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SUMMARY:Collective trivialization of rape: an investigation of sexual viol
 ence in incel forums - Dr Mathilda Åkerlund (DIGSUM)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241016T130000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241016T140000
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DESCRIPTION:Trigger warning: this talk will include examples and visuals c
 oncerning gender-based hate and sexual violence\, which might be triggerin
 g to some.\nThis presentation is based on a paper-in-progress which focuse
 s on the rapidly emerging movement of so-called incels – a self-ascribed
  identity used by men in ‘involuntary celibacy’ who express gender-bas
 ed hate in male separatist communities online. Once every half-hour a user
  in an incel forum posts – almost always supportively – about rape. Gi
 ven the detrimental impact of gender-based violence on individual victims 
 as well as society at large\, and because exposure to violent content can 
 lead to desensitisation and even radicalisation\, the frequency with which
  sexual assault is promoted in the incel community is cause for concern.\n
 \nAlthough the incel community is receiving increasing scholarly attention
 \, previous research on incels has thus far been focused on defining and o
 utlining the phenomenon and culture of incels more broadly rather than on 
 analysing and understanding complexities related to incels’ violent disc
 ursive practices. In this piece\, I address this gap by exploring the arti
 culation of rape in one of the largest international incel forums\, as a m
 eans to gain insight into the creation and spread of discursive – and by
  extension physical – gender-based violence. The paper is be guided by t
 he following research questions: (RQ1) How is the rape of women articulate
 d? (RQ2) How do incels situate themselves in these constructions? (RQ3) Wh
 at role does the incel platform play in enabling the construction of viole
 nt discourses?\n\nDr Mathilda Åkerlund is a postdoctoral researcher with 
 DIGSUM – Centre for Digital Social Research\, and the Department of Soci
 ology at Umeå University\, Sweden. She is also Senior Editor with the Jou
 rnal for Digital Social Research. Mathilda’s research focuses on the dis
 course of hate-based movements online\, mixed methods involving computatio
 nal and qualitative text analysis\, and the role that platforms play in en
 abling hate.\nSpeakers:\nDr Mathilda Åkerlund (DIGSUM)
LOCATION:1 St Giles' (Seminar Room. This talk is in person only.)\, 1 St G
 iles' OX1 3JS
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