Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action
Wednesday, Feb 03, 2021 - Wednesday, Feb 03, 2021 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
ZOOM WEBINAR
Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action
with Marisa Duarte
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Register for Zoom link here!
Or stream on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/yZG6qL7tPrk
As Indigenous social movements increasingly rely on social networking sites (SNS) toward connective action, community groups also perceive the limitations of ICTs toward social change. For a range of reasons, grassroots activists, tribal elders, cultural knowledge-keepers, attorneys, IT experts, and law enforcement identify the vulnerabilities that radical uses of SNS introduce in already marginalized communities. Indigenizing SNS with regard for the colonial entanglements of social media platforms creates the grounds for discerning how Indigenous peoples carry protocols of respect, belonging, kinship, and shared purpose into digital spheres. Learn More
Hosted by the Berkeley Center for New Media.
A History and Theory of New Media Lecture as part of the Indigenous Technologies initiative, co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, the School of Information, American Cultures, and the Center for Race and Gender.