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Exposing truth or exploiting the powerless? Debating ethics and photography at PICS 2012
Eyewitness spread from the Guardian, 15 July 2011, showing photographs from Mogadishu, Somalia, by Robin Hammond/Panos Exposing truth or exploiting the powerless: what are the ethical issues around re… more →
Developing Pictures: photography+development
සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #111: ලේ හා කදුඵ වලින් ඔබ්බට මාර්ග අනතුරු ගැන සිතමු!
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wrote 1 month ago: I draw from the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013, released by WHO in mid March 2013, for thi … more →
Meanwhile, in Myanmar
wrote 5 months ago: Aung San Suu Kyi Akashi Kaul Two seemingly unrelated articles about the education system in Myanmar … more →
Coming a full circle
wrote 5 months ago: Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Akashi Kaul Following up on an entry I put up a few months ago, it seems li … more →
Rolex Awards 2012: Social and technological entrepreneurs shaping a new world
wrote 5 months ago: News feature published in Ceylon Today newspaper, 28 November 2012 L to R – Margaret Lowman, R … more →
How children are children no more
wrote 6 months ago: Akashi Kaul The recent attack on Malala Yousafzai by the Taliban has been instrumental in opening up … more →
සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #90: වකුගඩු රෝගය හරහා මතුවන ‘ජනමාධ්ය රෝගය’
wrote 6 months ago: In Sri Lanka, mass kidney failure during the past two decades has been followed by what I call a mas … more →
Your Disaster is Not My Disaster: Ceylon Today op-ed essay
wrote 6 months ago: Meteosat 7 weather satellite image of the Indian Ocean – 30 Oct 2012 at 6 UTC As Hurricane San … more →
Mass Kidney Failure & Mass Media Failure: Go ‘Upstream’ for Remedies!
wrote 7 months ago: Ceylon Today newspaper has just published my article titled: Mass Kidney Failure & Mass Media Fa … more →
A Shortage of Teachers, A Shortage of Knowledge
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wrote 7 months ago: Joe Enten Some refugees fleeing violence in their home country of Sudan have found temporary refuge … more →
Mass Kidney Failure and Mass Media Failure in Sri Lanka
wrote 7 months ago: The kidneys are vital organs in our body that help keep the blood clean and chemically balanced thro … more →
Determining what we learn
wrote 7 months ago: Akashi Kaul “One group of mujahideen attack 50 Russian soldiers. In that attack 20 Russians were kil … more →
Healing Through Teaching
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wrote 7 months ago: Joe Enten Dominique Hyde of UNICEF The Boston Globe explores education in a refugee camp for Syrians … more →
Rhetoric and Action
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wrote 7 months ago: Akashi Kaul Children in conflict zones face the added danger of being recruited into militias and ar … more →
සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #82: රසායනික පොහොර 'දෙවොලේ' සිරගත වූ අපේ ගොවියා
wrote 8 months ago: The chronic kidney disease (CKDu) that has already affected thousands in its heartland of farming, h … more →
සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #81: වකුගඩු රෝගයේ විද්යාව හා විජ්ජාව
wrote 8 months ago: In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I look at a public health emergency in Sri Lanka: C … more →
Exposing truth or exploiting the powerless? Debating ethics and photography at PICS 2012
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wrote 1 year ago: Eyewitness spread from the Guardian, 15 July 2011, showing photographs from Mogadishu, Somalia, by R … more →
Do You HEAR Me? New film looks at voice-based emergency communications
wrote 1 year ago: Phoning each other during personal or shared emergencies is one of the commonest human impulses. Unt … more →
From the Horn to the Sahel: pictures are not enough, but we still need them
wrote 1 year ago: A woman and her severely malnourished son leave a UNICEF-supported health centre, in Niger’s M … more →
සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #64: අවුරුදු සුනාමිය 2: ඉතිං ඊට පස්සෙ?
wrote 1 year ago: In this week’s Ravaya Sunday column (in Sinhala) appearing on 29 April 2012, I reflect on the … more →
