Nishant Shah (University of Hong Kong)

Repositioning Digital Care Making: Everyday Care and ‘Post-harm’ approaches to Technology Facilitated Gender and Sexual Violence

I argue that the approaches to the rise of Technology Facilitated Gender and Sexual Violence articulated by multiple intermediaries position care as a ‘post-harm’ approach which positions digital care as a scarce, temporary, and critical resource that fosters competition between multiple groups with care claims. Drawing from 3 years of working with 10 digital global care makers, I propose three transitions that can help create conditions to activate everyday digital care.

Nishant Shah is a feminist, humanist, technologist, working as an Associate Professor and Director of the Digital Narratives Studio at the School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet & Society, Harvard University, and a Knowledge Partner with Point of View (Mumbai) and Digital Asia Hub (Hong Kong). His recent books Really Fake (2021) and Overload, Excess, Creep: An Internet from India (2022/23) are available for online open access.