Description
In October 2020, Nigeria experienced one of its largest and most prominent protest movements against police brutality. The #EndSARS movement started in 2017 as a citizen-led effort that confronted police brutality and was specifically targeted against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police. The protests were facilitated primarily on social media such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, particularly for the democratic communication that these platforms afford the average activist. Activists’ use of social media to circumvent politicised media outlets points to a desire to make their perspectives known. However, the reporting and research that follow such movements often represent the views of the activist population by creating linear narratives that promote a small number of specific and often well-known/well-publicised perspectives or narratives within a myriad of others. As the #EndSARS movement transitions into the annals of history, my research creates a viable alternative to those dominant narratives by including a multiplicity of voices that are otherwise unheard. Grounded in postcolonial theory and with a participatory video research design, I collaborate with a variety of participants who used social media for/as activism in the #EndSARS movement to create a collection of perspectives on their lived experiences. I use the affordances of social media platforms to reach, organise and create with participants who provide a spectrum of perspectives from dominant to subaltern which can be juxtaposed using a non-linear interactive documentary output. The final output – Networked Narratives – is a collection of varied personal perspectives presented as short video clips that can be navigated using different entry points, comparison options, and story prompts.| Period | 5 Sept 2024 |
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| Event title | 2024 IIPPE Annual Conference |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Istanbul, TurkeyShow on map |