We've written a book, and it's now ready to order! Visualising Information for Advocacy is a book about how advocates and activists use visual elements in their campaigns. This 170-page guide features over 60 case studies from around the world, providing an introduction to understanding visual information and using images for influence. Find out more and get a copy here: http://visualisingadvocacy.org/
Tactical Tech's Anne Roth was quoted in a recent article - giving advice on protecting your data and other concrete advice on keeping safe online (in German).
(Screenshot from Exposing the Invisible, with French subtitles)
Our latest project, Exposing the Invisible, the series of documentaries telling the stories of activists, hackers and artists working at the new frontiers of investigation, is now available in Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish. Click on "CC" on the right hand side of the video player to choose your subtitles.
(The Centro d'Ompio in Italy, where the 2013 info Activism camp will be held)
In March we brought together activists from the Arab region to work on ideas for localising our content from Drawing by Numbers, School of Data and other Tactical Tech toolkits and guides. Over the next few months regional activists will be developing new projects, so watch this space!
Tactical Tech's Me & My Shadow has been nominated for a Bobs award in the category Best blog in English. The Bobs awards "honour websites in 14 languages that champion the open exchange of ideas and freedom of expression".
Activists from around the world gathered in Tunisia for the World Social Forum.... so we took our new tent to carry out some 'flash' training with ONO the Robot. Check out these pictures of the team in action!
Tactical Tech staff were out in force at the international activism conference held at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin. Maya Ganesh spoke at a panel on "Barriers and Dangers: How to deal with repression, censorship and surveillance" whilst members of the Privacy and Expression programme team provided digital security trainings.
Read more about the conference and listen to session recordings here.
