An early high-profile case of citizen journalism can be traced back to Hurricane Katrina (2005), when local people were able to use blogs and social media to provide real-time coverage of the emergency, making up for the lack of information …
Author: Antonella D'Autilia
Antonella D'Autilia
Antonella D'Autilia (Ph.D. in Human Relations Sciences) is a research fellow at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. Her research interests focus on digital empowerment and the cultural and communicative processes of socio-ecological movements for environmental justice. Specifically, the direction of her research is marked by a constant dialogue between the decolonial option, imaginary theory and communication.
To introduce the topic, let us first clarify what is meant by coloniality. This word was first used by Aníbal Quijano, a Peruvian sociologist, who defined it as that device of power that operates on a global scale and …
The history of Japanese animation is studded with politically committed products. From the very first productions of this kind such as Strength, Women, And the Ways of The World, made by Masaoka Kenzo in the 1930s, to the present …
Today, the term Citizen Science is widespread, but the origins of this practice are ancient. Conventionally, its genesis goes back to the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), a project initiated in 1900 in the United States by ornithologist Frank Chapman, but …
