New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy, written by Roopika Risam

Gairola, R.K.

doi:10.1163/22142312-12340122

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“…The mass of users who jump into the action spontaneously -the slacktivists and performative activists -who can consider themselves contributing to the movement may amplify the cause. This article contributes to and extends theoretical and methodological discussions initiated in the previous works through a specifically feminist epistemological framing of methodology (Alcoff and Potter, 1993), engaging with feminist and postcolonial interventions in the use of computational tools for critical research (D'Ignazio and Klein, 2020;Jackson, Bailey and Foucault-Welles, 2020;Rettberg, 2020;Risam, 2018).…”

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“…We do this through close feminist readings of Twitter data and a select few indepth, semi-structured interviews with various actors. Our multi-methods approach presents a situated feminist data analytics and a critical digital humanities methodological lens to examining big social data online (D'Ignazio 2020; Jackson, Bailey and Foucault-Welles 2020;Klein 2014;Rettberg 2020;Risam 2018). In terms of theory, we draw on transnational/postcolonial feminist frameworks to examine these digital public presences.…”

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Transnationalising Dadis as Feminist Political/Activist Subjects

Gajjala

Edwards

Rahut

et al. 2023

Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics

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This article examines Twitter publics to map how the ‘dadis of Shaheen Bagh’ (grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh) emerged as political subjects through transnational media space even though they themselves did not directly access social media. A team of feminist media researchers examine how social media networks were mobilised strategically to gain international visibility and traction. Through a feminist close reading of Twitter data and a select few in-depth and unstructured interviews with various associated actors, this mediated visibility of seemingly subaltern women is mapped. This article draws on transnational/postcolonial feminist frameworks to examine digital public presences. This study uses a multi-methods approach that includes qualitative interviews with activists (local and transnational) and related actors as well as a situated feminist data analytics and critical digital humanities approach to examining big social data online. In examining the mediated production of this visibility, however, the study does not wish to imply that the women whose presence is amplified in international media are not actual protestors or to deny, discount or appropriate their agency or labour as activists.

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Transnationalising Dadis as Feminist Political/Activist Subjects

Gajjala

Edwards

Rahut

et al. 2023

Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics

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“…As part of the struggle against epistemic and political violence, the inversion of the gaze of surveillance and the assertion over visuality challenged the authority of official accounts (Bock 2016) and iterated Palestinians' right to exist (Mirzoeff 2011). By creating tension with dominant accounts projected by Israeli imaginaries and obfuscations echoed by Western media, every crafting and formulation of counter-data redistributes the narrative field and contributes toward the rehabilitation of technology's potential as a tool for political resistance beyond Palestine (Risam 2018;Schuppli 2020). In this way, the processes of disruption and subversion are also accompanied by a practice of creation.…”

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Returning the Gaze of Surveillance: The Murder of Shireen Abu Aqleh

Ayoub

2023

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The murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh in Jenin refugee camp in May 2022 has generated extensive debate about how she was killed. Israeli authorities claimed that Abu Aqleh was killed by Palestinian gunfire, circulating a video captured by Palestinian fighters from the morning of Abu Aqleh’s death that showed the use of arms within the camp. Yet independent investigations have shown that this video—captured and circulated by Palestinians to document resistance activities—was used, in conjunction with other evidence, to disprove Israeli authorities’ claim. In this paper, I examine the role of the datafication of everyday life, the authority of interpretation, and the importance of counter-data production as a disruptive tactic in the aftermath of Abu Aqleh’s murder. In contemporary conflicts, we can observe how data extracted from our enabling of becoming increasingly archivable subjects are framed and articulated as objective, even neutral, material evidence. In conjunction with the spectacle of political rhetoric and military theatrics, an asymmetric interpretation and subsequent instrumentalization of digital archives obstruct the inclusion of those subjected to harm as interpreters of their own experiences, shaping public perceptions and further exposing oppressed populations to continued violence. To challenge the material effects of these narratives, counter-data are produced to invert and disrupt a largely unilateral authoritative gaze. These interventions not only push against and reappropriate the generation and collection of data but also challenge the authority to access and interpret it. Grounded in critical security studies, post-colonial studies, as well as other critical bodies of work, this paper uses the case of Abu Aqleh’s murder to demonstrate how the surveillance and selective framing of data are used to distort conflict and structure warfare.

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“…Collecting and curating are processes strongly influenced by dominant narratives and discourses (see Figure 5). If artifacts, social practices and narratives do not conform to the prevailing social interpretation of cultural heritage they are often not valued as such and not included in museum collections [27] or objects brought in are subordinated to the 'expert' narratives produced by the official institutions [28]. These narratives may differ from the experiential knowledge communities possess [29].…”

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Too Low Motivation, Too High Authority? Digital Media Support for Co-Curation in Local Cultural Heritage Communities

Blaschitz

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2022

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Over the last decades, a shift towards participatory approaches could be observed in cultural heritage institutions. In co-curation processes, museums collaborate with public audiences to identify, select, prepare, and interpret cultural materials. This article focuses on the question how to engage and motivate local communities or individuals in rethinking dominant discourses or expert narratives regarding cultural heritage and bringing in their own experiences and knowledge. Based on four case studies of cultural co-curation, we delineate two basic challenges for this process: (1) Authority—even though museums strive to involve the public, there is still an imbalance in participation due to the museums’ authoritative status. (2) Motivation—participation in co-curation processes requires high levels of motivation, which are difficult to achieve. Based on the media synchronicity theory, we discuss which characteristics of new media technologies can be helpful to overcome these challenges. Media can increase awareness on counternarratives and blind spots in cultural collections. They can provide a setting where the participants can easily contribute, feel competent to do so, are empowered to rethink dominant discourses, develop a sense of relatedness with other contributors, and maintain autonomy in how and to which degree they engage in the discourse.

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New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy, written by Roopika Risam

Cited by 16 publications

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Transnationalising <i>Dadis</i> as Feminist Political/Activist Subjects

Transnationalising <i>Dadis</i> as Feminist Political/Activist Subjects

Returning the Gaze of Surveillance: The Murder of Shireen Abu Aqleh

Too Low Motivation, Too High Authority? Digital Media Support for Co-Curation in Local Cultural Heritage Communities

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