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New publication by Kirsty Fife, Andrew Flinn and Julianne Nyhan: a Scoping Review of the Role of Participatory Digital Platforms in the Mobilisation of Resistance.

A new publication by Kirsty Fife, Andrew Flinn and Julianne Nyhan has been published open access in the journal Archival Science:  

Fife, Kirsty, Andrew Flinn, and Julianne Nyhan. “Documenting Resistance, Conflict and Violence: A Scoping Review of the Role of Participatory Digital Platforms in the Mobilisation of Resistance.” Archival Science, April 27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-023-09416-8.

Abstract: 

In recent years, grassroots movements have gained traction and significant numbers globally. Against longer histories of resistance and protest movements’ mobilisation of documentation, mechanisation and digital technologies, this scoping literature review seeks to understand how resistance and social movements have drawn upon the participatory and easily accessible nature of social media and digital platforms to mobilise new generations of activists, create new archives, document activities and abuses, call for accountability and overwrite or challenge the narratives put forward by mainstream media outlets and state archives. We identify relevant projects, explore the activist potential and threats of the combination of digital technologies, social movements, and documentary or archival practice, before concluding by identifying open research questions in relation to digital technologies, social movements and archival practice. 


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yasheesingh (May 26, 2023). New publication by Kirsty Fife, Andrew Flinn and Julianne Nyhan: a Scoping Review of the Role of Participatory Digital Platforms in the Mobilisation of Resistance. HDSM. Retrieved April 19, 2025 from https://hdsm.hypotheses.org/760


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