- Hi, I am Ulrike Reinhard. My blog deals with the way the internet is shaping and transforming society, education, politics and economics.
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Category Archives: Activism
Hanging out with gangsters, talking about global governance
It was last year in September. I spent 10 days in Shanghai doing some research on global governance, social media and the open source movement. I wrote about here and here – and I did a couple of interviews – … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Ideas worth spreading, travels
Tagged global governance, makesense, Shanghai, sharism
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Hacker Culture is close to Brazilian Culture
Daniela Silva and Pedro Markun work together in the House of Digital Culture in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It’s a co-working space – lovely set-up – where many young people meet and work in the fields of transparency, open innovation, digital … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, travels
Tagged brazil, daniela silva. pedro markun, hacking, house of digital cultur, sao paulo
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Cinema Jenin – Is this the end?
I am shocked while I am reading these lines … And I am not sure what shocked me more: the lousy kind of journalism – obviously DEUTSCHLANDRADIO didn’t do any qualified research on the subject – or the fact that … Continue reading
It does take time …
… if you are trying to build something new from the scratch – like the people in Tunisia and in Egypt do. And in Lybia. They have the chance to build a new democracy. A democracy the people can believe … Continue reading
November 17, 2011: One More Step
Beautiful video on #OWS: November 17, 2011 saw record numbers of people taking to the streets in New York City and cities all over the U.S. and the world, in support of the Occupy Wall Street Movement on it’s two … Continue reading
Tahrir Square teaches me a lot these days …
.. I wish more friends from Europe and US were here to support these proud people. They need it. And above all they deserve it! What Tahrir Square (as a symbol for the entire country of Egypt) is teaching me … Continue reading
People aren’t walking blind …
Last night Egyptian actor Khalid Abdalla spoke to Al Jazeera English from Tahrir Square. This interview is so important and impressive because of quite a few reasons: WE are facing the opportunity to rebuild this counry from the ground up … Continue reading
“We’ve extended our mental boarders …
… with the Internet”, says Ben Hammersley, who writes and consults on the effects of the internet on society, foreign policy, business, and culture. I’ve met him at the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival last weekend in London and had a brief … Continue reading
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OccupyWallStreet
The next few days I will write about OccupyWallStreet on FutureChallenges.org. So please follow my blogposts there! Thanks!