Information communication technologies as alternative spatial organizational tools of the disempowered in authoritative contexs
The use of information communication technologies by marginalized and oppressed groups has been gaining increasing relevance over the past decade. The dual benefit of being an open platform that is autonomous from the grip of powerholders makes them favorable altemative organizational tools for the...
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| Formato: | Tesis |
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| Sumario: | The use of information communication technologies by marginalized and oppressed groups has been gaining increasing relevance over the past decade. The dual benefit of being an open platform that is autonomous from the grip of powerholders makes them favorable altemative organizational tools for the disempowered. Virtual spaces online are traditionally understood to be a place of refuge for the oppressed and marginalized. However, the same open accessibility of such online spaces that attracts members of oppressed groups additionally makes them identifiable to powerholders. Yet, despite the continuous exposure to repression, dissent continues to be expressed online by members of oppressed groups. This thesis conducts an extensive study that analyzes in-depth how agents manage to persist in utilizing virtual space in order to contest authority, and ultimately organize for collective action and mobilize resistance in contexts of extreme political repression. Ethnographic methods were employed both virtually and physically and were additionally supported with qualitative materials through interviews. Theoretical concepts from the literatures on organization studies concerning space, resistance, and digitalization are both drawn from and contributed to. This thesis contributes to these literatures by introducing the concept of infrapolitical cyberculture, conceptualizing how everyday politics have transcended to virtual spaces as a prefigurative resistance mechanism, and making the case on how virtual space is an essential too! for the disempowered to be able to spatially-organize the emergence of resistance. Ultimately, knowledge is generated through a greater understanding on the precise use of information communication technologies as altemative spatial-organizational tools to the disempowered. |
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| Notas: | Data de defensa: 27 de juliol de 2023 Departament responsable de la tesi: Societat, Política i Sostenibilitat |
| Descripción Física: | x, 151 pàgines : il·lustracions en color; 30 cm |
