Reshaping Public Memory through Hashtag Curation

dc.creator	Gill, Kelli R.
dc.creator	Akkad, Ruba H.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-07T16:35:51Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-07T16:35:51Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.37514/atd-j.2021.18.1-2.15
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/56545
dc.description.abstract	Social media campaigns such as #BlackLivesMatter have demonstrated Twitter as a powerful tool for anti-racist social activism. This article traces one local hashtag, #BeingMinorityatTCU, which has resurged on the TCU campus in the wake of a university lawsuit. Drawing from Critical Race Theory (Delgado, 1989; Martinez, 2014; Yosso, 2013), specifically counterstory, and public memory scholarship (Greer, 2017; Grobman, 2017; Crawford et al., 2020), this essay argues that digitally archiving tweets is one approach to amplifying marginalized voices that speak out against institutional racism. Curating hashtags is not just as an alternative to official university record keeping, but also an opportunity for both archivists and users to reflect, process, and move towards change together.
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	The WAC Clearinghouse
dc.source	Across the Disciplines
dc.subject	Public memory
dc.subject	hashtags
dc.subject	critical race theory
dc.subject	marginalized voices
dc.subject	institutional racism
dc.title	Reshaping Public Memory through Hashtag Curation
dc.type	Article
dc.rights.license	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
local.college	AddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.department	English
local.persons	All (ENGL)

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