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ABSTRACT
The Ferguson Movement of 2014 and 2015 reached national salience immediately following the murder of Michael Brown, after residents took to social media platforms to report from what many activists called ‘ground zero.’ Some popular and scholarly conversations have couched the movement largely through its online manifestations; this study, however, places the movement within the intersections of digital and physical space as well as the broader political context of St. Louis. Triangulating data from 21 unstructured interviews with local activists in St. Louis, Missouri with GIS and digital media analysis, we illustrate how activists in the Ferguson Movement organized within St. Louis’ physical space and challenged popular arguments about resistance in digital space. Consequently, we argue that social movements’ placeness remain important despite recent emphases on digital media.
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Cristina Mislán
Cristina Mislán is an assistant professor of journalism studies in the Missouri School of Journalism. Mislán’s research draws on critical/cultural and transnational studies to study the role race, class, and gender play in shaping alternative media. She also examines the historical relationship between transnationalism and media activism.
Amalia Dache-Gerbino
Amalia Dache-Gerbino is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Department at The University of Missouri’s College of Education. Her major research areas include the postcolonial geographic contexts of higher education, activism and education and college access discourses of low-income, Black and Latina/o students in the U.S. and abroad.