The Hong Kong protests in anthropological perspective: National identity and what it means

Mathews, Gordon

doi:10.1177/0308275x20908303

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“…Resistance strategies and their outcomes vary, ranging from spontaneous expressions of humor and complaints to planned collective actions that enable participants to claim their interests and change or reaffirm existing arrangements of power (Mathews, 2020; Putnam et al, 2005; Wilson & Stapleton, 2007). Resistance is an inseparable component of information and misinformation campaigns, and it uses a wide repertoire that ranges from actions on the ground to digital activism and social media campaigns.…”

Section: Background: (Mis)information Digital Activism and Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Information Practices of Resistance during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Kouper

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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The paper examines information practices of five projects that emerged in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The projects are conceptualized as resistance projects, i.e., the initiatives that stand against misinformation, censorship, and the invasion itself. The study used virtual ethnography and discourse analysis to examine the projects' web presence and social media channels and the materials about them. The paper describes the driving forces behind the projects, the technologies they use, and their information‐related practices. The latter include information gathering, dissemination and mediation, extralinguistic communication, support and advice, and mobilization. One of the first attempts to document Russian information resistance, this paper provides insight into information behavior under oppressive conditions. It broadens the theorizing of misinformation and disinformation by shifting the focus from algorithmic countermeasures to misinformation, such as detecting bots or fake news, to human‐centered activism.

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Section: Background: (Mis)information Digital Activism and Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Information Practices of Resistance during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Kouper

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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“…The colonial legacy of localism, which decades ago had only begun to instill a sense of pride and legitimacy over one's Hong Kong identity, evolved into a 'love' for Hong Kong as a standalone place of belonging (i.e. Hong Kong, not China) (Matthews, 2020). Unlike localism in the colonial era, this emerging sense of belonging is premised on qualitatively different antagonisms, sentiments and scepticisms against China and mainland Chinese in a way that made being a Hong Konger virtually incompatible with being a Chinese (Lui, 2020;Matthews, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hong Kong, not China) (Matthews, 2020). Unlike localism in the colonial era, this emerging sense of belonging is premised on qualitatively different antagonisms, sentiments and scepticisms against China and mainland Chinese in a way that made being a Hong Konger virtually incompatible with being a Chinese (Lui, 2020;Matthews, 2020). Representative public opinion polling regarding ethnic identification during the post-handover period is shown in Figure 1, which reveals the trends and rates of identification as a 'Hongkonger', 'Hongkonger in China', 'Chinese in Hong Kong', 'Chinese', 'Hongkonger + Hongkonger in China' and 'Chinese + Chinese in Hong Kong' over a period of 23 years .…”

Section: Phase III (From 2019)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The rise and ongoing legacy of localism as collective identity in Hong Kong: Resinicisation anxieties and punishment of political dissent in the post-colonial era

Adorjan

Khiatani

Chui

2021

Punishment & Society

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China’s new National Security Law, enacted in Hong Kong on 30 June 2020, has amplified widespread concerns among the city’s population regarding the implications of this law. These concerns have at root anxieties related to Hong Kong’s resinicisation, referring to anxieties over Hong Kong's political and economic dependence on mainland China, including loyalty and patriotism towards the motherland. This paper explores these developments in relation to the ongoing legacy of localism, argued to be instilled as a colonial project to help secure the populations’ identification with Hong Kong. Seen as ‘criminals’ from the perspective of mainland Chinese authorities, many of those involved in today's protests (many of whom include young people) see themselves as engaging in legitimate forms of civil disobedience. First explicating the context of Hong Kong's colonial history in order to help make sense of present-day turmoil, we turn to recent trends in arrests related to the protests, as well as evidence of rapidly declining trust in the Hong Kong Police Force, seen by some as increasingly beholden to the interests of mainland China. Implications for these trends going forward are considered, with a discussion of the need for greater attention to colonial histories and post-colonial ramifications.

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“…Gordon Matthews notes that in the face of a possible Tiananmen-Style incursion, many young protestors were prepared to die for the sake of democracy and even prepared last wills which were placed in their rucksacks. 10 The moralist rage communicated in figures 6-8 condemn the Lam administration's refusals to conduct an official inquest into allegations of police brutality. It mocks the purported impartiality of the Independent Police Complaints Council, widely viewed as a non-neutral party beholden to absolving the authorities of any moral need to explain their actions to the people of Hong Kong.…”

Section: IIImentioning

confidence: 99%