Blogging the Virtual: New Geographies of Domination and Resistance In and Beyond Russia

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serval:BIB_0A7BE0E3933C
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Blogging the Virtual: New Geographies of Domination and Resistance In and Beyond Russia
Périodique
Antipode
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Wolfe Sven Daniel
ISSN
0066-4812
1467-8330
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
07/01/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
0
Numéro
0
Pages
1-19
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Russia’s accelerating authoritarian turn has not ignored the internet, and in recent years, the Russian state has clamped down on internet activities that diverge from the statist line, employing a variety of strategies to dominate online spaces. Nevertheless, oppositional voices flourish on the Russian internet, taking shape in independent blogs and videos. This paper explores three political bloggers through surveillant and resistance assemblages, making sense of this contestation through an interpretation of the Deleuzian virtual that underscores the emancipatory potential of online activities for producing more egalitarian configurations, but also taking stock of the ways that these technologies have increased domination. Encompassing the blurriness between digital and corporeal spaces, the paper contributes by revealing new geographies of contestation against state strategies to dominate the Russian internet. Overlapping with but not corresponding to Russian territorial boundaries, these dynamics highlight shifting spaces of power and resistance in the increasingly illiberal world.
Mots-clé
Surveillance, Blogging, More-or-less digital, Virtual, Authoritarianism, Russia
Création de la notice
18/01/2021 15:26
Dernière modification de la notice
21/11/2022 8:11
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