[Air-L] Gender and Online Activism

Thu Jun 26 03:40:11 PDT 2014

Dear Jose,

the recent issue of the CyberOrient journal
(http://www.cyberorient.net/) deals with the topic of gender and
online activism in the Arab world.

Best,

Vit Sisler
Managing Editor

CyberOrient, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, 2014

Editorial

Arab Women’s Changing Identities, Activisms and Resistances in a Changing Region
Sahar Khamis
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8882

Articles

Gendering the February 20th Movement: Moroccan Women Redefining:
Boundaries, Identities and Resistances
Houda Abadi
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8817

Sowing the Seeds of The Message: Islamist Women Activists Before,
During, and After the Egyptian Revolution
Mona Abdel-Fadil
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8854

The Saudi Blogosphere: Implications of New Media Technology and the
Emergence of Saudi-Islamic Feminism
Philip Tschirhart
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8864

Women and Media: Libyan Female Journalists from Gaddafi Media to Post-
revolution: Case Study
Fatima El Issawi
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8865

“My Life is More Important Than Family Honor:” Offline Protests,
Counter-Cyberactivism, and Article 308
Sarah A. Tobin
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8875

Comments

Social Media As an Opportunity to Bahraini Women
Nada Alwadi
http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8815

About CyberOrient

CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal
published by the American Anthropological Association, in
collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in
Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical
considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the
very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as
well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle
Eastern contexts.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:03 AM, elham gheytanchi <elhamucla at hotmail.com> wrote:
> These are two articles I have co-authored that analyze gender and online activism:
> “Political
> Opportunities and Strategic Choices: Comparing Feminist Campaigns in Morocco
> and Iran” Co-authored with Valentine Moghadam in Mobilization: An International Journal 15 (3): 267-288, September
> 2010.
>
> ----------------------------Translated into Persian and published in Iranian
> Feminist School: http://www.iranianfeminschool.info/spip.php?article6574
>
>
>
> “Iran’s Reformist and
> Activists: Internet Exploiters” coauthored with Babak Rahimi in Middle East Policy Journal, Volume XV,
> Spring 2008, Number 1, pp. 46-59
>
> Reprinted in Arseh Sevom
> online Magazine: http://www.arsehsevom.net/zine/?p=44
> Best,elham gheytanchi
>> From: marichal at callutheran.edu
>> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:55:38 -0700
>> CC: air-l at aoir.org
>> Subject: [Air-L] Gender and Online Activism
>>
>> Dear Internet researchers,
>>
>> Could any of you point me to articles that look at the role of gender in
>> on-line activism, particularly the use of social media in activism?   My
>> own efforts at compiling a lit review on this subject has produced some
>> work, but it would be helpful if I could identify some seminar work in the
>> field.
>>
>> I'd be happy to compile what I receive for those that are interested.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Jose Marichal
>> California Lutheran University
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Jean Burgess <je.burgess at qut.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > CFP—Issue 24 Fibreculture Journal: Entanglements: activism and technology
>> >
>> > http://fibreculturejournal.org/cfp-entanglements/
>> >
>> > Please note that for this issue, initial submissions should be abstracts
>> > only.
>> >
>> > Issue Editors: Pip Shea, Tanya Notley and Jean Burgess
>> >
>> > Abstract deadline: August 20 2014 (no late abstracts will be accepted)
>> > Article deadline: November 3 2014
>> > Publication aimed for: February 2015
>> >
>> > all contributors and editors must read the guidelines at:
>> > http://fibreculturejournal.org/policy-and-style/
>> > before working with the Fibreculture Journal
>> >
>> > Email correspondence for this issue: p.shea at qub.ac.uk<mailto:
>> > p.shea at qub.ac.uk>
>> >
>> > This themed issue explores the entanglements that arise due to frictions
>> > between the philosophies embedded within technologies and the philosophies
>> > embedded within activism. Straightforward solutions are rarely on offer as
>> > the bringing together of different philosophies requires the negotiation of
>> > acceptance, compromise, or submission (Tsing 2004). This friction can be
>> > disruptive, productive, or both, and it may contribute discord or harmony.
>> >
>> > In this special issue, we seek submissions that respond to the idea that
>> > frictions between technologies and activists may ultimately enhance the
>> > ability of activists to take more control of their projects, create new
>> > ethical spaces and subvert technologies, just as it may also result in
>> > tension, conflict and hostility.
>> >
>> > By dwelling in between and within these frictions and entanglements –
>> > through strategic and tactical media discourses as well as the very concept
>> > of an activist politics within technology – this special issue will
>> > elucidate the context-specific nature, constraints and possibilities of the
>> > digital environments that are co-habited by activists from proximate fields
>> > including social movements, human rights, ecological and green movements,
>> > international development, community arts and cultural development.
>> >
>> > Past issues of the Fibreculture Journal have examined activist
>> > philosophies from angles such as social justice and networked
>> > organisational forms, communication rights and net neutrality debates, and
>> > the push back against precarious new media labour. Our issue extends this
>> > work by revealing the conflicting debates that surround activist
>> > philosophies of technology.
>> >
>> > Submissions are sought that engage specifically with the ethics,
>> > rationales and methods adopted by activists to justify selecting, building,
>> > using, promoting or rejecting specific technologies. We also encourage work
>> > that considers the ways in which these negotiations speak to broader
>> > mythologies and tensions embedded within digital culture – between openness
>> > and control; political consistency and popular appeal; appropriateness,
>> > usability and availability.
>> >
>> > We invite responses to these provocations from activists, practitioners
>> > and academics. Critiques, case studies, and multimedia proposals will be
>> > considered for inclusion. Submissions should explore both constraints and
>> > possibilities caused by activism and its digital technology entanglements
>> > through the following themes:
>> >
>> > Alternative technology versus appropriate technology
>> > Pragmatism and technology choice
>> > The philosophies and practices of hacking technologies
>> > Activist cultures and the proprietary web
>> > Digital privacy and security breaches and errors
>> > Uncovering and exposing technology vulnerabilities
>> > Technology and e-waste
>> > The philosophies of long/short term impact
>> > Authenticity and evidence
>> >
>> > Initial submissions should comprise 300 word abstracts and 60 word
>> > biographies, emailed to p.shea at qub.ac.uk<mailto:p.shea at qub.ac.uk> and
>> > t.notley at uws.edu.au<mailto:t.notley at uws.edu.au>
>> >
>> > References:
>> >
>> > Tsing, A. 2005 Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection. Princeton:
>> > Princeton University Press.
>> >
>> > The Fibreculture Journal (http://fibreculturejournal.org/) is a peer
>> > reviewed international journal, associated with Open Humanities Press (
>> > http://openhumanitiespress.org/), that explores critical and speculative
>> > interventions in the debate and discussions concerning information and
>> > communication technologies and their policy frameworks, network cultures
>> > and their informational logic, new media forms and their deployment, and
>> > the possibilities of socio-technical invention and sustainability.
>> >
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Vit Sisler, Ph.D.

Charles University in Prague
Faculty of Arts
Institute of Information Science and Librarianship
New Media Studies

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