Sandra Manuel

Mozambique / Ghana
 https://feministafrica.net

Panel – On the Importance of Feminist Alliances in the Digital Space

 

Feminist Africa Journal

Feminist Africa is a continental gender studies journal produced by the community of feminist scholars. It provides a platform for intellectual and activist research, dialogue and strategy. Feminist Africa attends to the complex and diverse dynamics of creativity and resistance that have emerged in postcolonial Africa, and the manner in which these are shaped by the shifting global geopolitical configurations of power.

 

Biography :

Sandra Manuel is a social anthropologist, an Assistant Professor at University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) and a researcher at Kaleidoscopio Research Institute on Culture and Public Policy. Her teaching, research, and policy analysis focuses on the social analysis of body, gender, sexuality, and health themes.  Her research questions normative gendered notions, looking at the intersectionality of gendered relations and understanding socio-cultural readings of the body and sexuality, specifically in the African context. Her latest journal publication is titled “Performing respect: Contemporary strategies and lived experiences in intimate relationships in Maputo” (2021 Journal of African Cultural Studies).  She is a member of the editorial collective of the journal Anthropology Southern Africa. Her university work also comprised a planning dimension as she served as the Adviser for the UEM Vice-Chancellor.

All Sessions by Sandra Manuel

  • DAY 3 - SAT 29 Jan


  • 18:00  - 19:30
    Even in the digital space, the public is not experienced in the same way by everybody:Racially distorted algorithms and search results, language translation programs that are subject to bias or stereotypes and much more. Intersectional feminist net politics criticizes these discriminatory structures and creates awareness and sensitization for the existing unequal conditions in the digital space, which are closely intertwined with real life. The panel discussion deals with the question of creating a counter-public. In recent years, hashtags and blogs in particular have proven to be effective tools for feminist actors to use digital media. The focus lies also on large areas of feminist internet politics, such as access to the internet, access to content, copyright and data protection. In the panel discussion international experts and activists will discuss how these existing structures can be deconstructed and replaced by new, progressive and equal systems.
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