Dena的嗓音既獨特又不失溫柔甜美,因說著一口流利的英文,唱起英文歌來行雲流水,若不見到她本人的話,肯定會以為是哪個外國歌手在演唱!她生長在一個平凡的台灣環境中,卻打破了平凡。13歲開始自學吉他,15歲就獨立創作了第一首英文歌曲。16歲時,確立夢想的她不顧父母的反對立志當歌手,並開始活躍於大大小小的歌唱比賽中,替自己累積了不少經驗及肯定。 Dena 18歲時成為中華電信廣告歌曲的代言人,19歲更代表台灣遠征日本Avex愛貝克思全球新人選秀比賽,榮獲亞軍的殊榮。 回國後她積極向上,除了受邀至華人星光大道擔任導師外,更在2014暑假遠赴美國最著名的流行音樂學院Berklee進修,以自創曲及對音樂的熱忱與潛力獲得了面試官們的肯定,成為少數非科班出身,順利申請上新臺幣200萬元獎學金的台灣人。目前Dena正就讀輔大護理系,是位個性樂觀、善良,性情真摯,既親切又有正義感的正面女孩。
Dena的嗓音既獨特又不失溫柔甜美,因說著一口流利的英文,唱起英文歌來行雲流水,若不見到她本人的話,肯定會以為是哪個外國歌手在演唱!她生長在一個平凡的台灣環境中,卻打破了平凡。13歲開始自學吉他,15歲就獨立創作了第一首英文歌曲。16歲時,確立夢想的她不顧父母的反對立志當歌手,並開始活躍於大大小小的歌唱比賽中,替自己累積了不少經驗及肯定。 Dena 18歲時成為中華電信廣告歌曲的代言人,19歲更代表台灣遠征日本Avex愛貝克思全球新人選秀比賽,榮獲亞軍的殊榮。 回國後她積極向上,除了受邀至華人星光大道擔任導師外,更在2014暑假遠赴美國最著名的流行音樂學院Berklee進修,以自創曲及對音樂的熱忱與潛力獲得了面試官們的肯定,成為少數非科班出身,順利申請上新臺幣200萬元獎學金的台灣人。目前Dena正就讀輔大護理系,是位個性樂觀、善良,性情真摯,既親切又有正義感的正面女孩。
Jackson Hung - 轉換人生實踐者
活到現在,我們總在讀書,卻很少思考,更少為自己行動,因為代價太多。即使嘗試改變生活的一小塊,又難以理直氣壯面對眼光、及自我內心的懷疑。很幸運,15歲被丟到中美洲,再去美國念大學,又被騙回台灣工作。被逼得成長 。但探索人生的過程中,雖有勇氣數次轉換領域,從生化、專案、智財、金融交易、到程式。可是"Out of Comfortable"只是一個跨步,不是路程。最後,我創業了。希望能分享,這條不斷挑戰自我、有徬徨有懷疑的路怎麼走出來的!
Jackson Hung - 轉換人生實踐者
活到現在,我們總在讀書,卻很少思考,更少為自己行動,因為代價太多。即使嘗試改變生活的一小塊,又難以理直氣壯面對眼光、及自我內心的懷疑。很幸運,15歲被丟到中美洲,再去美國念大學,又被騙回台灣工作。被逼得成長 。但探索人生的過程中,雖有勇氣數次轉換領域,從生化、專案、智財、金融交易、到程式。可是"Out of Comfortable"只是一個跨步,不是路程。最後,我創業了。希望能分享,這條不斷挑戰自我、有徬徨有懷疑的路怎麼走出來的!
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This presentation, created by Syed Faiz ul Hassan, explores the profound influence of media on public perception and behavior. It delves into the evolution of media from oral traditions to modern digital and social media platforms. Key topics include the role of media in information propagation, socialization, crisis awareness, globalization, and education. The presentation also examines media influence through agenda setting, propaganda, and manipulative techniques used by advertisers and marketers. Furthermore, it highlights the impact of surveillance enabled by media technologies on personal behavior and preferences. Through this comprehensive overview, the presentation aims to shed light on how media shapes collective consciousness and public opinion.
16. Dr. Andrew Brooks
King's College, London
"The long-term effect is that
countries can't really
establish or protect their
own clothing industries if
they are importing second-
hand goods."
