Memory and Disinformation Studies

22 August 2022

Boot Camp: Polarized Society Facing Hybrid Challenges

On August 18-20, 2022, the event Boot Camp: "Polarized Society Facing Hybrid Challenges", organized by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG), was held in which the students of the IDFI/UG Academic and Certificate Course - Disinformation and Propaganda Research: History, Theories and Means of Debunking were involved.

8 August 2022

The IDFI representative presented a report in Gori within the framework of the campaign

The Information Integrity Coalition held the final event within the campaign dedicated to the 14th since the August war - "Russia wants war, not the West".

7 August 2022

In Gori, the awarding of the winners of the

In connection with the 2008 war, in Shida Kartli, in order to raise general awareness, in July 2022, the "Memory of the War in the City" competition was announced.

7 August 2022

Within the framework of IDFI's ongoing project "New identity for the city of Gori", a website was created: www.gorimaps.ge

The presentation of the educational, touristic and updating website was held in the city of Gori, symbolically within the framework of the conference held on August 7.

5 August 2022

Information Integrity Coalition Launches August War Remembrance Campaign

A conspiracy theory alleging the West tries to drag Georgia into war has been actively spread lately. Kremlin-supporting groups use this period every year to spread disinformation on 2008 war, however, they became especially active this year, amid the unjustified Russian invasion in Ukraine and the start of a full-scale war.

1 August 2022

German-language Journal GEO publishes an article on the IDFI project

An article in a German-language magazine about the IDFI project - "New identity for the city of Gori" was published. The article reviews the content and significance of the project for the region.

1 August 2022

IDFI held the presentation and showing of the film about the repressed in Poti

On July 29, 2022, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) delivered a presentation regarding the issue of the repressed in Poti. Held at the municipal library, the presentation was followed by the showing of the film “The Cemetery of the Repressed”.

12 July 2022

Lecture - Disinformation and Democracy: Challenges in the Context of Transitional Democracy - was held

The researcher of disinformation and memory studies, Nino Gozalishvili, presented her report: “Disinformation and Democracy: Challenges in the Context of Transitional Democracy” for the students of three Georgian universities in the summer school: Territorial Challenges and Opportunities for Multicultural Democracies” which was organized by the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

23 June 2022

Promoting Entrepreneurs Living Next to the Occupied Territories in Shida Kartli Region through Branding

The war in August 2008 had the painful consequences for Georgia: 130,000 people were forced to flee their homes during the war.

6 June 2022

IDFI held a conference : “The World Finally Sees It”: Hybrid Warfare, Disinformation and History in CEE

On June 3-4, 2022, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia, as well as the University-based Investigative Media Lab, held a conference on "Awakening of the World: A Hybrid War, Disinformation and History in CEE."