An Xiao Mina researches the global internetz and co-founded The Civic Beat, a magazine and research collective looking at the creative side of civic technology. She has presented at the Personal Democracy Forum, Aspen Institute, Microsoft Social Computing Symposium and in dimly lit, smoke-filled bars.
An Activism of Affirmation
From #BlackLivesMatter to the #UmbrellaMovement, the Web helps artist-activists inform, inspire, and organize around key issues. But art can play a special role within social-change movements as well: It can help transform the Internet into a space for affirmation, self-worth, and emotional healing.