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Carol Jean Gallo
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Carol Jean Gallo replied to Linda Raftree's discussion On the ethics of photos in aid and development work in the group Making Aid Marketing Better"Thanks for this discussion, everyone! I've been thinking about this lately as well, as I think many of these issues apply for more visually inclined researchers like myself who would like to compliment academic research with photos. Thanks…"
Carol Jean Gallo replied to Tom Murphy's discussion Re-Brand Africa: Reading too much into it or more of the same? in the group Students & Educators"Choice quote from Chimamanda's talk: "Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign; but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories…"
Carol Jean Gallo replied to Tom Murphy's discussion Re-Brand Africa: Reading too much into it or more of the same? in the group Students & Educators"I agree with AIC for the most part, but I also like when more stories are told. I think the best point is the way you put it: "The stories change, but the storytellers are the same." That's the biggest part of the problem, I think.…"
Carol Jean Gallo liked Tom Murphy's discussion Re-Brand Africa: Reading too much into it or more of the same?Carol Jean Gallo posted a status""Somalia Speaks: Lessons From Novel Journalism" via @Ushahidi http://ning.it/zLa3WR"
Carol Jean Gallo posted a status"Just skimmed and enjoyed J's note on AidSource vs. Facebook and couldn't agree more. I'm ready to spend more time here than FB!"
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- Carol Jean Gallo
- Profile type
- Individual
- What I do
- Student, Researcher, Skeptic
- About me
- I study disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and conflict in central Africa.
- My website
- http://usalama.wordpress.com
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- twitter.com/Carol_Gallo
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- At 5:13pm on February 3, 2012,
Soledad Muñiz said… Thanks for the message! I was in the UK in Jan for a short time and thought of passing by Cambridge, but couldn't, it was too hectic. Next time I'm around I'll let you know so we can meet up :)
- At 11:21am on January 3, 2012, Soledad Muñiz said…
Welcome! :)
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The free-time narrative
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