Jake Charles Rees
Jake Charles Rees is a curator, lecturer and programme manager. For the CIJ he manages the Source Protection Programme as well as the biannual Logan Symposium, Closed Circuit webtv series and Logan Talks public lecture programme. Outside of his work for the CIJ, Jake contributes to a new course at the Rhode Island School of Design called “Artists Report: Making the News” which trains artists and designers in an investigative practice that blurs the boundaries between journalism and art.
Talks and Screenings
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Film screening: Disaster Capitalism + Q&A
This years OXFAM scandal brought to light some serious questions for the international development community. At a time when aid agencies and charities are prone to seemingly widespread sexual abuse and impropriety, best-selling author and journalist Antony Loewenstein’s latest film Disaster Capitalism investigates whether the industry is exploiting development and aid funds to profiteer from growing inequality and poverty.