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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Autor: Figueiredo, Ruy
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.
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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.