Practitioner Perspective. Feminist Cyberactivism in Theory and in Practice

Abstract

In a world increasingly connected by computers and information systems, feminism has opened spaces for information and debate through different web platforms. Both the discursive and aesthetic strategies of these spaces have become more transgressive and the sociotechnical tools respond to the ways different cultures interact in the virtual environment. The aim of this chapter is to bring the theories and practices into dialogue with people and organizations to complement and strengthen political action on social media. The chapter examines case studies and activist testimonies to understand this phenomenon from the experiences of their political-communication strategies and aims to contribute to the debate on feminist activism within the virtual space.

This article puts me in a double position: it refers to my activity, on the one hand, as a cyberculture researcher and teacher, and, on the other, as an activist, individually and collectively with my colleagues, working against all forms of violence against women. It is undoubtedly a complex exercise to share my voice as both an academic and activist, but it is important insofar as it makes it possible to begin to understand how we might take cyberfeminism from theory to practice. The experiences discussed here are part of the network that we have woven together over the years, based on the experiences and processes of other feminist companions and collectives, and own processes. These have forced us to think through the theoretical and methodological wagers of our daily actions inside and outside our classrooms.