Online Activism: Centering Marginalized Voices in Activist Work
| dc.contributor.author | Mohammed, Wunpini Fatimata | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-14T23:37:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-14T23:37:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-02 | |
| dc.description | 11 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This article contextualizes feminist activism within Northern Ghana, highlighting the complexities of activism in this society. I argue that although social media provides space for the articulation of marginalized voices, it is imperative to examine how cultural capital and an intimate knowledge of power dynamics within a socio-cultural context shapes successful activist work. Therefore, online activism when complemented by activist work offline, can be used to address injustices towards marginalized people. I contextualize the case within a religiously conservative society, emphasizing the role that an activist’s positionality can play in facilitating activist work. Throughout the article, I deconstruct activism, shedding light on the evolution and malleability of activism depending on whether or not activist work leads to concrete results. Therefore, I draw on critical technocultural discourse analysis (CTDA) to contextualize activist work that I engaged in, together with non-activist identifying people and feminist allies to seek justice for a woman who was front and center in our quest to address sexism publicly directed at her. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mohammed, W.F. (2019). Online Activism: Centering Marginalized Voices in Activist Work. Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, No. 15. https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/ada.2019.15.2 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2325-0496 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26795 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Fembot Collective | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | allyship, feminism, Ghana, online activism, social media, technological determinism, digital public shaming | en_US |
| dc.title | Online Activism: Centering Marginalized Voices in Activist Work | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |