalist Paul Hansen. Although his labor has been rewarded many…

ISSUES, REGIONAL ISSUES, REGIONAL ISSUES 2, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

Eric Irungu: THE AFRICAN UNION AND AFRICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION

It is obvious there is a great need to coordinate the integration efforts on the African continent. In this essay, Eric Irungu ponders on…

ISSUES, REGIONAL ISSUES, REGIONAL ISSUES 1, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

Beata Przybylska-Maszner: ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ECOWAS – AN ILLUSORY INTERDEPENDENCE, A DECLARED COOPERATION, AND A NECESSARY COMPETITION

EU policy towards Africa has evolved substantially over time. What are the factors that have shaped these changes? What has been the impact on…

ISSUES, REGIONAL ISSUES, REGIONAL ISSUES 1, REGIONAL ISSUES 2, VOLUME 2 March 29, 2015

Konrad Czernichowski: PERSPECTIVES OF MONETARY INTEGRATION IN EASTERN AFRICA

The merging of the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)…

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Revolutions Reearch Center
  • Volume 4: The Legacy of The Arab Spring: New Forces and Fault Lines

    Volume 4: The Legacy of The Arab Spring: New Forces and Fault Lines

    December 18, 2016
  • Get your photos published in R/evolutions!

    Get your photos published in R/evolutions!

    May 11, 2015
    R/evolutions is looking for photos and artwork that captures its newest topic: BEYOND BRICS – Rising and Declining Global Powers. • Have you been...
  • VOLATILITY, NICHES AND HYBRIDS: THE NEW MEDIA IN ACTION – interview with Paolo Mancini

    VOLATILITY, NICHES AND HYBRIDS: THE NEW MEDIA IN ACTION – interview with Paolo Mancini

    March 29, 2015
    “What is the revolution? The di­gitalization!” – claims Professor Paolo Mancini. And, yes: there is no doubt that the role of new media, that...
  • FAR AWAY FROM “SOLID MODERNITY” – interview with Zygmunt Bauman

    FAR AWAY FROM “SOLID MODERNITY” – interview with Zygmunt Bauman

    March 29, 2015
    “The discovery of the precarious position of the majority of middle classes (…) And indeed the increasing popularity of the notion of precariat were...
  • EXERCISING FREEDOM – interview with Judith Butler

    EXERCISING FREEDOM – interview with Judith Butler

    March 29, 2015
    Can we exercise freedom like we exercise our bodies? Do protesters have to use their bodies to occupy the public space to make their...
  • News Literacy Summer Institute 2018

    News Literacy Summer Institute 2018

    July 30, 2018
    he 14 participants in this year’s edition represented universities, media institutions, schools and non-governmental organizations from 12 countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia,...
  • NEWS LITERACY SUMMER SCHOOL 2017:  FINAL RESULTS

    NEWS LITERACY SUMMER SCHOOL 2017: FINAL RESULTS

    April 25, 2017
    Dear applicants. Below you will find the list of applicants that have been selected to the second round of the application process. Our reviewers,...
  • MANSOURI, ARMILLEI: The Democratic ‘Transition’ in Post-revolution Tunisia: Conditions for successful ‘Consolidation’ and Future Prospects

    MANSOURI, ARMILLEI: The Democratic ‘Transition’ in Post-revolution Tunisia: Conditions for successful ‘Consolidation’ and Future Prospects

    January 8, 2017
    Tunisia is arguably the most successful case of all the Arab uprisings. How is it possible that Tunisian protests succeeded where all others failed...
  • HINNEBUSCH: The Sectarian Revolution in the Middle East

    HINNEBUSCH: The Sectarian Revolution in the Middle East

    January 8, 2017
    Since 2001, identity politics in the Middle East have shared similarities with Syrian cluster bombs – larger settings have fractured into little bits and...
  • AL-RASHEED: King or Chaos: Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring

    AL-RASHEED: King or Chaos: Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring

    January 8, 2017
    How come Saudi Arabia has so far survived the waves of revolutions virtually unscathed? How has the regime been able to redirect its people’s...
  • COOKE: Creativity and Resilience in the Syrian Revolution

    COOKE: Creativity and Resilience in the Syrian Revolution

    January 8, 2017
    Professor m. cooke presents another – forgotten – dimension of the Syrian civil war. The original and continued protests of its artists and activists...
  • VOLUME 2: NEW AND SOCIAL MEDIA… & REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA

  • News Literacy Summer Institute 2018

    News Literacy Summer Institute 2018

    he 14 participants in this year’s edition represented universities, media institutions, schools and non-governmental organizations from 12 countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia,...
  • NEWS LITERACY SUMMER SCHOOL 2017:  FINAL RESULTS

    NEWS LITERACY SUMMER SCHOOL 2017: FINAL RESULTS

    Dear applicants. Below you will find the list of applicants that have been selected to the second round of the application process. Our reviewers,...

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