Conference presentation
“Don’t call me an activist: Stories of Australian rural women’s activism”
International Communication Association Conference, 70th (Online, 20-May-2020 - 27-May-2020)
International Communication Association
2020
Abstract
Key aspects reconstituting rural women’s activism occur in online and digital spaces; however there is a significant gap in research considering rural women’s digital activism in Australia. Following Pini, Brown and Previte’s (2004) call for research that continues to explore how online spaces reconstruct traditional political engagements with a focus on different subject positions among rural women’s activisms, this paper explores a series of interviews with women in rural and remote Queensland who activate for better support services, against environmental impacts, and about changes to land clearing legislation. It examines their uses of online activism in conjunction with offline actions, the impediments of digital access issues, and the rejection of the ‘activist’ identity. This paper stresses the importance of approaching rural digital activism from a perspective that addresses gendered and power relationships, time-space complexities including how activism develops over time, place-based constructions of rurality, and differential subject positions in collective action
Details
- Title
- “Don’t call me an activist: Stories of Australian rural women’s activism”
- Authors
- Sarah Casey (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Conference details
- International Communication Association Conference, 70th (Online, 20-May-2020 - 27-May-2020)
- Publisher
- International Communication Association
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99483407302621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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