In this post, REFRAME co-managing editor Dr Tanya Kant interviews Re.Framing Activism editor Dr Eleftheria Lekakis on her new monograph: Consumer Activism, Promotional Culture and Resistance. Dr Lekakis’s book takes as its premise that consumption and resistance are entwined. From buying fair-trade, to celebrity advocates for social causes, to subvertising and anti-consumerist grassroots movements, consumer…
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Cyberactivism and Gender-Based Violence in Brazil: the case of networked activism led by Sabrina Bittencourt in João de Deus case
December 8th, 2018. João Teixeira de Farias, commonly known as “João de Deus” (“John of God” in Portuguese), the worldwide famous spiritual leader is on the news this time not because of his acclaimed “healing powers”, but surprisingly due to one of the biggest sexual scandals in the world, being accused of sexually abusing more…
Media Research Coming Soon
In the coming weeks we will be posting contributions from academic researchers (at all stages of their career) working on international mediated forms of activism including local, queer, grassroots, global and NGO led.