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Projects

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Feminist Media Project (2007-2009)

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The Feminist Media Project was started by a group of concerned academics and journalists focused on a feminist intervention in media depictions of missing and murdered women, and the related trial of Robert Pickton in Vancouver, British Columbia, for 26 charges of first-degree murder in the slayings of women.

Type of project: 
Blog & Web 2.0
Topic: 
Gender studies
Representation of women
Sexual violence
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Let's dance, it's our revolution! Queer-feministische Frauen*-Party (March 8, Linz)

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Am 8. März, dem Internationalen Frauentag, veranstalten wir (FIFTITU%) unter dem Motto „Let's dance, it's our revolution!“ eine queer-feministische Frauen*-Party und laden Euch dazu sehr herzlich ein. Gemeinsam wollen wir etwas verändern, und gemeinsam wollen wir auch tanzen, feiern und auf unsere bereits erreichten Ziele anstoßen.

Beginn: 20.00 Uhr
Ort: Druzba (Kapuzinerstrasse 36, 4020 Linz, barrierefrei)
Eintritt: freiwillige Spende

Live Acts:
bernhardschlagerextremtanzmusikkapelle (solotrashbluescombo)
EsRap (deutsch/türkischer Rap)

DJanes:

Type of project: 
Event
Music
Topic: 
Pop culture
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Post-Porn und Body Politix (exhibition + performance evenings at VBKÖ Vienna, Feb 28th - Mar 4th 2012)

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Eine fantastische Bande ungerader, wilder Körper, Objekte und Medien. Kanäle, die Post-Porno-Politiken zeigen; Installationen, die die Normen herausfordern; Performances, die sich mit der postkolonialen Matrix auseinander setzen – und noch viel mehr!

Type of project: 
Art
Exhibit
Performance & theatre play
Topic: 
Art
Sex and sexualities
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Buchhandlung ChickLit Vienna (Eröffnung: 31. Januar 2012, 10:00-18:00)

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Eröffnung der neuen feministischen Buchhandlung ChickLit - feministische Unterhaltung am 31. Januar 2012 von 10-18 Uhr

Der „Verein zur Förderung feministischer Projekte“ hat von 1980 bis 2011 die „AUF – Eine Frauenzeitschrift“ herausgegeben. Weitere Informationen zur Aktion Unabhängiger Frauen findet ihr unter http://auf-einefrauenzeitschrift.at/

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Event
Literature
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womeninmuseum (Network)

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The network womeninmuseum is a loose union of Women’s Museums, initiatives and museums dedicated to women.

Type of project: 
Group/Network
Topic: 
Education
History & memory
Women's Liberation Movement
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Gender Museum - Museum of history of feminist and gender movement (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

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The museum of women's history and history of women's and gender movement is the first and only one in Ukraine. The goal of its informational and educational activities is to attract attention of broad sections of the public to women's and gender problems; to facilitate the strengthening of cultural connections between Ukraine and other countries and the consolidation of an international women's movement.

We invite you to visit the exhibition of the museum. Thanks to these exhibitions you will be able to feel how gender construction is realized in society.

Type of project: 
Exhibit
Topic: 
Education
History & memory
Sexual violence
Women's Liberation Movement
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Women Artists, Feminism in the 80s and Now

Saturday 3 December
Goldsmiths University, Ben Pimlott Building, 10am-5pm

The symposium is collaboration between The Women’s Art Library and BAG Women (Brixton Art Gallery women artists group) to coincide with Brixton Calling! exhibition at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning (28 October – 21 December 2012).

Women Artists, Feminism in the 80s and Now is a cross generational symposium that examines the legacy of UK 80s women artists and feminists in the light of current feminist practice and thinking.

Type of project: 
Art
Event
Topic: 
Art
Education
Gender studies
Queer feminism
Representation of women
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AMIW@VBKÖ - Or Rather, What Can Words do? / Oder vielmehr, was können Wörter tun? / Ou antes, o que podem as palavras? (exhibition, VBKÖ Vienna, 4th Nov - 3rd Dec 2011)

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2005 von der Künstlerin Carla Cruz initiiert, problematisiert AMIW Genderkonstruktionen und Machtverhältnisse in der Kunst. Es positioniert sich als feministische politische Plattform und verweigert sich dem Wunsch nach Zugehörigkeit zur diskriminierenden Kunstwelt. So erprobt es andere Wege der Darstellung von hu’wo’man Kunstproduktionen.

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Art
Exhibit
Topic: 
Art
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Zine Fest Gent - DIY media & feminist activism

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When?
October 15th – 16th 2011

Where?
in DOK Kantine: htp://www.dokgent.be
address: crossing of Koopvaardijlaan and Afrikalaan, in Gent (Belgium)

Programme:

Saturday at 12:00: workshops about
- zines and alternative media
- writing fiction and articles
- designing feminist posters
Sunday at 13:00: making a zine together (or make your own zine)
Ongoing: a few tables with zines, exhibition of feminist posters

Info:

Zine Fest Gent is a gathering for alternative media, creativity and activism. It's organised by FEL en ECHO.

See you there!

Type of project: 
Event
Workshop
Zine
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Grassroots media in Europe
Zine
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Feminist Blog Camp (Turin, 28-30 October 2011)

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From October 28 to 30, 2011, at the Askatasuna occupied social center in Torino, you may join the Feminist Blog Camp. We are going to spend three days together, sharing our knowledge, attending workshops, shows, debates, music and art performances, readings, culture and IT in-deep examinations, open discussions on desire and sexuality, temporary employment, migrants and a lot of other topics. This meeting is entirely self promoted and managed.

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Festival
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Internet & digital divide
Ladyfest