<!-- CSS style sheet --> {%hackmd 0PFTz8AOQeed6tSI4Ip86A %} ## Punk Activism, Censorship, and Alternative Media in China <p> Yifan Butsik Feng <em>he/they</em> </p> <p> 02/06/2023 </p> --- ## Punk Activism? --- ### About Punk <iframe src="https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/07/what-was-punk-and-why-did-it-scare-people-so-much" width="100%" height="600"></iframe> --- ### From music to politics > punk can be regarded as a music genre, cultural moment, political movement, and aesthetic form; punk’s diversity makes it open to many different interpretations (Xiao and Donaghey, 2022) --- *[The punks that took on prejudice: White Riot and the 1970s Rock Against Racism movement](https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/white-riot-rock-against-racism)* <img src="https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/1504/846/1/2020-09/white-riot-2019-fans-in-crowd.jpg " alt="image of punk activism in UK"> --- *[The Alternative Education of a Chinese Punk](https://antidotezine.com/2015/06/19/education-of-a-chinese-punk/)* <img src="https://antidotezine.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/punk-in-china.jpg" alt="image of punk in China"> --- ### Punk, Activists and Political Engagement > Punks in China are required to be subtle in pursuing political aspirations, with a strong sense of protecting oneself from potential punishment by the government (Xiao and Donaghey, 2022) --- ## Media Censorship in China <img src="https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Censored-Contagion-Fig-2.jpg&nocache=1" width = 500 height = 400> *[How Information on the Coronavirus is Managed on Chinese Social Media](https://citizenlab.ca/2020/03/censored-contagion-how-information-on-the-coronavirus-is-managed-on-chinese-social-media/)* --- ### Two types of censorship <img src="https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Censored-Contagion-Fig-1.png&nocache=1" width = 600 height = 500> --- ### Example Censored Keywords - Wuhan Health Committee (武汉卫生委员会) - Wuhan seafood market (武汉海鲜市场) - P4 virus lab (p4病毒实验室) ==[Keyword List](https://github.com/citizenlab/chat-censorship/blob/master/coronavirus/wechat.csv)== --- ## Archiving Covid Narrative with Git/Github ``` git add . git commit -m "write your message" git push ``` --- <iframe src="https://www.wired.com/story/china-github-free-speech-covid-information/" width="100%" height="600"></iframe> --- ### Github Project: nCovMemory > 2020新冠肺炎记忆：报道、非虚构与个人叙述（持续更新） Memory of 2020 nCov: Media Coverage, Non-fiction Writings, and Individual Narratives (Continuously updating) ==[CN version](https://github.com/memoryhonest/nCovMemory)== | ==[EN version](https://github.com/memoryhonest/nCovMemory-en)== --- ### [Peace through code](https://github.com/InternetActivism) <iframe src="https://internetactivism.org/" width="100%" height="600"></iframe> --- ## Group Activity <ol> <li>sign up for a personal <a href="https://github.com/">Github account</a>*</li> <li>follow the instruction <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent?platform">a</a> and <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account">b</a> to configurate your git environment*</li> <li>clone the <a href="https://github.com/Yifan-FENG/platform-potentials-week-8">test repository</a></li> <li>create a new file and name it with your group name</li> <li>update the repository with your file and add commit message 😊</li> </ol> ---- ## Git resource <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/atlassian-git-cheatsheet">Git cheat sheet</a></li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/readme/guides/configure-git-environment">Comphrehensive guide to Git</a> </ul> --- ## Related Work * Brown, L. (2020). Fighting for Covid information: Meet the people who are ensuring that even those in the most censored environments receive accurate information on the pandemic. Index on Censorship, 49(4), 102–104. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306422020981289 * Xiao, J. and Donaghey, J. (2022) ‘Punk Activism and Its Repression in China and Indonesia: Decolonizing “Global Punk”’, Cultural Critique, 116(1), pp. 28–63. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1353/cul.2022.0036. * Xiao, J., Davis, M. and Fan, Y. (2023) ‘De-Westernizing Punk: Chinese Punk Lyrics and the Translocal Politics of Resistance’, YOUNG, 31(1), pp. 57–72. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088221112191.