Civil Resistance 2.0: A New Database of Methods

The Meta-Activism Project - A Non-Traditional Digital Activism Think Tank

Civil Resistance 2.0 (http://tinyurl.com/CivilResistance20) is a crowdsourced database of upgraded nonviolent methods for activists.

Civil Resistance 2.0 (http://tinyurl.com/CivilResistance20) is a crowdsourced database of nonviolent methods upgraded to incorporate the latest technology. Our goal is to provide activists with a go-to resource of technology-assisted methods which they can use to inform their efforts. A project description by co-creator Patrick Meier follows.

This database (http://tinyurl.com/CivilResistance20 ) will be an ongoing initiative and certainly a live document since we’ll be crowdsourcing further input. In laying the foundations for this database, we’ve realized once again just how important creativity is when thinking about civil resistance. Advances in technology and increasing access to technology provides fertile ground for the kind of creativity that is key to making civil resistance successful.

We invite you to contribute your creativity to this database and share the link (http://tinyurl.com/CivilResistance20 ) widely with your own networks. We’ve added some content, but there is still a long way to go. Please share any clever uses of technology that you’ve come across that have or could be applied to civil resistance by adding them.

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Our Projects

Civil Resistance 2.0

Civil Resistance 2.0 (http://tinyurl.com/CivilResistance20) is a crowdsourced database of nonviolent methods upgraded to incorporate the latest technology. Our goal is to provide activists with a go-to resource of technology-assisted civil resistance methods which they can use to inform their efforts.

To learn more about the project, click here. To review (and add to!) the database, click here.
We invite you to contribute your creativity.

The Global Digital Activism Data Set (GDADS)

The goal of this project is to turn qualitative case studies of digital activism from around the world into a non-proprietary quantitative machine-readable data set that will facilitate the work of scholars in this new field.

To download the current copy of the case study list and to read more about the project and how you can get involved visit meta-activism.org/data-set.

Essential Readings in Digital Activism

This list of books, academic journal articles, newspaper and magazine articles, blog posts, and films is a resource for the study and instruction of digital activism at the undergraduate and graduate level and for anyone wishing to educate themselves about digital activism. Many of the entries have links that allow readers to access the resources on line for free. To see the resources list visit http://www.meta-activism.org/resources.

The Blog

We seek to highlight and analyze key trends and new insights about the global phenomenon of digital activism and we are always looking for new writers. You can visit the blog at http://www.meta-activism.org/blog and can contact Mary at [Mary AT meta-activism DOT org] if you are interested in contributing.

Book: Digital Activism Decoded

This anthology of essays is the first book to map the field of digital activism. Beginning with technical infrastructure and the economic, social, and political contexts of digital activism, the book also addresses the types of digital activism practices and effects and the different perceptions of digital activism’s value.

The book is available for free download under a Creative Commons license (download PDF) and for sale on Amazon (purchase page). For more information, including a table of contents, visit meta-activism.org/book.