Comments on: Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Technology news - Techvibes Blog http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-1464025 Technology news - Techvibes Blog Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:08:01 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-1464025 [...] world, such as a YouTube video plea from Burmese monks, Orwellian depictions of Hillary Clinton and Tunisian President Ben Ali, the amazing ushahidi.com where Kenyans can report violence by mobile, e-mail, or web, and the [...] [...] world, such as a YouTube video plea from Burmese monks, Orwellian depictions of Hillary Clinton and Tunisian President Ben Ali, the amazing ushahidi.com where Kenyans can report violence by mobile, e-mail, or web, and the [...]

]]> By: Arthury James http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-985485 Arthury James Tue, 20 May 2008 18:31:18 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-985485 http://tunisie-harakati.mylivepage.com View another step of Sameh Harakati. A judicial file a day injustice and violence in Tunisia. Another world that of the not respect for human rights and for free suffering for this young woman. http://tunisie-harakati.mylivepage.com http://tunisie-harakati.mylivepage.com

View another step of Sameh Harakati. A judicial file a day injustice and violence in Tunisia. Another world that of the not respect for human rights and for free suffering for this young woman.

http://tunisie-harakati.mylivepage.com

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-891105 …My heart’s in Accra » The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:40:33 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-891105 [...] name “Astrubal” had remixed the 1984 Apple ad for political ends. (See my post “Democrats Invent the Remix, only three years after the Tunisians” for more on this [...] [...] name “Astrubal” had remixed the 1984 Apple ad for political ends. (See my post “Democrats Invent the Remix, only three years after the Tunisians” for more on this [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Sami ben Gharbia and video activism http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-858566 …My heart’s in Accra » Sami ben Gharbia and video activism Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:35:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-858566 [...] video I’ve written about at length is Astrubal’s remix of the Apple 1984 commercial. Years before American activists remixed the Apple ad to promote Obama over Hillary Clinton, [...] [...] video I’ve written about at length is Astrubal’s remix of the Apple 1984 commercial. Years before American activists remixed the Apple ad to promote Obama over Hillary Clinton, [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Lessons in digital advocacy http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-528977 …My heart’s in Accra » Lessons in digital advocacy Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:43:54 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-528977 [...] pointed me to a new campaign put together by his comrade in arms, Astrubal, the author of the Apple 1984 remix… the one that preceded the Obama remix by three years. The target of their campaign is Tunisian President Ben Ali and his private plane. The Tunisian [...] [...] pointed me to a new campaign put together by his comrade in arms, Astrubal, the author of the Apple 1984 remix… the one that preceded the Obama remix by three years. The target of their campaign is Tunisian President Ben Ali and his private plane. The Tunisian [...]

]]> By: Astrubal - Tunisian cyber-activism http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-359791 Astrubal - Tunisian cyber-activism Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:07:55 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-359791 [...] In the wake of a brilliant conference made by Ethan Zuckerman, Sami has posted an exciting article (in Arabic) about the Tunisian Cyber-Activism. Back to April 2007, Ethan Zuckerman has held a conference at the Watson Institute For International Studies. In his Talk “Listening Widely (Wisely?) - International News and the Rise of Citizen Media“, Ethan analysed the emergence of what he calls the “Citizen Media” and the way this process is growing up. Among other things, the cofounder of Global Voices described how cyberspace tools are transforming passive citizens towards information into bloggers whose shape (by several technics) the information and its course. During his talk, Ethan Zuckerman refers to interesting case studies including those of Tunisian bloggers. And no need to hide it, I was really very touched by Ethan’s appreciation of the work we are doing and the way he talked about the Apple 1984 remix and the “403 Checker“. [...] [...] In the wake of a brilliant conference made by Ethan Zuckerman, Sami has posted an exciting article (in Arabic) about the Tunisian Cyber-Activism. Back to April 2007, Ethan Zuckerman has held a conference at the Watson Institute For International Studies. In his Talk “Listening Widely (Wisely?) – International News and the Rise of Citizen Media“, Ethan analysed the emergence of what he calls the “Citizen Media” and the way this process is growing up. Among other things, the cofounder of Global Voices described how cyberspace tools are transforming passive citizens towards information into bloggers whose shape (by several technics) the information and its course. During his talk, Ethan Zuckerman refers to interesting case studies including those of Tunisian bloggers. And no need to hide it, I was really very touched by Ethan’s appreciation of the work we are doing and the way he talked about the Apple 1984 remix and the “403 Checker“. [...]

]]> By: النشاط الألكتروني للمدوّنين التونسيين at [fikra] فكرة http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-356172 النشاط الألكتروني للمدوّنين التونسيين at [fikra] فكرة Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:54:03 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-356172 [...] و يوضح أيثن: "أنا لست بصدد اتهام… بسرقة أعمال صدربعل. إذ من المحتمل جدا أنه لم يشاهد الشريط و أنه قام بإعادة الصياغة بشكل مستقل. كما انني لا أنتقد وسائل الإعلام لتي لم تنصف التونسيين لأنهم قاموا بهذا العمل قبل أنصار أوباما. حتي أنني واع بأن فرصة التعرف على النسخة التونسية لم تتاح لي لو لم أكن برفقة ناشط تونسي أطلعني عليها. الشيء الملفت للإنتباه هو أن النشطاء الأمريكيين ليسوا منفردين باستعمال أدواة قراءة-كتابة الشبكة و أنهم ليسوا سباقين في استخدام هذه الأدوات." [...] [...] و يوضح أيثن: “أنا لست بصدد اتهام… بسرقة أعمال صدربعل. إذ من المحتمل جدا أنه لم يشاهد الشريط و أنه قام بإعادة الصياغة بشكل مستقل. كما انني لا أنتقد وسائل الإعلام لتي لم تنصف التونسيين لأنهم قاموا بهذا العمل قبل أنصار أوباما. حتي أنني واع بأن فرصة التعرف على النسخة التونسية لم تتاح لي لو لم أكن برفقة ناشط تونسي أطلعني عليها. الشيء الملفت للإنتباه هو أن النشطاء الأمريكيين ليسوا منفردين باستعمال أدواة قراءة-كتابة الشبكة و أنهم ليسوا سباقين في استخدام هذه الأدوات.” [...]

