Media & Arts

Parsons Fellows Provide Information Design Support for Public Health Program Grantees
May 2012
As the Open Society/Parsons Fellowship enters its sixth year, a new crop of Fellows will be heading to their host organizations to begin work on a range of health issues.

Call for Proposals: Central Asia Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale
Deadline: June 1, 2012
We offer a platform through which the energy of socially engaged contemporary artistic practices from Central Asia can be presented and further developed within the international context of the 2013 Venice Biennale.

Call for Proposals: Production Grants to Individuals
Deadline: May 10, 2012
The Open Society Foundations announce a grant and training opportunity for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.

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Is Privacy Overhyped? Four Views of Technology, Security, and Democracy Online
OSI-New York
April 16, 2012
 AUDIO
What is the fate of privacy in our uncertain digital future? An opinionated group of panelists explores the commercial, policy, and national security implications of the privacy controversy.

Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative
OSI-New York
November 17, 2011
 AUDIO
This Open Society Foundations event marks the launch of Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative, a collection of essays by journalist Lawrence Weschler.

Grupa Spomenik/Monument Group: "Studije Jugoslavjie"
OSI-New York
November 7, 2011
 AUDIO
Grupa Spomenik (Monument Group), a critically acclaimed group of artists and theoreticians, examine the representation of mass atrocities after the 1995 atrocities in Srebrenica.

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Populism in Europe: Denmark
May 2012
This report presents the results of a survey of Facebook fans of the Danish People’s Party. It includes data on who they are, what they think, and what motivates them to shift from virtual to real-world activism.

Open Society Advances in 2010–2011
May 2012
This report documents our work around the world supporting a wide range of partners and grantees to strengthen rights and justice, health, media and information, governance and accountability, and education and youth.

Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon
May 2012
Lebanon will have to make gigantic efforts before it can hope to embrace the digital era with a set of laws and regulations that could meet the needs of citizens and business, according to this report from the Open Society Foundations.

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