Resisting Hindutva in the digital Indian diaspora: notes from Australia

Thapliyal, N; Khorana, S; Pal, F; Ghosh, D

Resisting Hindutva in the digital Indian diaspora: notes from Australia

Thapliyal, N Khorana, S Pal, F Ghosh, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2023, 46, (7), pp. 1527-1550
Issue Date:: 2023-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Thapliyal, N
dc.contributor.author	Khorana, S
dc.contributor.author	Pal, F
dc.contributor.author	Ghosh, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9096-5954
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-27T11:35:18Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-27T11:35:18Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2023, 46, (7), pp. 1527-1550
dc.identifier.issn	0141-9870
dc.identifier.issn	1466-4356
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179244
dc.description.abstract	The study of how ethnonationalists mobilize digital media is not matched in size by an investigation into the progressive activists digitally mobilizing against them. This is especially true in diaspora communities, which form the focus of this work. In this paper, we discuss diasporic online progressive activism against one form of ethnonationalism, Hindutva. Situating our argument in the context of the Indian Australian diaspora, we argue that the study of activist media ecologies which seek to resist Hindutva is as critical as the study of Hindutva itself, but that scholarship on this kind resistance in diaspora remains sparse. We suggest that the Australian case–witnessing a critical acceleration in Hindutva mobilization since 2020–provides a unique opportunity to understand the role of digital media at the nascence of online resistance.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartof	Ethnic and Racial Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/01419870.2022.2115309
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Sociology
dc.subject.classification	44 Human society
dc.title	Resisting Hindutva in the digital Indian diaspora: notes from Australia
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	46
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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dc.date.updated	2024-05-27T11:35:16Z
pubs.issue	7
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The study of how ethnonationalists mobilize digital media is not matched in size by an investigation into the progressive activists digitally mobilizing against them. This is especially true in diaspora communities, which form the focus of this work. In this paper, we discuss diasporic online progressive activism against one form of ethnonationalism, Hindutva. Situating our argument in the context of the Indian Australian diaspora, we argue that the study of activist media ecologies which seek to resist Hindutva is as critical as the study of Hindutva itself, but that scholarship on this kind resistance in diaspora remains sparse. We suggest that the Australian case–witnessing a critical acceleration in Hindutva mobilization since 2020–provides a unique opportunity to understand the role of digital media at the nascence of online resistance.

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