congratulations, antye! :) On 7/04/16 4:28 17PM, AGF poemproducer wrote: > dear list, rmember the call for Rojava … here the results…. > > fyi > agee > > > IN 2015 the International network female:pressure (1700 members, 65 > countries) launched an online music, awareness & solidarity campaign > with the women fighters & the Rojava revolution via multiple media > outlets. > > Please visit these pages to see the wide spread impact: > > female:pressure project page > http://www.femalepressure.net/rojava.html > > Soundcloud - 30 000 listens (April 2016) > https://soundcloud.com/femalepressure/sets/rojava-female-pressure > > Bandcamp / Donations - approx 600 € (April 2016) > https://femalepressure.bandcamp.com/album/music-awareness-solidarity-w-rojava-revolution > > List of press results > https://femalepressure.wordpress.com/press-review/ > > CTM Festival Berlin Panel 150 participants, streaming 200€ donation to > Rojava women > http://www.femalepressure.net/rojava.html > > Best album FACT MAG 2016 > http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/25/best-albums-first-quarter-report-2016/ > > Remarkable review in one of the biggest music magazines > http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/10/best-bandcamp-releases/2/ > > Extensive social media out reach through facebook, twitter, tumblr and > other. > > The concrete impact has been in raising awareness in the Western world > - where talk, work has activated intercultural interest, > communication, support and solidarity, responsibility and > understanding. For example: > - 10000s of women artists were reached worldwide via social media and > email lists > - 40 music compositions and artworks were created and contributed > which have been listened to min. 30 000 times > on https://soundcloud.com/femalepressure/sets/rojava-female-pressure > - CTM Festival Berlin hosted a panel with female:pressure on Rojava, > where we invited Kurdish women activists and artists, with over 150 > attendees and online streaming of the event, entrance donations (of > over 200 Euro) were donated directly to Rojava's women support groups. > - 10+ radio shows were produced on the subject matter, with music and > interviews > - 20+ articles were published (e.g. The Quietus, FACT) still ongoing > - Bandcamp compilation was installed which guarantees an ongoing > direct donation system to support women in Rojava and the war zone for > a safe village, revenue so far over 600 Euro / ongoing > The project has shown that solidarity can be achived through art and > music and that a real connection can be established for intercultural > exchange and understanding and common solution projects. > > The campaign primarily aims at raising awareness around the resistance > movement currently taking place in the cantons of #Rojava (located in > northern Syria), where women participate on all levels of decision > making and building a new society from scratch, with built-in social, > racial and ethnic justice, religious freedom, ecological principles > and gender equality. Despite vast cultural and historical differences > between Europe and Kurdistan, the campaign uses art & music to bridge > these and build long-lasting real-life connections based on dialogue > and respect, involving as many Kurdish musicians and activists as > possible (still ongoing). > > female:pressure raise awareness for the women of Rojava, their > struggle, ideas and implementations on the ground including famously > defeating areas captured by the Islamic State. Mass media have been > silent and struggle to report on the Kurdish region and the complex > issues, due to the danger it holds through IS, war, airstrikes by > Russia, USA and allies and the Turkish war on Kurds. As the PKK is > officially named as a terrorist organisation (e.g. by USA & the EU), > many global and European news platforms do not report at all or if so, > with a large bias in favour of Turkey's current government. The > campaign aims to activate a dialog, solidarity with women in war, > investigate further into these complex issues and not to stay stagnant > with inaction to the detriment of huge number of human rights > violations in the area. The challenges addressed are huge: extremely > complex global politics and economics, post-colonial challenges of > war, systematic prejudice & inequality, corruption, terrorism, > fundamentalism, the role of the women in society. Quote from "Women & > The Gun": "Rojava is a chance for the whole world...[for] energy to > continue our fight for a better life." Awareness is necessary to > activate critical reflection and action, the female:pressure network > can help activate this. > > The target group is the largly uninformed global public. All women and > feminists are the target group to acknowledge the inspirational, > revolutionary work undertaken by the women of Rojava and re-think > their stance on feminism, equality and justice. By putting art and > music in the centre-point of this campaign, we believe we can have a > wide reach to a range of different people. We have already been > successful with wide press coverage from online music publications, as > well as a large audience including many young people who attended a > panel event organised by female:pressure around this campaign at CTM > Festival Berlin, in February 2016. female:pressure stands for an > inclusive feminism which promotes dialogue and visibility for women. > Since female:pressure is a large international network, the networking > can achieve a world wide spreading of information. > > Challenges we encountered were that many women and men were concerned > about the militarized content. female:pressure artists are against > violence and war. However, discussions evolved through listening to > the women in the war zones towards an understanding that pacifism is a > choice for the privileged. Although peace and equality are ultimately > desired, the women fighters are forced to fight as a matter of > survival. Many women were impressed by the bravery of these women > fighters. Overwhelmingly, women have come out in support of the > inspiring vision to build a gender equal, multi-ethnic society from > the bottom-up. > White western academic feminism has been criticised in favour of > building an equal world on the ground, and resisting a > universalisation of white feminism's values particularly where complex > historical, politico-economic, ethnic and religious issues are at stake. > The recent attacks on civilians in Turkey claimed by the militant > Kurdish organization TAK, and their alleged links to the PKK have > added to this complex situation. We have continued to discuss with > some members continuing their show of solidarity to the Rojava > revolution (limited to their use of warfare for self-defense), and > others sceptical of this potential connection. > > female: pressure works on a voluntary basis and no money was involved, > except the income we generated through the CTM panel and the Bandcamp > compilation which was completely donated to Rojava support funds. > > CTM Festival, Berlin, supported the project and helped creating a > broad public. > Many newspapers and radio stations have published the actions. > > Norient, a network for global sounds and media culture, invited us to > contribute to their exhibition. > > The project holds a vision that we can build bridges out of privileged > Western societies and work together on common goals, such as equality. > It shows how people who live under very different conditions can > co-exist and listen to each other. It is important that we collaborate > and build real life connections. These events are unfolding by the day > and demonstrate the fragility in the region which is war-torn and > under severe threat. Women in the Syrian war face death, sexual abuse, > extreme violence and sexual slavery. It has been said that these women > build a new vision for the region but also for the whole world. > female:pressure has contributed to make this struggle audible in the > west. The project is extraordinary for the awareness it has raised so > far, as well as the new connections between activists and artists in > the Middle East and all over the world which have resulted. > > > > > > > sound & curation > > AGF: @poemproducer > www.poemproducer.com <http://www.poemproducer.com> > www.antyegreie.com <http://www.antyegreie.com> > > https://soundcloud.com/agf-antye-greie > https://agf-poemproducer.bandcamp.com/ > https://vimeo.com/channels/poemproducer/ > > NEW ALBUM: Kon:3p>UTION to: e[VOL]ution: AGF solo album May 2016 > https://agf-poemproducer.bandcamp.com/album/kon-3p-ution-to-e-vol-ution > > MASHmix > https://www.mixcloud.com/poemproducer/greim-kon-king-and-queen-warriors-from-the-worldwide/ > > Music, Awareness & Solidarity with #Rojava powered by female:pressure > http://www.femalepressure.net/rojava.html > > FIELD WORK (sonic wild{er}ness) > http://fieldnotes.hybridmatters.net/posts/sonic-wild-code > https://vimeo.com/channels/poemproducer/139911900 > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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