2026-04-11 –, Seminar room 7 Language: English
In this workshop we will deepen our understanding of the role that internet technologies and Imperial power plays in the spread of misogynistic and anti-immigrant discourses. By collectively mapping examples we will build a better picture of how these platform affordances operate. And we will apply Black Feminism as an intervention to equip communities with tools to fight back.
We know that Big Tech profits from the spread of disinformation, anti-Blackness and violence against women and girls. But how?
In this workshop we will deepen our understanding of the role that internet technologies, governance and Imperial power plays in the spread of misogynistic and anti-immigrant discourses. By collectively mapping examples - such as the far-right riots that swept across the UK in the Summer of 2024 - we will build a better picture of how these platform affordances operate in pursuit of ethno-nationalist white supremacy and work to mobilise an ever-expanded base, including through unlikely allies like the creation of new women’s-led subsets of the fascist movement (like the ‘Pink Ladies’).
Rather than moving to despair, settling on tech-centric solutions, or advocating for strengthened criminal legal frameworks, we will turn to Black Feminism and consider what this ideology makes possible for upholding life-affirming alternatives.
How have contemporary forms of fascism shifted the terrain of our opposition, and what opportunities do we have at the local, domestic and global level to resist these violences, and that can help us to develop strategies to equip communities with the tools to fight back?
