The feminist evolution of collective action: digital networks and the politics of prefiguration of connected crowds
Keywords:
feministization, hacker, performative constellations, prefiguration.
Abstract
From the connected crowds that have taken the squares and the networks (from the Arab Spring in 2011 to #NuitDebout in 2016), a feminist and hacker evolution of collective action that is simultaneous in situ and online is enlightened. This article analyzes the characteristics of this “politics of prefiguration” that is tendentially feminist, which gives special relevance to “the personal is political” in the multiplication of voices and non-mediation, in counting and doing, in opposition to the “politics of organization”, more ideological, unitary and oriented towards ends. At the same time, it explores the emergence of performative constellations and feminist hashtags that extend into transnational networks, politicizing vulnerability, such as #PrimaveraVioleta in Mexico in 2016 or the Women Strike of 2017 and 2018.Format
Published
2018-09-25
How to Cite
Rovira Sancho, G. (2018). The feminist evolution of collective action: digital networks and the politics of prefiguration of connected crowds. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 15(2), 223-240. https://doi.org/10.5209/TEKN.59367
Section
Karpeta
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