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<p>This paper analyses the <bold>Je suis Charlie</bold> movement as an affective assemblage. It looks at digital network activism around the <bold>Charlie Hebdo</bold> shootings in the perspective of the Deleuzian concepts of <bold>assemblage</bold> and <bold>event</bold>. The essay argues that new participatory activism can be understood in two ways: as a (territorialised) ‘assemblage’ (after Delanda, 2006) and as a constellation of ‘things’ into what Thrift (2007) calls a ‘transient structure’ (Salovaara 2014). Drawing from assemblage theory (Deleuze &amp; Guattari 1996; DeLanda 2006), the essay explores concrete and virtual sides of a media <bold>assemblage</bold> as event spaces. Empirically, the analysis explores the assemblage, as well as related memes, hashtags and narratives around <bold>#Je suis Charlie</bold> activism.</p>
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This paper analyses the Je suis Charlie movement as an affective assemblage. It looks at digital network activism around the Charlie Hebdo shootings in the perspective of the Deleuzian concepts of assemblage and event. The essay argues that new participatory activism can be understood in two ways: as a (territorialised) ‘assemblage’ (after Delanda, 2006) and as a constellation of ‘things’ into what Thrift (2007) calls a ‘transient structure’ (Salovaara 2014). Drawing from assemblage theory (Deleuze & Guattari 1996; DeLanda 2006), the essay explores concrete and virtual sides of a media assemblage as event spaces. Empirically, the analysis explores the assemblage, as well as related memes, hashtags and narratives around #Je suis Charlie activism.

Networks, Affects and Distributed Agency of Media Assemblage

associate professor in media science at Aarhus University

Department of Aesthetics and Communication

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This paper analyses the Je suis Charlie movement as an affective assemblage. It looks at digital network activism around the Charlie Hebdo shootings in the...

Networks, Affects and Distributed Agency of Media Assemblage

Publié en ligne: 30 mars 2021

Pages: 101 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v2i1.22272

Mots clés
Event, assemblage, fluid space, affect, network, digital ecosystem, meme, cultural activism

© 2021 Inka Salovaara, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Networks, Affects and Distributed Agency of Media Assemblage

Publié en ligne: 30 mars 2021

Pages: 101 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v2i1.22272

Mots clésEvent, assemblage, fluid space, affect, network, digital ecosystem, meme, cultural activism

© 2021 Inka Salovaara, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Event, assemblage, fluid space, affect, network, digital ecosystem, meme, cultural activism