05/10/2009 • 4:52 AM 11
T-shirt design by NIMANY addressing the slogan of “where is my vote”. This slogan is now a symbol of Iran’s green movement and points to the fact that the government have stolen the votes of people in the fraud election.
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03/10/2009 • 3:29 PM 0
Regardless of how long it takes, these days, Iranians have started building up a new form of government. Iranian people are looking for equity and freedom. I can not convince my self that this movement is necessarily heading toward democracy. Democracy includes impartial justice and freedom and should be studied in the context of public virtues. Some doubt that “democracy” yet fits Iranian society.I assume that the process of choosing a government, by people, should first meet the concerns of Iranians due to their experiences and expectations. Secondly, meets emerging social trends and finally, should be a technology-based process according to the recently exhibited capabilities of the society.
The term “democracy” with all of its fabulous trends and advantages seems more like a brand to me. Once it starts exporting itself to other countries huge advertising campaigns surround it. Commercialized often as a product of western intellectuality while, supplying the package, knowledge of eastern cultures has not grown as fast as the demands do. I adore the idea and I agree with the fact that it is functioning where it has been accepted. By the way, I am firmly of the belief that it will hardly fit within the cultural frameworks of eastern societies while the commercial aspect is so lustrous and provocative. Political democracy, as a process of choosing government by people is associated with other social and public virtues. As long as the associating elements do not match other virtues of a nation, the democracy will lose it essence. Democracy must adapt itself to sociocultural frameworks of a nation and not the other way around. Iranian people showed a strong desire for change and used social networking websites as a tool for delivering news and organizing the demonstrations and events. They exhibited a profound intention toward finding a new reliable way of selecting “what-to-do” concepts. People have lost their trust to elections and rely more on self-organized and socially-derived ways of decision making. Democracy for Iran, can provide solutions for such concerns. The new process of selecting the government should contribute to increase the role of individuals in the decision making process.
Secondly, why democracy is not updated while one may fall behind the daily advances of technology? A problem with current democratic systems is that it still produces centralized powers while technology can support decentralized powers perform not only reliable but also more advantageous. For example, media and news agencies relied on You tube movies and Twitts of Iranian citizens for covering the news of after election crisis. Individuals performed as small news agencies to cover the news. Besides, they performed well in delivering the news about the time and places which demonstrations supposed to be held. The so called “twitter revolution” revealed that decentralizing the power is also reliable. Once a member of a network manifests a high performance it becomes the center of attention and as another high performing member reveals the attention moves toward that spot. Needless of an election being held, the network chooses its most reliable members for conducting a certain task. Therefore, the technology can facilitate new ways of selection.
In case of the success of the green movement, the outcome might be an customized version of democracy or a beta version of a form of government which does not carry the name of Democracy any more. No surprise to see an Iranized form of government beside all other similarly digested cultures and ideologies.
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03/10/2009 • 4:35 AM 0
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03/10/2009 • 4:25 AM 3
Lets be honest and call, what is now happening in Iran, a battle. It is not the first time that Iranians are facing such harsh conditions, facing a totalitarian government. The way that Iranian government is treating its people is an outcome of a critical shortage in knowledge, proficiency and information within its decision making think tanks. They know how to fight the battle of good versus evil but not the battle of equals. Wining a battle of equals needs knowledge. When government finds its strategies useless then chooses violence as a tactic to pass the crisis.
In politics, an action that one side takes is not necessarily evaluated based on the intention behind it but on the basis of its results. No matter what the purpose of an action is, many factors influence the outcome and produce interpretations and effects that are out of player’s control. In my point of view, Iranian authorities are so weak in setting their goals and assessing the feedback. They set goals and take an action but come up with totally different results (e.g. from the society). When they get surprised with unexpected and unpleasant reactions then they return to their default and final tactic which is violence.
Should people take time to teach them how to fight the battle of equals? Did they take one lesson from the “silent demonstrations”? They ended up with shooting citizens. The government decreases the resolution space. Are they doing the same with their foreign policy? Are we running out of time?
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03/10/2009 • 3:34 AM 0
There is no single recipe that every nation can follow it in certain sequence of phases and gets Democracy out of the process. Every country should customize its democracy due to cultural, historical and social values etc. Design as a problem solving activity can support societies to customize their democracy. Technological developments can also contribute on this issue. I believe that Social networking websites can facilitate the networks to come up with creative ideas.
