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HTNM Lecture — Marisa Duarte, "Indigenous Cyber-relationality"

Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action

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, and the Center for Race and Gender Studies.

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.

Feb 3, 2021 05:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)