(𝗔)W𝗔𝗞𝗘 + 𝗛𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞 & 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 ⁣⁣𝐰/ 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓.𝐁.𝐀.
About
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Rotterdam-based foundation (A)WAKE and Amsterdam-based organisation Het Actiefonds join forces to introduce New Activism: a series of discussion nights that shed light on new forms of activism by presenting new activist voices and their ways of challenging the status quo.

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫: 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞 & 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦
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Activism has changed in the digital era. In the past it took a lot of work to bring people together and start a movement, today social media platforms enable rapid mobilisation and engagement. In most big protests that have occurred over the last decade the Internet has played a major role in organisation, planning and informing. At the same time the Internet, much like ‘analogue’ society, is being privatised, disciplined, and capitalised upon. In some ways the same corporations that help us organise, such as Facebook, are part of the problem. Moreover, digital engagement may create the illusion of change, even though the ‘real’ world stays the same. Given that every activist has to navigate this multifaceted aspect of the digital era, this edition of New Activism will explore how activists use digital tools to their advantage.
To what extent does digital action actually contribute to change within our daily existence? Are the cynical terms clicktivism or slacktivism justified?

During our next panel ‘Digital Age & Activism’ we’re opening up the conversation about these questions and more.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
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𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓.𝐁.𝐀.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
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T.B.A.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
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MONO
Vijverhofstraat 15
Doors open at 16.00

𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼
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Free event — reservation required
(TICKETS WILL BE ONLINE SOON!)
Limited seats

New Activism is made possible with the support of Democracy & Media Foundation
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𝗛𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀
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Het Actiefonds is an organisation that supports the struggle for a sustainable and socially just world in which people’s lives and the environment are more important than economic interests. We do so by investing in bottom-up social change. It is our mission to support social movements and activists all over the world that fight for equality, sustainability and social justice. We raise money among individual donors only and use that to finance actions and projects globally.

www.hetactiefonds.nl

(𝗔)𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗘
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We would like to introduce you to (A)WAKE. On paper, its our new non-profit foundation that will host all our upcoming arts & culture events. In reality, (A)WAKE is a family: a collective of radical new voices that stand against intolerance, economic precarity, and fight against fear of 'the other’. We navigate between the fields of art and politics. While MONO, Get Me, and (A)WAKE will continue to exist as distinct entities, they complement one another as three pillars of a single movement.

www.a-wake.world