Latest posts by Juliana Rincón Parra from December, 2010
Costa Rica: Reading Newspaper While Driving a Bus
Hell in Costa Rica [es] blog has shared a citizen video where a bus driver working for a public transportation company which recently got in trouble for running over a mother and her daughter is seen reading the newspaper while driving.
USA: Indigenous Youth Media Project Recovers History
For a Navajo community, video has become a way to connect youth with their ancestors and the history of their people through the story of the Yellow Woman.
Costa Rica: The History of a Village in Calypso Songs
Walter "Gavitt" Ferguson, said to be the last remaining Calypsonian, has become the memory keeper of Cahuita in Costa Rica's Caribbean south. He sings about his life and the history of his town; from Cacao plantation, to banana republic and finally, to national park and touristic destination.
India: One Day Women Can Play and Dance
India Unheard shows us two different festivities in different areas of the country where married women from tribal communities can, for one day only, play and dance in public without risking censure.
Africa: Painting Cultural Portraits with Remixed Radio and Video
Radio Continental Drift has an interesting proposal: with audio from radio workshops and videos shot around several cities in Kenya and Uganda they've made a series of remixed videos meant to fuel conversations around activism, culture and arts in Africa.
North Korea: Undercover Citizen Journalists Unveil Darker Side
United Kingdom's The Telegraph has released footage taken secretly by undercover citizen journalists in North Korea who are trying to show an image of their country which is greatly different from the idyllic one the nation has been trying to promote.
