TIWT Announcement: No rest for the weary

You’ve probably noticed the lapse in posts in recent months. What started as a momentary period of exhaustion of “curation” has turned into an extended break as we try and re-strategize a way to present this website and all the relevant content that “strikes back” at dominant media portrayals of our voices. When we first launched This is Worldtown in 2009, we noticed a dearth of voices online that could fully convey the brilliant creative expression coming out of lands engulfed in negative portrayals. It was also a ripe time to talk about Islamophobia, xenophobia and the rise of nationalist sentiment in Europe, North America and Australia. The absence of critical take backs *by those directly in the line of fire* was dispersed, and difficult to narrow down.

Worldtown Hearsay :: Ghana ThinkTank

In the aftermath of the Kony 2012 -White Saviourism-comes-undone period, this is the most ingenious counter-example that we’ve seen: Ghana Think Tank is purportedly “a worldwide network of think tanks creating strategies to resolve local problems …

On the Road :: Placing Morogoro

The last time I was here, I didn’t have luxuries like fresh cheese. Wait - I was actually never in Morogoro or Tanzania before this trip, and yes – access to cheese is a reasonable …

Sneak Peak :: Valley of Saints

Valley of Saints is a story of two friends searching for an out from the troubled Kashmir Valley amidst violent conflict, but finding true love within.

The film has opened to critical praise at film …

TIWT Announcement: No rest for the weary

You’ve probably noticed the lapse in posts in recent months. What started as a momentary period of exhaustion of “curation” has turned into an extended break as we try and re-strategize a way to present this website and all the relevant content that “strikes back” at dominant media portrayals of our voices. When we first launched This is Worldtown in 2009, we noticed a dearth of voices online that could fully convey the brilliant creative expression coming out of lands engulfed in negative portrayals. It was also a ripe time to talk about Islamophobia, xenophobia and the rise of nationalist sentiment in Europe, North America and Australia. The absence of critical take backs *by those directly in the line of fire* was dispersed, and difficult to narrow down.