The Kaleidoscope Project is a journal that is founded on a few simple principles: good research, good writing, and intellectual integrity. This sounds simple enough but in an age where people increasingly use 140 character tweets or Facebook statuses for comment on current issues, we firmly believe that these values need to be re-introduced. The reactions to Margaret Thatcher’s death are a classic example of this; amongst our generation, most of what was said about the occasion came through social networking sites and most definitely did not display the trademarks of well-considered comment.
It is not only the way in which we comment on issues that is the problem, it is also where. Actually, outside the social networking sites, what forums are there for young people to write on the issues that they believe are important? Speaking from experience, there is very little on offer via the student journalism routes; these are all rather parochial in outlook (which is both perfectly fine and indeed necessary) but what happens when we want to tackle the bigger issues?
This is where the Kaleidoscope Project fills the gap. Aimed at primarily (although certainly not exclusively) students, we want to give people the chance to comment on ANYTHING that they believe is important, provided that they follow our principles. It is not a forum for hollow ranting and whining, nor is it about providing quick fixes. The aim is to produce articles that are analytical in their approach, accepting the issues in all their complexity. We are striving to offer articles that engage with a colourful spectrum of potential answers rather than black and white responses to questions that are all shades of grey.
It is not only the way in which we comment on issues that is the problem, it is also where. Actually, outside the social networking sites, what forums are there for young people to write on the issues that they believe are important? Speaking from experience, there is very little on offer via the student journalism routes; these are all rather parochial in outlook (which is both perfectly fine and indeed necessary) but what happens when we want to tackle the bigger issues?
This is where the Kaleidoscope Project fills the gap. Aimed at primarily (although certainly not exclusively) students, we want to give people the chance to comment on ANYTHING that they believe is important, provided that they follow our principles. It is not a forum for hollow ranting and whining, nor is it about providing quick fixes. The aim is to produce articles that are analytical in their approach, accepting the issues in all their complexity. We are striving to offer articles that engage with a colourful spectrum of potential answers rather than black and white responses to questions that are all shades of grey.