Against Surveillance & Spectacle: Building Global Resistance to Tech-Mediated Oppression

Описание: What does it mean to be in community? This panel brings together activists, scholars, and writers to explore connections between critical social issues—health justice, discrimination, technofascism, and surveillance—and the possibilities of grassroots response. Panelists will discuss tensions between collectivizing and collaborating: How do we negotiate care when our access to care hinges on being identified and enumerated by the state? What tactics for resistance might we use in digital communities that are subject to increased surveillance? How can we be there for and with each other?

This event was held on March 10th, 2026 as the seventh installment of our programming series titled Voices in Protest (VIP). To explore more of the events within this series, visit: https://www.disconetwork.org/disco-vi...

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
12:17 - How have you been thinking about tech-mediated oppression in your work or activism in particular?
21:37 - What tactics for resistance might we use, especially in communities that are subject to increased surveillance?
33:03 - How do you negotiate between refusal versus adoption of tech platforms?
42:47 - How do we negotiate care when our access to care hinges on being identified and enumerated by the state?
47:49 - What suggestions might you all have for young folks who are eager to fight back against technological oppression or who want to imagine what a just digital future might look like?
54:29 - Audience Q&A
1:25:36 - Closing Remarks

Credits:
Introduction & Moderation | M. Remi Yergeau
Panelists | Victoria Copeland, Kim Fernandes, & Cheng-Hsiu (Shin) Yang
Staff | Cherice Chan, Giselle Mills, Atticus Spicer, Kaitlyn Gastineau, & Ann Smith
Videography | University of Michigan LSA Tech Services
Editing & Captions | Kaitlyn Gastineau