Data colonialism, network decolonization and submarine cable infrastructures: a reflection situated by artistic practice
Based in an artistic practice that proposed the exchange of videoletter among young students of schools neighboring submarine cable stations in Fortaleza (Brazil), Sangano (Angola) and Salgar (Colombia), the text presents definitions related with media infrastructure and the debate around what could...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/43590 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/43590 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | submarine cables media infrastructure artistic research Global South. cables submarinos infraestruturas de los medios pesquisa artística Sur Global. cabos submarinos infraestruturas das mídias Sul Global. |
| Sumario: | Based in an artistic practice that proposed the exchange of videoletter among young students of schools neighboring submarine cable stations in Fortaleza (Brazil), Sangano (Angola) and Salgar (Colombia), the text presents definitions related with media infrastructure and the debate around what could be the decolonization of the digital network. The proposal is to collaborate with a situated understanding of the internet in the Global South, explaining the geographies and territories where there is a presence of its infrastructures, highlighting its contrasts and contradictions. |
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