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Popular Culture, Global Knowledge and Kenya’s First Internet Meme - Makmende Understanding the Horn of Africa Martha Saavedra, UC Berkeley © UC Regents

SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT (and fun) Consider the next three slides © UC Regents

© UC Regents

MEME FOR WHOM? Significance? © UC Regents

The birth of Makmende Spring 2010 – Nairobi Music video Ha He, by Just a band is releasedJust a band Twittering Inside Joke Wikipedia page March 2010 Wikipedia Created…deleted…created…deleted ‘ no reliable sources, and no claims of notability’. Commentary: WSJ, Ethan Zuckerman, CNNWSJEthan ZuckermanCNN Finally established and wikified… BUT no Makmende on Swahili Wikipedia pages --- © UC Regents From Heather Ford’s, “The Missing Wikipedians”The Missing Wikipedians From Heather Ford’s, “The Missing Wikipedians”The Missing Wikipedians

Teachable moments… Connecting and Exposure Breaking through provincialism Is the center moving? Global Mash-ups & Transnational imaginaries Alternative youth expressions and experiences But…ever ephemeral… © UC Regents

Teachable moments… Knowledge and Authority Who creates? Who certifies? Who participates? Local, Global, West vs the Rest, Africa New Media – New Knowledge Internet cultures – glocal? Does Wikipedia matter? Using Wikipedia in the classroom © UC Regents

Credits Understanding the Horn Inspired by our earlier work on the UnderstandingSudan.org, we created this portal to provide university level curriculum on the Horn of Africa organized around three thematic modules: environmental pressures, conflict management, and youth.UnderstandingSudan.org This PowerPoint was first created for the 25 July 2012, ORIAS Summer Institute for K-12 teachers, Technology in Human HistoryTechnology in Human History The website Understandingthehorn.org was developed under a Title VI International Research and Studies grant from the U.S. Department of Education. However, the content does not necessarily represent the policy or views of the U.S. Department of Education, or imply endorsement by the Federal Government. International Research and Studies © UC Regents