Afro-Latinx Digital Connections (Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America)

This volume presents examples of how digital technologies are being used by people of African descent in South America and the Caribbean, a topic that has been overlooked within the field of digital humanities. These case studies show that in the last few decades, Black Latinx communities have been making themselves visible and asserting long-standing claims and rights through digital tools and platforms, which have been essential for enacting discussions and creating new connections between diverse groups. __Afro-Latinx Digital Connections__ includes both research articles and interviews with practitioners who are working to create opportunities for marginalized communities. Projects discussed in this volume range from an Afrodescendant digital archive in Argentina, blog networks in Cuba, an NGO dedicated to democratizing technology in Brazilian favelas, and the recruitment of digital media to fight racism in Peru. Contributors demonstrate that these tools need not be state of the art to be effective and that they are often most useful when employed to sustain a resilience that is deep and historically grounded. Digital connections are shown here as a means to achieve social justice and to create complex self-representations that challenge racist images of Afrodescendant peoples and monolithic conceptions of humanity. This volume expands the scope of digital humanities and challenges views of the field as a predominantly white discipline. **Contributors:** Sandra AbdAllah-Álvarez | Adebayo Adegbembo | Maya Anderson-González | Eduard Arriaga | Silvana Bahia | Yvonne Captain | Monica Carrillo | Yancy Castillo | Alí Majul | Maria Cecilia Martino | Andrés Villar A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez

This volume presents examples of how digital technologies arebeing used by people of African descent in South America and theCaribbean, a topic that has been overlooked within the field ofdigital humanities. These case studies show that in the last fewdecades, Black Latinx communities have been making themselvesvisible and asserting long-standing claims and rights throughdigital tools and platforms, which have been essential for enactingdiscussions and creating new connections between diversegroups.

Afro-Latinx Digital Connections includes both researcharticles and interviews with practitioners who are working tocreate opportunities for marginalized communities. Projectsdiscussed in this volume range from an Afrodescendant digitalarchive in Argentina, blog networks in Cuba, an NGO dedicated todemocratizing technology in Brazilian favelas, and the recruitmentof digital media to fight racism in Peru. Contributors demonstratethat these tools need not be state of the art to be effective andthat they are often most useful when employed to sustain aresilience that is deep and historically grounded.

Digital connections are shown here as a means to achieve socialjustice and to create complex self-representations that challengeracist images of Afrodescendant peoples and monolithic conceptionsof humanity. This volume expands the scope of digital humanitiesand challenges views of the field as a predominantly whitediscipline.

Contributors: Sandra AbdAllah-Álvarez | AdebayoAdegbembo | Maya Anderson-González | Eduard Arriaga | Silvana Bahia| Yvonne Captain | Monica Carrillo | Yancy Castillo | Alí Majul |Maria Cecilia Martino | Andrés Villar

A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culturein Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and JuanCarlos Rodríguez

This volume presents examples of how digital technologies are being used by people of African descent in South America and the Caribbean, a topic that has been overlooked within the field of digital humanities. These case studies show that in the last few decades, Black Latinx communities have been making themselves visible and asserting longstanding claims and rights through digital tools and platforms, which have been essential for enacting discussions and creating new connections between diverse groups.Afro-Latinx Digital Connections includes both research articles and interviews with practitioners who are working to create opportunities for marginalized communities. Projects discussed in this volume range from an Afrodescendant digital archive in Argentina, blog networks in Cuba, an NGO dedicated to democratizing technology in Brazilian favelas, and the recruitment of digital media to fight racism in Peru. Contributors demonstrate that these tools need not be state-of-the-art to be effective and that they are often most useful when employed to sustain a resilience that is deep and historically grounded.0Digital connections are shown here as a means to achieve social justice and to create complex self-representations that challenge racist images of Afrodescendant peoples and monolithic conceptions of humanity. This volume expands the scope of digital humanities and challenges views of the field as a predominantly white discipline Cover Afro-Latinx Digital Connections Title Copyright Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Afro-Latinx Digital Cultures: Toward Complex and Diverse (Digital?) Humanities 2. Digital Autonomy and Knowledge Production by Black Brazilian Women: Interview with Silvana Bahia 3. Afro-Latina Minimal Computing: Interview with Sandra Abd’Allah-Álvarez Ramírez 4. Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Cuban Digital Culture 5. Fighting Racism with Digital Weapons: Interview with Mónica Carrillo 6. International Organization Theory and Online Afro-Latin America 7. Between Analog and Digital Activism in Afro-Colombia: Interview with Yancy Castillo and Dora Inés Vivanco 8. Toward the Creation of an Afro-Argentine Digital Archive in the Cape Verdean Association of Buenos Aires 9. Borrowing Digital Tools to Connect the Periphery: Interview with Alí Majul 10. Using Games to Build Connections in Africa and Beyond: Interview with Adebayo Adegbembo 11. Epilogue: Using Digital Tools to Build Afro-Latinx Connections and Futures List of Contributors Index "This volume presents examples of how digital technologies are being used by people of African descent in South America and the Caribbean as a means to achieve social justice and to challenge racist images of Afro-descendant peoples"-- Provided by publisher