Doing Visual Activism. A Practice-based Approach to the Study of Visual Social Media Use by Kia’i Mauna Kea

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dc.contributor.authorKarabelnik, Moshe
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-24T19:31:53Z
dc.date.available2020-12-24T19:31:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-05
dc.description.abstractThis article applies a practice-based approach to the study of social movements using visual social media. The article explores the visual practices of the social activist group Kia’i (protectors) [of] Mauna Kea, a sacred summit on the island of Hawai’i and the proposed location of the world’s largest telescope: The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Following Nick Couldry [1], this article poses the question: What do Kia’i do with visual social media? To answer this question, the use of Instagram by Kia’i was examined using the methodology of Visual Cross Platform Analysis [2]. This research expands on VCPA methodology, implementing a practice-based approach to uncover how practices of visual social media anchor [1] and overlap the practices of social movements [3]. This article brings to light some of the complex practices used by social activists to regain control over symbolic capital [4] from state and media institutions
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2021.319
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/70933
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCulture, Identity, and Inclusion
dc.subjectinstagram
dc.subjectmauna kea
dc.subjectpractice theory
dc.subjectsocial movement
dc.subjectvisual social media
dc.titleDoing Visual Activism. A Practice-based Approach to the Study of Visual Social Media Use by Kia’i Mauna Kea
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