Suman Ghosh
@sumanghosh.bsky.social
Building VR museum of protest art and PhDing at Tampere University 🇫🇮 Visual artist & researcher of ‘Artivism’. Exploring intersection of design anthropology with human computer interaction. Interest #Art, #DigitalCultures, #Affect, #Solidarity and #Protest
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#NewPublication 📣 Politicization of the sexual and not sexualization of the political (discourse): through an ethnography of prngraphic sites, I attempt to explore how ethnicized intimate erotic fantasies are entwined with the vision of a Hindu Rashtra. journals.openedition.org/samaj/9764#t...
Porn, Protests, and Politics: Hindu Male Imaginations of Muslim Women
“How to make Muslim women Hindu cock whore—Conquer, Humiliate, Breed”—r/Hindudom This was the text of a meme found on scrolller.com, an image aggregation platform, in the r/Hindudom discussion thre...
journals.openedition.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#NewPublication 📣 Politicization of the sexual and not sexualization of the political (discourse): through an ethnography of prngraphic sites, I attempt to explore how ethnicized intimate erotic fantasies are entwined with the vision of a Hindu Rashtra. journals.openedition.org/samaj/9764#t...
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Link to my (open access) article - “Why do Indians cry passionately on Insta?”: Grief performativity and ecologies of commerce of crying videos - in South Asian Popular Culture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Why do Indians cry passionately on Insta?”: Grief performativity and ecologies of commerce of crying videos
The article attempts to explore the specific performative and digital practice of users sharing digital self-images and videos on social media platforms in which they cry, with or without a ‘tear f...
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January 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Link to my (open access) article - “Why do Indians cry passionately on Insta?”: Grief performativity and ecologies of commerce of crying videos - in South Asian Popular Culture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excited to share that my 2023 research on why people cry passionately on Insta/TikTok was featured in this BBC article.
Huge thanks to @aidanwalker.bsky.social for reaching out & articulating my insights so thoughtfully in this fascinating piece on 'sadbaiting': www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Huge thanks to @aidanwalker.bsky.social for reaching out & articulating my insights so thoughtfully in this fascinating piece on 'sadbaiting': www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'Sadbait': Why algorithms, audiences and creators love to cry online
People say they don't want to be sad, but their online habits disagree. Content that channels sorrow for views has become a ubiquitous part of online culture. Why does it work?
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January 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Excited to share that my 2023 research on why people cry passionately on Insta/TikTok was featured in this BBC article.
Huge thanks to @aidanwalker.bsky.social for reaching out & articulating my insights so thoughtfully in this fascinating piece on 'sadbaiting': www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Huge thanks to @aidanwalker.bsky.social for reaching out & articulating my insights so thoughtfully in this fascinating piece on 'sadbaiting': www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Everyone’s loving #starterpacks on #Bluesky.
So, here’s a #thread of 12 starter packs for #digital #internet & #platform studies & adjacent disciplines (tech law, #css, #sts). Pls share/add.
I start with my own pack on (digital) #activism & social movements.
#AcademicSky
bsky.app/starter-pack...
So, here’s a #thread of 12 starter packs for #digital #internet & #platform studies & adjacent disciplines (tech law, #css, #sts). Pls share/add.
I start with my own pack on (digital) #activism & social movements.
#AcademicSky
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 18, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Everyone’s loving #starterpacks on #Bluesky.
So, here’s a #thread of 12 starter packs for #digital #internet & #platform studies & adjacent disciplines (tech law, #css, #sts). Pls share/add.
I start with my own pack on (digital) #activism & social movements.
#AcademicSky
bsky.app/starter-pack...
So, here’s a #thread of 12 starter packs for #digital #internet & #platform studies & adjacent disciplines (tech law, #css, #sts). Pls share/add.
I start with my own pack on (digital) #activism & social movements.
#AcademicSky
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Starter pack of scholars of #emotions, #friendship, #positivepeace, #specialrelationships, #affect, etc in politics. Suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/4X77g88
@simonkoschut.bsky.social, @bctallis.bsky.social, @yoniabramson.bsky.social, @piakoivunen.bsky.social, @europeanisa.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Starter pack of scholars of #emotions, #friendship, #positivepeace, #specialrelationships, #affect, etc in politics. Suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/4X77g88
@simonkoschut.bsky.social, @bctallis.bsky.social, @yoniabramson.bsky.social, @piakoivunen.bsky.social, @europeanisa.bsky.social