Description
The increased digitalization of the public sphere and public space has radically challenged who we are as well as what we can do as political subjects. New and unpredicted forms of political activity, organising and ways of manifesting have emerged online, this has given rise to new possibilities for resistance and collective action. This has created a "digital public space", which overlaps and at times undercuts the traditional sites of public discourse. This new site has enabled the formation of new collectivities and enabled novel types of agency for marginalised groups, presenting them with new possibilities for resistance. The purpose of this conference is to interrogate these new possibilities, bringing out both their theoretical and political potential. This conference will explore the different articulations of resistance and subjectivities that are made possible with the digitalization of the public sphere. It will interrogate the forms of individual agency and collectivities that manifest themselves in an online space and how these relate to their physical manifestation in the public space. We invite papers that are rooted in concrete analysis of resistance and subjectivity formation in the digital public space.Possible topics include:
Intersectional approaches to online self-presentation as a form of resistance
Competing conceptions of the public space/sphere and implications for its digitalisation
Public reason after the digital
Disability and a digital space of appearance
Dissensus and consensus in the digital public space
Online and offline mobilisation and protest
Embodiment and online agency
Negotiations of gender- and race- and sexuality-based online harassment
The politics of dating apps, sexualities and affective relationships
Organising (digital) protest in the time of climate crisis
The alt-right on the streets and on the internet
The limits and potential of clicktivism
Literary depictions of the digital public space as a site of resistance
| Period | 8 Sept 2022 → 9 Sept 2022 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Leuven, BelgiumShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |