Andrew GartonHanza’s SpectaclesHanza awoke one morning and wrote a letter to the Prague Post. He proclaimed, “Prague, I shall make you laugh, but I will be crushed and…Apr 18, 2021Apr 18, 2021
Andrew GartonThe Wonder of the Blacksmiths’ TreeMy story with the Blacksmiths’ Tree began in 2011. Its own story began in 2009, but if truth be told it began much earlier than that.Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
Andrew GartonSarawak’s Kleptocracy Strikes AgainThis article was originally published in New Matilda, November 29 November, 2013Oct 17, 2019Oct 17, 2019
Andrew GartonRight to Know — Episode 4 — Digital literacy and the perils of social activismIn this, our final episode, we discover the perils of social activism in India and whether learning how to use Microsoft Notepad and Paint…Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019
Andrew GartonRight to Know — Episode 3 — The unheard will not remain unseenIn this episode we visit the ancient city of Chanderi home to four and a half-thousand weavers, we are inundated with terrifically bad…Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019
Andrew GartonRight to Know — Episode 2 — Reaching the unreachableIn this episode, we travel to the Indo-Nepalese border and listen in on two public meetings where some people discover, for the first time…Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019
Andrew GartonRight to Know — Episode 1 — Into the media darkRight to Know is an ethnographic (and anecdotal) podcast series about people coming to terms with the internet in some of India’s poorest…Sep 14, 2019Sep 14, 2019
Andrew GartonWhen copyright stymied ChristmasSynchronisation rights and its impact on community filmmakingDec 17, 2018Dec 17, 2018
Andrew GartonIndifference in differenceJust as there had been a flourishing of flowers that brought colour and shape of all manner throughout the forests of planet Earth, so too…Apr 17, 2015Apr 17, 2015
Andrew GartonWomen are stepping up in India’s off-grid rural communitiesIn India’s north-east, in its rural off-grid villages where electricity has barely lit a single light bulb something truly beautiful is…Apr 9, 2015Apr 9, 2015