20. True Case
Uganda
Nigeria
Malawi
Mozambique
3 textile factories close
2,500
textile workers lost jobs(Nigeria)
Hundreds of thousands of
African workers lost jobs(Kenya)
Strikes by textile workers
Heading to Bankruptcy
Shutoff
On the surface, the recycling of used clothes, often charitably donated, means old garments don't go to waste, while new owners get a bargain. It seems like a "win-win" situation. Western charities receive much-needed revenue, African buyers with weak purchasing power get low-priced, well-made clothing, and merchants find eager customers for their merchandise.
Especially telling are the various names, phrases and labels attached to the industry. In Togo, the garments are referred to as "dead yovo" clothing. Translation: “dead white person clothing.” Across the border, in Ghana, my native country, the used clothing is called "broni wa wo." Literally translated, this expression means: “a white man has died.” After all, only death could separate a white person from such wonderful clothing: jeans—skinny, bootleg, stonewashed, stretch; faux Burberry dresses, trousers, scarves;
Lecturer in Development Geography and Undergraduate Tutor in Kings college
Clothing, Fashion and Textile Industries
Economic and Social Change in Southern Africa
Second-hand Geographies
Geographies of Consumption and Production
BRICS in Africa
Andrew Brooks, lecturer at King's College London and co-author of a study called "Unravelling the Relationships between Used-Clothing Imports and the Decline of African Clothing Industries."
Those clothes are imported throughout the African continent and then sold cheaply in African marketplaces. These low prices undercut local retailers and undermine the entire textile and garment business in Africa.
The importing is sometimes done by enterprising individuals, but, more often than not, this huge, multimillion-dollar industry is orchestrated by charitable multinational organizations. These aid agencies' primary mission is, ostensibly, to provide various forms of relief to residents—not only in the harrowing face of disaster, but also through the challenging facts of day-to-day life. That’s one major aspect of the controversy surrounding the industry.
About 2,500 textile workers have lost their jobs following the closure of three textile factories bringing to the total number of thirty-eight, with the closure of International Textile Industry in Isolo and its processing house in Ikorodu, First Spinners Limited and Reliance Textile Industry
In some countries, the preference for used clothes has all but killed the local textile industry. The used-clothing industry is Kenya’s seventh largest import, raking in well over 60 million euros per year. Hundreds of thousands of African workers have lost their jobs as a result of these imports. In Malawi, the largest textile company had to close its doors. Other such companies in Mozambique and Uganda are headed toward bankruptcy. Zambian textile workers have staged several strikes in an effort to promote national and international awareness of their plight.
Part of the problem is that younger generations no longer want to wear "outdated" traditional attire; instead, they crave the sort of sophistication and modernity promised in the pages of American and European magazines.
They covet the styles they see on the latest television shows—Hollywood sitcoms and celebrity gossip shows imported by a fast-paced cable market. And the controversial used-clothing trade is quick in its attempt to fill each and every one of those fashion desires.
In Ghana, the government has tried to rejuvenate their local textile industry by announcing a program called National Friday Wear, which encourages all citizens to dress in traditional clothes in hopes that the trend will spill over into other days. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1227/p04s01-woaf.html
African designers have mounted a spirited defense. Many are biting back at the Western world and revitalizing the fashion industries in their own countries, industries which had nearly been brought to a grinding halt by the demands of a changing market.
http://www.economist.com/node/18233702
As the first female Finance Minister in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attacks corruption to make the country more desirable for investment and jobs. As a managing director of the World Bank, she worked for change in all of Africa.During her two stints as Finance Minister, she has worked to combat corruption, make Nigeria's finances more transparent, and institute reforms to make the nation's economy more hospitable to foreign investment. The government unlinked its budget from the price of oil, its main export, to lessen perennial cashflow crises, and got oil companies topublish how much they pay the government. Since 2003 -- when watchdog group Transparency International rated Nigeria "the most corrupt place on Earth" -- the nation has made headway recovering stolen assets and jailing hundreds of people engaged in international Internet 419 scams.
Used t-shirts, jeans and dresses can satisfy a basic need for affordable clothing, they ultimately help keep people in poverty.
Lecturer in Development Geography and Undergraduate Tutor in Kings college
Clothing, Fashion and Textile Industries
Economic and Social Change in Southern Africa
Second-hand Geographies
Geographies of Consumption and Production
BRICS in Africa
Andrew Brooks, lecturer at King's College London and co-author of a study called "Unravelling the Relationships between Used-Clothing Imports and the Decline of African Clothing Industries."