[Air-L] Subaltern counter publics online?

henry mainsah henry.mainsah at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 14:28:50 PST 2011


Hi Koen,
Check this out.
https://vpn2.uio.no/+CSCO+ch756767633A2F2F6A6A6A2E706A662E76797976616276662E727168+2451215706@147972096@1296511561@1FFF9071361FB0258D79543A105A81E0D4138725+/IPRHDigitalLiteracies/byrne.pdf



On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Mukherjee, Ishani <imukhe2 at uic.edu> wrote:

> Hi Koen,
>
> For my dissertation, I am currently looking at how ethno-cultural
> narratives are created in online communities (spec. blogs that discuss
> domestic violence within the South Asian dispora in the US), from the
> perspectives of ethnic-community empowerment and identity negotiation.  I
> haven't looked at Nancy Fraser's work yet, but I have come across research
> that reworks the public/private debate, esp. in the context of creating
> minority counter-publics online, often working from within the dominant
> discursive spaces.
>
> You can perhaps refer to Rohit Chopra's work, "Global primordialities:
> virtual identity politics in online Hindutva and online Dalit discourse,"
> which looks at the intersection of technology and culture in  online
> representations (community websites) of the elite/dominant Hindu
> nationalist community and the subaltern Dalit community (New Media &
> Society, 2006, vol. 8/2, pp. 187-206).
>
> You can also try: Mallapragada, M. (2006). Home, Homeland, Homepage:
> Belonging and the Indian-American web. New Media and Society, 8(2), pp.
> 207-227.
> She talks about how online interactions/communities of ethnic minorities
> often ruptures the public/private, gender-race divide/politics, and
> creates not only geo-political, but also rhetorical transgressions and
> ambivalence.
>
> I hope these help and prove interesting for your purposes.
>
> Best,
>
> Ishani Mukherjee
> Doctoral Candidate
> Dept. of Communication, UIC
>
>
>
> On Mon, January 31, 2011 9:37 am, Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I have recently regained an interest in Nancy Fraser's reworking of
> > Habermas' notion of the public sphere. Especially her writings on
> > 'subaltern counter publics' where people circulate views that critically
> > engage with mainstream/dominant public spheres have caught my attention
> > as they seem to capture nicely the dynamics of certain online discussion
> > boards that fall below the radar. For instance dedicated discussion
> > boards set up and frequented by ethnic minorities.
> >
> > However, I was wondering if anyone on the list uses a similar lens in
> > her/his work and/or is currently engaged with the work of Fraser or
> > similar?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Koen Leurs
> > www.koenleurs.net
> > www.uu.nl/wiredup
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