I was monitoring the most popular Iranian social news website, Balatarin (also see Balatarin English), during last three months. Batarin plays an important role in current social movement of Iran. It is a place that news are shared and blogers also share their ideas and concepts about what should be done in next steps of the movement. Members read and rank the concepts and visitors act upon some of the most accepted ones. I was lucky enough to observe the moments that a concepts were born, spread, developed and came to reality by humongous amount of people. A wonderful subject was how people rank the ideas (e.g. demonstrations, selecting a slogan or opposing a president’s speech on TV by plugging in, the electrical appliances at a certain time). I was also following the Twitts and facebook activites of my fellow Iranians to spread the news. Eventually, I came to the idea of starting an indivisual research on the topic of “creative facilitation through social networking websites”.
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02/10/2009 • 11:21 PM 0
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19/04/2009 • 8:41 AM 0
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19/03/2009 • 3:23 AM 0
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17/03/2009 • 3:17 AM 0
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both” Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1916-1939)
This quote can easily be interpreted to possibility of having democracy in Iran or IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corporation) conquering all the economy. And yes, we can not have both. I am quite sure that the IRGC authorities are aware of the fact that if they lose this election, the social-democratic movement will not accept them as a militaristic constitution ruling the economy. If Mousavi wins the election, the IRGC will definitely be digested in long term.
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04/03/2009 • 2:13 PM 2
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01/03/2009 • 5:06 AM 2
Source Gooya news
Fatemeh Rajabi is showing her medals. She is the wife of the speaker of the cabinet (Mr Elham). She is one of the most conservative and religious women our political history has ever had. She often insults the reformists and is a representative of the hard line interpretation of Islam. She is showing the “three white amameh” medal (Amameh is a long white or black fabric that clerics make a hat out of it and wear it). How can we deal with these kind of people who firmly believe that people like me are evils and we are paid by U.S and all western countries intelligent services to damage Islam! These kind of believers existed in Iran from long before, but with the presidency of Ahmadinejad they came to power and now they are ruling the country. Oops! that’s so hard to deal with this kind of people. Believe me!
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15/02/2009 • 7:47 PM 3
A brilliant fashion design by Nima Behnood. The “Paper Campaign” is a set of design by NIMANY. The above picture shows a dress covered by Iranian newspapers of very historical moments of our political history. The skirt is the known as “Long” a fabric which is widely used in Iran as napkins or for very casual usages.
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15/01/2009 • 6:51 PM 3
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21/11/2008 • 4:07 AM 8
از شما چه پنهون، من یک انتلک هستم. درحقیقت قصد نداشتم این مسئله رو مطرح کنم ولی چاره چیه؟ اگر چند وقت دیگه چندتا از آرتیست های اطراف من ترکوندن و اسمی از من برده نشه واقعن در حقم جفا می شه و به عبارت دیگه توی پاچم می ره. من بیشتر نقش رهبری رو بر عهده دارم نه چون اینکه کون گشادم بلکه من دید از بالا دارم.و این رو فقط من دارم و ما ایرانی ها به یک رهبر نیاز داریم و چاره چیه؟ من اصلن قصد رهبری نداشتم ولی چون شعور بقیه نمی رسه، مجبورم که این جام زهر رو بنوشم و این مسئولیت رو دست بگیرم
