We are civic media / edited by Sangita Shresthova, Dan Sinker, Pratik Nyaupane, Sophie Madej and Colin Maclay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shresthova, Sangita, editor.

Sinker, Daniel, editor.

Nyaupane, Pratik, editor.

Madej, Sophie, editor.

Maclay, Colin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"A discipline-crossing introduction to civic media via accounts from grassroots practitioners"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Movement and Community

The Attempts to Hold It All: At the Intersection of Black Food Futurism and Civic Media / Nia Lee

Being Together: The Revolutionary Love of a Poor People's Movement / Anu Yadav

Eavesdropping as Solidarity Tactic / Tanzila Ahmed

A Love Offering to Miami's Black Past, Present, and Future / Nadege Green

It's Not Cool to Have a Racist High School Mascot / Akilah Hughes (in conversation with Sangita Shresthova)

Care Work in Open-Source Software: A Reflection on p5.js / Qianqian Ye

Affective Underground / Terry Marshall

Journeys and Reflections

Awakening the Archives: A Search for Family, Connection, and Meaning / Arianne Edmonds

Making the Impossible Possible / Niki Franco

The Lion and the Cobra: An Archive of Hope / Sydette Harry

The Place Where the Water Runs Among the Rocks / Mari Mari Narváez

Design and Care

Dream, Rest, Play: Reflections on Designing Liberated Spaces for Black Women / Jenn S. Roberts

Care Better: Making Arts and Humanities Software for Actual Humans / Erik Loyer

United in Flow: Accessible Pleasure, Game Design, and How We Heal / Latoya Peterson

Reflections on Process / Susu Attar (in conversation with Sangita Shresthova)

Outward Mobility: Regenerative Horizontal Moves in the Face of Confinement / Quetzal Flores

Conjuring Community in Apocalyptic Times: A Windy Road Map on Facilitating Diverse Groups for Collaboration / Michelle Zenarosa

Claiming and Reclaiming

Civic Media: A Space for Exploration / Sue Ding

Civic Media and the Ethic of Care / Josie Duffy Rice

We Are More Than Bones: How Digital Spaces Are Shaping Black Futures / Rashida James-Saadiya

Museum Curation as Care: Civic Media, Black History, and Communicating Afrofuturist Imaginings / Tyree Boyd-Pates (in conversation with Sangita Shresthova)

Our Civic Media: Portraying My Community Through My Lens / SHAN Wallace

How Big Does Civic Media Need to Be? / AX Mina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780810149069

0810149060

OCLC:

1490364222