Aidnography

As most of us, I come across interesting things/links/posts/articles/research throughout the week and realised that I cannot write an individual post for all of them (yes, it took me a year of blogging to realise this ;)). To go with the theme of my blog I will try to divide links into three main, pretty self-explanatory categories that may overlap sometimes, of course: Development, anthropology and academia. I will also try to add a brief synopsis rather than just 'dumping' the links.   Enjoy! Share! Comment! Please... Development Richard Mosse 'Pink Congo'   For centuries, the Congo has compelled and defied the Western imagination. Richard Mosse brings to this subject the use of a discontinued military surveillance technology, a type of color infrared film called Kodak Aerochrome. Originally developed for camouflage detection, this aerial reconnaissance film registers an invisible spectrum of infrared light, rendering the green landscape in vivid hues of

As most of us, I come across interesting things/links/posts/articles/research throughout the week and realised that I cannot write an individual post for all of them (yes, it took me a year of blogging to realise this ;)). To go with the theme of my blog I will try to divide links into three main, pretty self-explanatory categories that may overlap sometimes, of course: Development, anthropology and academia. I will also try to add a brief synopsis rather than just 'dumping' the links.   Enjoy! Share! Comment! Please... New on aidnography Swords to plougshares 2.0-Crocheting for peace & development in Uganda The chances and challenges of the 'hip' DIYdevelopment enterprise KrochetKids.org 'from accountant to animal savior'-blog analytics and the power of Google Did you ever wonder how readers ended up on your blog and what they typed into Google to get there?   Development So, you’re thinking of studying an MA in Development Studies? Think again. G

We are pioneering a movement to make humanitarian aid completely and definitively obsolete. T hrough a unique model we are empowering the women of Northern Uganda with the assets, skills, and knowledge to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. With this investment into true empowerment we are breaking the cycle of poverty and dependence on outside humanitarian aid. The result is long lasting and sustainable change. Even though I share Bored in Post-Conflict 's initial astonishment about Krochet Kids Internationa l ('buy a hat. change a life'), I am still not entirely convinced about this project after giving it some more thought. After all, this is not The Onion or CollegeHumour it is the inititiave to make all humanitarian aid obsolete and probably end all wars, too.  Although they seem to operate since 2007, there is still no board of advisors on their website and it would be important to learn more about the...well, it is kind of tric

At the moment I have three very interesting books on my desk that are subject to proper reviews: And while I was in the process of reading the books, struggling with refer spam and the new blogger dynamic view template, I came across my collection of strange search terms that lead readers to my blog throughout the past weeks and months. On the one hand, they are interesting examples of how well Google's search algorithms work, because they are all more or less related to the contents of my blog. 'More or less' is the keyword here. Because some of them are quite a bit far off of my intended message or arguments and they made me wonder how well the search engine works for others-or outside the small development blogosphere in the real world of e-commerce. There are a few sub-categories, though. First, there are search terms I would describe as 'essentialist' when it comes to the 'development industry', e.g.: international development cons