من گرافیست هم هستم. و اتفاقن خیلی هم به این کار مسلطم. چند روز پیش که داشتم سیب زمینی سرخ کرده با سس مایونز می زدم به این ایده رسیدم که کی می خواد جای رضا عابدینی رو بگیره؟ ایران به یه آیکن نیاز داره! بقیه که بی شعورن! ای شت…باید به سمت گرافیست نمونه شدن هم گام بردارم
تعریف نباشه! ولی من در زمینه فلسفه هم مطالعات زیادی داشتم و اسامی همه فیلسوف ها و کتاب هاشون، به علاوه انتشارات و شابک شون رو هم از برم. تقریبن از هر کتاب دو تا نقل قول خوب هم بلدم. نه اینکه فکر کنید ادعای ویژ بودن رو دارم…نه نه…اصلن. مشکل اینه
که بقیه بی شعورن و من نمی دونم چطور به این نتایج درپیت می رسن! تصمیم دارم روشون کار کنم و بهشون قدری راه درست فکر کردن آموزش بدم
خوب شما بگید؟ چه خبر؟ آها تا یادم نرفته بگم که من در فشن و مد هم دستی بر آتش دارم. وقتی بعضی لباس ها رو تن آدمها می بینم دلم می خواد روشون بالا بیارم. من نمی فهمم اینا چی فک می کنن. واقعن نفهمن…قبول داری؟
راستی فلانی رو دیدی؟ وای باورم نمی شه! می گفت من رای نمی دم…خاک بر سرش. اینا چی فک می کنن؟ یعنی نمی فهمه؟ شهروند نمی خونه فک کنم….محسن نامجو گوش نداده! فک کن!!!!!!؟
آقا فلانی دیدی چقدر کس می گفت؟ وای….یعنی می خواستم ننشو بیارم جلوی چشاش. اوه، راستی فردا بینال عکسه! دوربین دیجیتالت چند مگا پیکسله؟ مال من دو تا روی هرچی بگی پیکسله. ضمنن اگه کادرتو ورتیکال می بستی بهتر بود. حالا یه روز اومدی خونه من عکسامو بهت نشون می دم. نه اینکه بگم من خفنما…نه نه…عبدن. اینکه با هم ببینیم تو نظر بدی
حالا اینا رو ولش کن…یه چی بت بگم بگرخی. فلانی با فلانی تیک می زنه. توام گرفتی مطلبو؟ وای خندس…فک کن!!!!!!؟
اوباما رییس جمهور شدا. دیدی سخنرانیشو؟ یه جوینت بچاق بکشیم تا بقیشو بت بگم
ای وای…اون کیه؟ چه شینیونی کرده…ها ها ها ها ها….سوراخ فوریه طرف…ها ها ها ها ها…چوقیدی؟ اون پسره چه سیریشیه…می خواد بیاد تو گده ما….فک میکنآدم حسابیه
من از کون فیل افتادم….نمی دونستی مگه؟ بی خیال…نمی دونستی؟ بابا من انتلکم….تو چرا می ری با اون نفهما معاشرت می کنی؟ بیا پیش خودم حالشو ببریم. بیا بابا … چس نکن خودتو…اون جوینت و بده بابا چیکا می کنی؟ مگه داری بچه قنداق می کنی؟ نگا کن ریدی تو جوینت
من انتلکم…از کون فیل افتادم…یه سر و گردن هم از همه بالاترم…آخه دید از بالا دارم
آها…جالا همه اینا رو گفتم…اصل کاری رو یادم رفت….قربونت، تو روشن کن تا من حرفمو تموم کنم. چی می گفتم؟ ها! آره من طراح صنعتی هستم…سابقه کار فراوون دارم. یعنی چاقال کار رو ترکوندم. بیشتر کار نمایشگاه و دکور می کردم…یه چند وقتی هم تو کار سفارت و مدیریت و ایده پردازی بودم. الان هم که رو هوا زدنم و بهم گفتن بیا خارج ماهی ۵۰۰ یورو بت می دیم تو فقط ایده بده. اینجا که همه کسخولن…ایده پرداز ندارن. تو ایران که بودیم اصلن کسی به ما بها نمی داد…حالا اینجا باید مراقب باشیم که یه وقت ایده هامون رو ندزدن…ایده اینجا خیلی ارزش داره
آخر کلام رو بگم…من از کون فیل افتادم…انتلکم…فقط خودم هم انتلکم…هیشکی حالیش نیست فقط خودم می فهمم. الان هم اومدم خارج…اونم نه خارج معمولی…اومدم اوروپا. فک کن!!!!اوروپا…نه کانادا…..اوروپا. من چرا اصن دارم اینا رو به شما می گم؟ شما که نفهمید همتون…من می فهمم…من خوبم…من…من…من…من…من…نه ما!!!!من. ما نه! فقط من…ما رو بشاش توش..حالا همه دس…دس….دس
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19/11/2008 • 6:25 AM 1
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. It empowers those who know the truth to manipulate and control the societies. The religious myth is the most powerful device ever created and serves as the psychological soil upon which other myths can flourish.
A myth serves as an orienting and mobilizing story for people. The focus is not on the story’s relation to reality but on it’s function.A story can not function, unless it is believed to be true in the community or the nation.
06/03/2009 • 8:03 AM 1
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