BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2ac211bb3eef7f48c81ddf6c6a5a4363 CATEGORIES:Seminars & Workshops CREATED:20211120T121115 SUMMARY:"Seize the memes of production: Internet memes as an Expression of Post-millennial Insecurity" - A workshop by Anunaya Rajhans, Ashoka University DESCRIPTION:Internation Studies, FLAME presents a workshop on\nSeize the memes of produ ction: Internet memes as an Expression of Post-millennial Insecurity\nBy\nA nunaya Rajhans, Ashoka University\n \nAbstract\nWe live in a world of hyper memetic logic where everything that happens around us seems to spawn memes in the participatory culture of the internet. All cultures, whether online or IRL have their artefacts and Memes can be understood as the cultural art efacts of cyberculture. This two day workshop is meant to be an academic in troduction to internet memes and what we can learn about online identity an d online communities through memetic artefacts. Using this as scaffolding, the workshop will zoom in to the figure of the post-millennial and the secu rity challenges specific to this demographic, mostly in terms of self ident ification and mental well being. These will include, but is not limited to anonymity, trolling, shitposting, cyberbullying, wholesome etc. The worksho p aims to be hands on with a meme making component where we will take up th e memes created by the participants, for close reading and analysis in a wa y that ensures that the ends justify the memes. \nAnunaya Rajhans has a Mas ters in English Literature from Shiv Nadar University and he currently teac hes Critical Writing using Memes and Internet Culture to Young India Fellow s at Ashoka University. He is also the supervisor for a project called "Med ia Action Against Rape" (MAAR) for UNESCO and Bournemouth University, which is an ongoing two year long study of how rape is reported in Indian news m edia and how to make it better.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Internation Studies, FLAME presents a workshop on

Seize the meme s of production: Internet memes as an Expression of Post-millennial Insecur ity

By

Anunaya Rajhans, Ashoka University

 

Ab stract

We live in a world of hyper memetic logic where everything that happens around us seems to spawn memes in the participatory culture of the internet. All cultures, whether online or IRL have their artefacts and Memes can be understood as the cultural art efacts of cyberculture. This two day workshop is meant to be an academic in troduction to internet memes and what we can learn about online identity an d online communities through memetic artefacts. Using this as scaffolding, the workshop will zoom in to the figure of the post-millennial and the secu rity challenges specific to this demographic, mostly in terms of self ident ification and mental well being. These will include, but is not limited to anonymity, trolling, shitposting, cyberbullying, wholesome etc. The worksho p aims to be hands on with a meme making component where we will take up th e memes created by the participants, for close reading and analysis in a wa y that ensures that the ends justify the memes. 

Anunaya Rajhans has a Masters in English Literature from Shiv Nadar University and he currently teaches Critical Writing using Memes and Internet Culture to Young India Fellows at Ashoka University. He is also the supervisor for a project called "Media Action Against Rape" (MA AR) for UNESCO and Bournemouth University, which is an ongoing two year lon g study of how rape is reported in Indian news media and how to make it bet ter.

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