1st Edition

Intersectional Im/Mobilisation and Postcolonial States Liberating Mali through Digital Media?

By Syntia Hasenöhrl Copyright 2027
256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book rethinks political mobilisation in postcolonial states through a lens of decolonial feminism and mobilities, showing how intersectional power unfolds across diverse levels of digital media, from infrastructures, digital platforms, and user interactions to subjectifications and emotions. Syntia Hasenöhrl explains in this book how gender and postcoloniality interrelate with sexuality,... Read more

Introduction: Decolonising Malian State-Society Relations Through Online Mobilisation  Part I: Governing the Physical Im/Mobilisation of Narratives  1. Being Dis/Connected: How Intersectional Techno-Politics Disrupt State-Citizen Relations  2. To Be Seen or not to Be Seen: How Digital Platforms Exploit Intersectional User Dependencies and State Limitations  3. Speaking Up and Being Heard: How Citizens, Media, and the State Negotiate Intersectional Power in a Digital Public  Part II: Governing the Cultural Im/Mobilisation of Narratives  4. Telling Our Stories: How Intersectional Subjectifications Rely on Others of the Postcolonial Nation  5. Gathering Courage: How Intersectional Social Divisions Undermine Dreams of Decolonial State-Citizen Relations  Conclusion: Intersectional Liberation as a Precondition for Decolonising State-Citizen Relations Through Digital Media

Biography

Syntia Hasenöhrl teaches at the Paris-Lodron University Salzburg. Her research centres on Black feminisms, digital media, political mobilisation, and climate politics in postcolonial contexts. She recently published "Affective Subjectifications and Social Media" (2023) and "Affective politics of care perpetuating intersectional inequalities during the Coronavirus pandemic" (2021).