Radio country
Morgan Bimm / ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Dr. Morgan Bimm examines radio as a tool of nationalism and alienation.
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Radio country
Shudu and Her “Muses”: Stand-in Labor in Virtual Influencer Production
zizi li / University of California, Los Angeles
Zizi Li discusses Shudu and the practice of creating virtual 3-D Black models and influencers, exploring the post-racial politics and commodification of Black labor and femininity in fashion and social media.
Read moreA Look into Digital Blackface, Culture Vultures, & How to Read Racism like Black Critical Audiences
Lando Tosaya and Ralina L. Joseph / University of Washington
Lando Tosaya and Ralina L. Joseph illuminate some of the ways critical Black audiences resist culture vultures, digital Blackface, and performative activism.
Read moreTwitter and the Politics of Citation
Sarah Florini / Arizona State University
Sarah Florini considers how the intersections of social media, race, intellectual property and fair use require a shift in thinking from issues of legality to issues of power.
Read moreThere are Black People in the Future: Digital Technology and Black Prescience
Sarah Florini / Arizona State University
Sarah Florini argues that as we consider the future of a changing digital landscape, we must critically engage with Black users who often anticipate, envision and develop practices ahead of major platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Read moreTo See and Not to See: Racial Economies of Visibility and Invisibility
Roopali Mukherjee / CUNY, Queens College
Roopali Mukherjee discusses racial (in)visibility and the modern technical malfunctions that misidentify people of color while organizing and reifying powerful epidermal schema of differentiation and discrimination.
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