Transnationalising dadis as feminist political/activist subjects

Gajjala, Radhika and Edwards, Emily Lynell and Rahut, Debipreeta and Faniyi, Ololade Margaret and Jha, Bedadyuti and Jain, Jhalak and Khan, Aiman and Farooq, Saadia (2023) Transnationalising dadis as feminist political/activist subjects. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 7 (1). 08. ISSN 2468-4414

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Abstract

This article examines Twitter publics to map how the ‘ dadis of Shaheen Bagh’ (grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh) emerged as political subjects through transnational media space even though they themselves did not directly access social media. A team of feminist media researchers examine how social media networks were mobilised strategically to gain international visibility and traction. Through a feminist close reading of Twitter data and a select few in-depth and unstructured interviews with various associated actors, this mediated visibility of seemingly subaltern women is mapped. This article draws on transnational/postcolonial feminist frameworks to examine digital public presences. This study uses a multi-methods approach that includes qualitative interviews with activists (local and transnational) and related actors as well as a situated feminist data analytics and critical digital humanities approach to examining big social data online. In examining the mediated production of this visibility, however, the study does not wish to imply that the women whose presence is amplified in international media are not actual protestors or to deny, discount or appropriate their agency or labour as activists.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Gajjala, Radhika and Edwards, Emily Lynell and Rahut, Debipreeta and Faniyi, Ololade Margaret and Jha, Bedadyuti and Jain, Jhalak and Khan, Aiman and Farooq, Saadia
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	India, digital activism, Muslim feminism, subaltern women
Subjects:	Social sciences Social sciences > Political Science Social sciences > Political Science > Public policy
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6821
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/12886

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