Category: Censorship

The Activists Fighting Against Book Banning, Anonymous, and How They Are Linked to Professional Debates and Academic Literature

In my first blog post, I discussed how there has been a rise in the United States when it comes to censoring school curricula and materials available across school libraries. I mentioned how especially books related to LGBTQ issues have been targeted, and how this has caused outrage amongst countless students, many of which have been organizing together in order to demand the right to be able to read about such issues in their schools (Drabinski, 2023).

Activism / Censorship / Final Post

Online Activism under Censorship: The 2022 White Paper Protests

Online activism has become a powerful tool for social and political change in many parts of the world (Tüfekçi, 2017). In many regions, however, the internet is not as open and free of a space as we would like to think. China is a prime example of a country where online activism faces significant challenges due to government censorship and control.

Activism / Censorship / Final Post

How is that (il)legit Activism?

In this collaborative interactive blog post, we would like to explore how activists work with interactive communication in digital ways to create dialogue and participation around development questions. We take a closer look at activists using communication methods that seem to recognize this phenomenon, and instead of attracting passive slacktivism, invite their audiences to real engagement and contribution. Could activist communication that taps into digital/viral trends achieve more than just attention? And could this type of communication lead to enhanced engagement, dialogue, mobilization, and change? Or is Online Activism Slacktivism?

Activism / Art / Censorship / Climate Change / Communication / Interactive

Silence in Activism – is that legit?

In my first post on the (il)legit activism blog, I’d like to approach the topic of silence in activism. Can silence convey a message? What can silence achieve? And how can we understand and interpret silence? Can silence be legit activism? When I hear the word ‘activism’, many things come to mind: People in the streets marching, holding up banners, and chanting the message they want to get across. Also, demonstrations, rallies, speeches, petitions, marches and more. None of these immediate associations with activism are silent. On the contrary, most of them are rather loud, and to some extent, I would probably expect activism to be loud by nature, after all, activism tends to have something to say.

Activism / Art / Censorship / Intro

The Mobilization of Activists Fighting Against Book Banning

There has been a rise in the United States when it comes to censoring school curricula and materials available across school libraries. Especially books related to LGBTQ issues have been targeted. This has caused outrage amongst many students, and many of them are organizing to demand the right to read about such issues in their schools. The mission of The Illegit Activist Blog is to blog is to inspire, challenge, and encourage people to become involved in activism topics, regardless of whether they label themselves as activists or not. It is for this reason that it is worth raising the topic of the demonstrating student in the United States, since many of those demonstrating are people who have become engaged and that might not usually engage in such activist activities.

Activism / Censorship / Intro