[Air-L] #AoIR2022 Student Paper Award

[Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers]

The 2022 AoIR Student Paper Award has been awarded to Vincent Obia for his
paper, “Matrix of Dependence, Postcolonialism, and Social Media Regulation
in an African Context.
<https://www.conftool.org/aoir2022/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=285#paperID313#paperID313>
”

The paper was highlighted for its focus on the very important topic of
digital media regulation but also for its clear-eyed application of a
postcolonial lens. It emphasises the importance of situating policy
analysis and policy itself in its domestic context but also the importance
of understanding that context as bound within flows of dependency,
domination, and autonomy.

Congratulations also go to Alaina George and Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst
whose paper, “Infrastructures of Care in NDN Spaces: Mutual Aid as a Form
of Radical Relationality
<https://www.conftool.org/aoir2022/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=435#paperID618#paperID618>,”
was Highly Commended.

Their paper not only does the important work of showcasing Indigenous modes
of knowing but does that within a wider intersectional feminist approach,
offering the kind of radical decentring of colonial thought that is so
vital to developing a just research agenda.

We congratulate Vincent, Alaina, and Nicholet! Be sure to check out their
papers at the conference <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/>.