Digital technology, aesthetic imperfection and political film-making: Illegal bodies in motion

Ortega, Vicente Rodríguez

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“…5 Rarely did academic attention focus on the use of technology as a site of resistance and/or social change (Newell et al, 2016; for notable exceptions see Gillespie et al, 2016;Rovisco, 2015). This lack of inquiry is somewhat surprising given the coverage of the technology-migration link and focus on 'smartphone-wielding migrants' (Gillespie et al, 2016: 23) in the media and popular culture (Craigie, 2014;Ortega, 2011).…”

Section: Reclaiming Technology: Mapping the Migration Smartphone Tecmentioning

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‘Stealing the fire’, 2.0 style? Technology, the pursuit of mobility, social memory and de-securitization of migration

Milivojevic

2018

Theoretical Criminology

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Technology challenges social, economic and political borders. This article analyses the role smartphones and social media play in constructing social memory (and consciousness) of bordering practices, examining predominant accounts of migration, de-securitizing and re-humanizing mobility and attaining freedom of movement. Using the case study of the Western Balkans as one of the main transit routes in Europe and building on Stefania Milan’s ‘stealing the fire’ theory, this article investigates transformation of borders from below, as migrants reclaim technology to enable safe passage and create counter-narratives of migration. They do so by contributing to the ‘digital knowledge commons’—a collaborative body of knowledge that can shift restrictive migration policies. The article highlights the importance of studying the technology–mobility nexus, and greater theoretical engagement vis-à-vis the use of technology as a tool for social change, as migration continues to play a pivotal role in political and public debates across the globe.

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Section: Reclaiming Technology: Mapping the Migration Smartphone Tecmentioning

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‘Stealing the fire’, 2.0 style? Technology, the pursuit of mobility, social memory and de-securitization of migration

Milivojevic

2018

Theoretical Criminology

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“…Digital video is an integral structural element within the multimedia networks and SNA 2 paradigm: it allows users not only the options for recording but to collect, share, repeat and copy video: affordances that are essential for communication protocols [22]. Despite the fact that new media technologies offer the possibilities for hi-resolution, there is a tendency towards a precarious aesthetic [2], an amateur aesthetic and a merging of genres of fiction and real -fictoreal [14], and compressed video of lower resolution for online distribution.…”

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Image as a trace of action: Recording activist performance art

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Schiphorst

2014

2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems &Amp; Multimedia (VSMM)

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This paper looks at performance in the context of activism and digital video documentation in which performers' corporeality and the scenic space are mediated through video and online video sharing platforms such as YouTube. It aims to define the ways digital video materializes the body of the performer in front of the camera and how this corporeality is translated to the spectator. Despite all technical possibilities provided by digital technology, it is the degraded, low-fi amateur aesthetics of the digital image that reveals the political in the piece by engaging the viewer. We analyze a number of contemporary performance artworks (Art Group Voina, Philip Huang, 0100101110101101.org -Eva and Franco Mattes). This paper closes with a discussion about the paradigm between the representation of body in social space, legibility of the image, compressed aesthetics and online video circulation.

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Digital technology, aesthetic imperfection and political film-making: Illegal bodies in motion

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‘Stealing the fire’, 2.0 style? Technology, the pursuit of mobility, social memory and de-securitization of migration

‘Stealing the fire’, 2.0 style? Technology, the pursuit of mobility, social memory and de-securitization of migration

Image as a trace of action: Recording activist performance art

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