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ShalompoddenLivePod: From Magasin III Jaffa with Eran Nissan on Activism and StoryTellingThis LivePodcast (the first ever of Shalompodden) was recorded at the exhibition "Looking Back at the Future" - Broadcasting Day Looking Ahead together with Radio 1540 kHz. It took place at Magasin III Jaffa the 13th of February 2025.
Eran Nissan is an Israeli peace activist. He is 34 years old, lives in Jaffa, and currently serves as the CEO of ‘Mehazkim‘, an Israeli progressive movement. Eran served as a combat soldier in the special forces of the Israeli military, and after his release, he decided to promote a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Eran’s political motivation is generat...2025-02-1443 min
Team HumanMushon Zer-AvivArtist, designer, technologist, writer, and Israeli peace activist, Mushon Zer-Aviv shows us why binary partisanship in the Israeli-Palstinian conflict hurts everyone, and what to do about.📕 Your Empathy is Killing Us is now available.About Mushon Zer-AvivMushon Zer-Aviv is a designer, writer, educator and activist based in Tel Aviv. His work often involves mapping and way-finding through physical, digital and political landscapes. These are also the themes he explore in his current research titled Friction and Flow — a design theory of change. Mushon is a member of the Israeli/Palestinian movem...2024-03-061h 18
From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean SeaEpisode 4: Mapping Empathy with Mushon Zer AvivIn this episode of "From the Yarra River the Mediterranean Sea", we interview Israeli map designer and peace builder Mushon Zer Aviv. We first came across Mushon after reading a powerful article he wrote called “Your Empty is Killing us” which explores the importance of holding space for YES AND statements during this war.In the second half of the episode, we have a discussion between ourselves about what it means to be connected to land and the links we have seen between Palestinians, Israelis and Australia's First Peoples. We also discuss the Australian Left and ho...2023-12-171h 11From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean SeaEpisode 3: October 7 War DiaryThis episode will likely comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable, so have a listen to it in a space where you can breathe, process and reflect.In this episode, we discuss:A brief history of the disengagement from Gaza and the seige that has been in place since Hamas' rise to powerIttay's experience of October 7 in JerusalemHannah's experience of October 7 in MelbourneHow October 7th broke Israel's "conception" of Hamas and how Israel's response has broken Hamas' "conception" of IsraelRESOURCESFor further reading, we recommend looking at this piece by Adam Raz a...2023-12-101h 14
ReclaimFuturesThe Political Tragedy of Data-Driven-Determinism — Mushon Zer-Aviv | ReclaimFutures2020Polls and predictions could not foresee the wide appeal of voting for Brexit, for Trump, against the predictions, against the future that was set in the numbers. As worrisome as these phenomenons may be, we can see some hope in this turn against data-driven-determinism. How could we seize this call to action to reignite our political imagination and reclaim the future?
https://reclaimfutures.org/rf2020/events/the-political-tragedy
Intro music: sumthing tethered - GOD69 (https://god69.bandcamp.com/track/sumthing-tethered)
More about ReclaimFutures 2020: https://reclaimfutures.org/rf2020
2023-03-2100 min
InformerInfrastructure As IdeologyMy friend, the designer and artist, Mushon Zer-Aviv was in town a few months ago so we sat down to catch up. Having worked in open, values-driven design in tech for the last two decades, Mushon goes deep into what he sees as being the mistakes of the early internet and how we can avoid them in the future. His thoughtfulness is always optimistic: as he says, he is a designer so he wants to design! He points to the contradictions inherent in our tendency to offload "ethics into infrastucture" and the kind of return of the tech bros...2022-12-2258 min
With IntentHope and action with Mushon Zer-AvivMushon Zer-Aviv is an activist, artist, and designer. He's currently at work on devising new ways of understanding change and the future—ways that account for the limits of forecasting and consider the "darkness" of the future as a place for hope and possibility.
He also discusses systemic bias, the value of small talk, his appreciation for Rebecca Solnit, Naomi Klein, and Milton Friedman, and how his work brings provocation and action together.Institute of Design at Illinois Tech
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re:publica 18 - Politics & SocietySolarPunk and going Post-Post-ApocalypticSteve Lambert, Andrew Hudson, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Maya Indira Ganesh
How can we use data analysis and AI, deterministic technological practices that are conservative by design, to build models for better futures? What can we learn from new genres in science fiction that break from dystopia and envision new, different and desirable futures? And how can activists and artists use Utopia as a tool in their political and creative practice?2018-05-041h 05
re:publica 18 - Alle SessionsSolarPunk and going Post-Post-ApocalypticSteve Lambert, Andrew Hudson, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Maya Indira Ganesh
How can we use data analysis and AI, deterministic technological practices that are conservative by design, to build models for better futures? What can we learn from new genres in science fiction that break from dystopia and envision new, different and desirable futures? And how can activists and artists use Utopia as a tool in their political and creative practice?2018-05-041h 05re:publica 18 - Politics & SocietyThe Political Tragedy of Data-Driven-DeterminismMushon Zer-Aviv
The Oracle of Delphi predicted that King Laius’ son would murder his father and marry his mother. In the Greek tragedy, as much as both King Laius and his son Oedipus tried to fight the prophecy, to avoid their fate, there was no escape from this tragic future.
The Oracles of London predicted that Brits will come to their senses and vote against Brexit. And the Oracles of New York and Washington predicted that Americans will vote for Hillary Clinton ("because it is her turn") rather than go for a man with no political experience, and no personal int...2018-05-0326 minre:publica 18 - Alle SessionsThe Political Tragedy of Data-Driven-DeterminismMushon Zer-Aviv
The Oracle of Delphi predicted that King Laius’ son would murder his father and marry his mother. In the Greek tragedy, as much as both King Laius and his son Oedipus tried to fight the prophecy, to avoid their fate, there was no escape from this tragic future.
The Oracles of London predicted that Brits will come to their senses and vote against Brexit. And the Oracles of New York and Washington predicted that Americans will vote for Hillary Clinton ("because it is her turn") rather than go for a man with no political experience, and no personal int...2018-05-0326 minTeam HumanEp. 12 Mushon Zer-Aviv “Reambiguation”Playing for Team Human is Mushon Zer-Aviv. Mushon shares his creative strategies for resistance against assimilation into the big data mindset. His playful, interactive designs turn the cult of data collection on its head, re-ambiguating humans and embracing the most quirky, inspired, and anomalous aspects of our lives. Mushon’s recent project, AdNauseam.io challenges surveillance advertising by feeding it back into itself. Check out this and his many projects linked below. You can also learn more about “reambiguation” on Mushon’s Medium blog. Full bio from Mushon.com: Mushon is a designer, an educator and a media ac...2016-11-0134 min
Data StoriesDisinformation Visualization w/ Mushon Zer-AvivHi everyone!
We have designer and activist Mushon Zer-Aviv on the show today. Mushon is an NYU ITP graduate and instructor at Shenkar University, Israel.
He wrote the very interesting Disinformation Visualization piece for Tactical Tech’s Visualizing Information for Advocacy and we decided to invite him to discuss the million different facets of disinformation through visualization.
Is data and data visualization bringing some truth or should it always be considered an argument? Is there a way we can mitigate or even prevent disinformation? What strategies can designers use to make their opinions more a...2015-06-121h 07