ERIC Number: EJ1323736
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Publication Date: 2021-Nov
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Reshaping Public Memory through Hashtag Curation
Gill, Kelli R.; Akkad, Ruba H.
Across the Disciplines, v18 n1-2 p191-200 Nov 2021
Social media campaigns such as #BlackLivesMatter have demonstrated Twitter as a powerful tool for anti-racist social activism. This article traces one local hashtag, #BeingMinorityatTCU, which has resurged on the TCU campus in the wake of a university lawsuit. Drawing from Critical Race Theory (Delgado, 1989; Martinez, 2014; Yosso, 2013), specifically counterstory, and public memory scholarship (Greer, 2017; Grobman, 2017; Crawford et al., 2020), this essay argues that digitally archiving tweets is one approach to amplifying marginalized voices that speak out against institutional racism. Curating hashtags is not just as an alternative to official university record keeping, but also an opportunity for both archivists and users to reflect, process, and move towards change together. [Note: The first page number (200) is incorrect. The correct page number is 191.]
Descriptors: Memory, United States History, Social Media, Classification, Private Colleges, Minority Group Students, African American Students, American Indian Students, Racial Discrimination, Racial Bias, Activism, Social Justice, Archives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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