The politics and aesthetics of digital authoritarianism and protest in the Global South
Julienne Weegels is an Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies. Her research focuses on the politics and aesthetics of (dis)order, incarceration, and hybrid forms of repression.
Yatun Sastramidjaja is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Her current research focuses on youth activism, authoritarianism, democratisation, and digital technologies in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia.
Luisa F. González Valencia is a filmmaker and film curator, and currently a Ph.D. candidate on Colombian popular cinemas with ARTES and CEDLA.
As part of this GDC-funded project, Julienne Weegels, Yatun Sastramidjaja and Luisa Gonzalez Valencia have written a blog post titled "Between digital democratization and securitization: Looking into the politics and aesthetics of digital authoritarianism and protest in the Global South". Read the full text here.