]]> By: Astrubal http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-210713 Astrubal Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:27:54 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-210713 Dear Ethan, After reading your post “Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians“, here is my comments : I do confirm that the remix was first published the 29th February 2004. In fact, I always wanted to do something with the old ad that was originally made for the 1984 Macintosh announcement. But it was in low resolution and bad quality. So I couldn’t do the remix neither could throw the file. Finally, I kept it for years on my desktop until I literally jumped on the remastered one made for the 20th anniversary. And it was perfect because it fallen exactly for the new Tunisian presidential campaign. And few days later, the remix was published on Tunezine.com I liked very much your post and I do share most of it. And probably at nawaat.org, yezzi.org, Fikra we are not ashamed of the work we’ve done in that way since few years now. And to be honest, I admit I was moved by what you’ve written. So thank you for what you’re doing to help things getting any better. Still, I want to point out just one more thing : In your post you’ve written : The final image isn’t text declaring that 1984 or 2008 will differ from “1984″, but the image of a Tunisian girl opening her eyes, as if Ben Ali’s twenty year rule was a bad dream she was waking from. I agree whith that. It is a part of the message I wanted to deliver. But there is something else. The girl in the end of my remix could be indeed a Tunisian girl. Especially when I named the remix “Dans la tête d’Aziza …” (in Aziza’s head …”). And this name is indeed frequently used in Tunisia. In addition, Aziza with her lovely face looks like also a Tunisian girl. Actually, that lovely face was, is my mind, more than a Tunisian girl. It symbolises something that we should all have in our soul where ever we are born. What do I mean ? Please have a look to this other commercial (please till the end). And you will understand what I meant 3 years ago when I added Aziza’s face in the remix (and no matter if this other commercial comes from the same corporation, I can’t help it :) ). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=491334806942913397 Sincerely, Astrubal, 12th april 2007 Dear Ethan,

After reading your post “Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians“, here is my comments :

I do confirm that the remix was first published the 29th February 2004.

In fact, I always wanted to do something with the old ad that was originally made for the 1984 Macintosh announcement. But it was in low resolution and bad quality. So I couldn’t do the remix neither could throw the file. Finally, I kept it for years on my desktop until I literally jumped on the remastered one made for the 20th anniversary. And it was perfect because it fallen exactly for the new Tunisian presidential campaign. And few days later, the remix was published on Tunezine.com

I liked very much your post and I do share most of it. And probably at nawaat.org, yezzi.org, Fikra we are not ashamed of the work we’ve done in that way since few years now. And to be honest, I admit I was moved by what you’ve written. So thank you for what you’re doing to help things getting any better.

Still, I want to point out just one more thing :

In your post you’ve written :

The final image isn’t text declaring that 1984 or 2008 will differ from “1984″, but the image of a Tunisian girl opening her eyes, as if Ben Ali’s twenty year rule was a bad dream she was waking from.

I agree whith that. It is a part of the message I wanted to deliver. But there is something else. The girl in the end of my remix could be indeed a Tunisian girl. Especially when I named the remix “Dans la tête d’Aziza …” (in Aziza’s head …”). And this name is indeed frequently used in Tunisia. In addition, Aziza with her lovely face looks like also a Tunisian girl.

Actually, that lovely face was, is my mind, more than a Tunisian girl. It symbolises something that we should all have in our soul where ever we are born.

What do I mean ?

Please have a look to this other commercial (please till the end). And you will understand what I meant 3 years ago when I added Aziza’s face in the remix (and no matter if this other commercial comes from the same corporation, I can’t help it :) ).

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=491334806942913397

Sincerely,
Astrubal, 12th april 2007

]]> By: Astrubal - Dear Ethan … http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-210610 Astrubal - Dear Ethan … Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:59:59 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-210610 [...] After ridding your post “Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians“. Here is my comments : [...] [...] After ridding your post “Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians“. Here is my comments : [...]

]]> By: links for 2007-04-12 : Tama Leaver dot Net http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/07/democrats-invent-the-remix-only-three-years-after-the-tunisians/comment-page-1/#comment-209513 links for 2007-04-12 : Tama Leaver dot Net Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:49:43 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1374#comment-209513 [...] Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians [Ethan Zuckerman / …My heart’s in Accra] Apparently a Tunisian - “Astrubal“ - released a 1984-styled mashup long before the US: ” the hammer shatters a screen where Tunisian president Ben Ali is speaking. The final image [is] of a Tunisian girl opening her eyes…” (tags: mashup politics participatoryculture citizenmedia digitalculture tunsia) [...] [...] Democrats invent the remix, only three years after the Tunisians [Ethan Zuckerman / …My heart’s in Accra] Apparently a Tunisian – “Astrubal“ – released a 1984-styled mashup long before the US: ” the hammer shatters a screen where Tunisian president Ben Ali is speaking. The final image [is] of a Tunisian girl opening her eyes…” (tags: mashup politics participatoryculture citizenmedia digitalculture tunsia) [...]

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