Diasporic Epistemologies in Cuban Independent Journalism, 2024
This article examines how digital diasporic journalism changes epistemic practices in the Cuban c... more This article examines how digital diasporic journalism changes epistemic practices in the Cuban context. The last decade has seen a practical transnationalization of digitally native independent news sites in Cuba in the light of two phenomena: the emigration/forced exile of young journalists and the affordances of digital technologies, making it possible for journalists to continue reporting despite spatial dispersion. How are digital and diasporic ways of knowing changing Cuban journalists' epistemic practices? By taking a relational approach, we explore digital diasporas as a site of connectivity co-habited by multiple and hybrid traveling imaginaries. The article is based on 44 interviews with Cuban independent journalists, which are analyzed through postfoundational discourse analysis (PDA) and situational mapping. The data reveals three important epistemological cleavages that shape digital diasporic journalists' access to knowledge. These are (1) place as an epistemic category, (2) the epistemic status they confer on themselves and other social actors, and (3) the autonomy they claim when constructing clear boundaries between journalism, activism, and propaganda.
Diasporic Epistemologies in Cuban Independent Journalism, 2024
This article examines how digital diasporic journalism changes epistemic practices in the Cuban c... more This article examines how digital diasporic journalism changes epistemic practices in the Cuban context. The last decade has seen a practical transnationalization of digitally native independent news sites in Cuba in the light of two phenomena: the emigration/forced exile of young journalists and the affordances of digital technologies, making it possible for journalists to continue reporting despite spatial dispersion. How are digital and diasporic ways of knowing changing Cuban journalists' epistemic practices? By taking a relational approach, we explore digital diasporas as a site of connectivity co-habited by multiple and hybrid traveling imaginaries. The article is based on 44 interviews with Cuban independent journalists, which are analyzed through postfoundational discourse analysis (PDA) and situational mapping. The data reveals three important epistemological cleavages that shape digital diasporic journalists' access to knowledge. These are (1) place as an epistemic category, (2) the epistemic status they confer on themselves and other social actors, and (3) the autonomy they claim when constructing clear boundaries between journalism, activism, and propaganda.
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