‘The idea of development stands like a ruin in the intellectual landscape.’ wrote Sachs et al. in 1993 (Sachs, 2019), and this is as true now as it was then. Sachs continues by reminding us how back then, all seventeen …
“We have more data and technology than ever in our daily lives and more social, political and economic inequality and injustice to go with it”. (Noble 2018, p.171) OUR DIGITAL WORLD, FRACTURED AND POLARISED There is ample evidence of …
What goes up must come down, and like every good story, our blog has come to an end. And even though a couple of blog posts are still to come, our Decolonline project is about to wrap up. Our stories …
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have irrevocably transformed the ways in which people live, work, interact, and communicate with one another. A hallmark of the information technology age includes the fact that it is now simpler than ever to connect …
In my last post I wrote about online activism as a tool for seeking social change. I wondered, among other questions, to what extent we recognise power relations in these virtual spheres and how we unconsciously perpetuate them. Always from …
The growth of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) throughout the world is undeniable. They have transformed the way we live as they are central to the way people connect today. We can use online spaces to approach people for a …
A few key concepts on digital activism Hashtag activism is the act of supporting a cause via social media, a growing phenomenon that does not require more from the netizens than posting, “sharing”, “liking” or “retweeting”. A growing but not …
