VII Interactive: Protocols Of Protest: Peter Tatchell In Conversation with Stephen Mayes
Debate flared and tempers frayed in the weeks leading up to this lecture as journalists and protestors have sought to establish an ethical approach to representing public demonstrations: what is the journalist’s ethical responsibility to represent and what is the protestor’s ethical responsibility to be represented? Peter Tatchell is an experienced media figure who shares some of the lessons learned as a human rights activist who has put himself on the front-line of social change as a UK Parliamentary candidate and as a campaigner with experience of over 3,000 public protests across 53 years, confronting multiple regimes and winning tangible results that have benefitted millions. Stephen Mayes is Executive Director of the Tim Hetherington Trust and former CEO of VII Photo Agency.
This lecture was originally hosted at VII Interactive, a new resource for sharing insights and information on the craft of visual storytelling. We are building different platforms within the VII ecosystem, where the public can engage directly, online with a live instructor. VII Interactive offers programming that is free and available to everyone, in addition to paid classes and individual mentoring that can be fashioned to your needs.