Seeking Support in Secret
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seeking support in secret Sonja Vivienne a tangled web Post-Doctoral Research Fellow CfCSC, UQ
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In mid 2012 the highest court in Russia ruled against gay pride parades in Moscow for the next 100 years. In 2013 a federal bill banned the distribution of "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations" to minors. Homophobia thrives not just at legal and political levels but is widespread among the general population; according to a 2013 survey 74% believe that homosexuality should not be accepted by society. As gay teens struggle to find support in public space they increasingly find affirmation online, in closed groups like Deti-404 (The Observer, 2013). Meanwhile, Chelsea Manning, at the centre of a WikiLeaks scandal in 2010, has come out as transgender and has requested that ‘starting today you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun’ (press release, Aug 22, 2013). Chelsea Manning is currently serving 35 years in a male prison facility where she has been informed that the army will not support hormone therapy or sex-reassignment therapy. As surveillance of everyday engagement online is increasingly acknowledged by government and private enterprise (including Google’s gmail service) and young people around the world are being alerted to the dangers of cyber-bullying and online predators, how are social perceptions of privacy and safety shifting? Is a closed group on ‘VK’ (the second biggest social network service in Europe, after Facebook) private enough to provide assurance to young queer Russians? Where will Chelsea seek affirmation with restricted online access in a male prison? Can the Dark Web provide an alternative for subaltern publics? Or does the technical expertise and tenacity required to access these spaces of supposedly amplified security make them unattainable for disenfranchised minorities? This paper draws on current case studies to explore shifting understandings of privacy and networked identity work in cultures where public expression of queer sexuality remains taboo.
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- 1. seeking support in secret a tangled web Sonja Vivienne Post-Doctoral Research Fellow CfCSC, UQ
2. how can stigmatised people navigate privacy in order to seek support? 3. 123contex tcase studiesquestions 4. 1 context 5. ispseudonymity enough? 6. Deti-404 7. broader significance 8. identitybelongingINTIMACYCITIZENSHIPprivatepublic negotiatedNETWORKS mediated 9. digital dualism 10. surveillance & self-exposure 11. case studies2 12. queer russian youth 13. Chelsea Manning 14. manning-lamo chat transcript 15. analysis socially stigmatised identities seeking support in secret expectation of privacy betrayed poorly managed pseudonyms punitive consequences 16. research questions3 17. platforms + policy or social context + expectations? 18. identitybelongingINTIMACYCITIZENSHIPprivatepublic negotiatedNETWORKS mediated 19. networked individualism intimate publicsprivate spheres 20. networked + intimate + citizenship 21. privacy & publicness 22. Q&A? sonja vivienne +61(0) 418 660 [email protected] Skype: sonjavi Twitter: @sonjaviv www.incitestories.com.au www.rainbowfamilytree.com 23. 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Attributions: Pseudonymity http://compfight.com/search/pseudonym/1-3-1-1 Anonymity http://compfight.com/search/anonymity/1-3-1-1 404 support http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/29/19/grid-cell-1149-1375140183-29.jpg Lena 404 http://www.buzzfeed.com/katiezavadski/in-russia-breaking-the-law-to-tell-gay-teens-it-gets-better?sub=2474697_1435183 Nym wars http://shockwaveplasma.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/nymwars-and-propaganda-of-botgirl.html SMC blog: http://socialmediacollective.org/2013/09/24/monitoring-youth/ Cyberbullying Law and the New School Year by CT Senate Democrats: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44616579@N05/6124355293 via Compfight - cc - by-nc-nd Privacy, health, fears over airport X-ray by publik16 http://www.flickr.com/photos/22941790@N02/2904857669 via Compfight - cc - by-nc-nd From Music to microfluidics by Steve Jurvetson http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124348109@N01/6884784313 via Compfight - cc by-nc-nd Russias neo-nazi sport: http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/7/4595246/russia-anti-gay-neo-nazis-bully-teens-on-social-media-occupy-pedofilyay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chelsea_Manning_with_wig.jpg http://www.privatemanning.org/learn-more/in-his-own-words Email from Manning to Lim, U.S. Army Records Management and Declassification Agency, April 24, 2010. 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