"'Do It for the Culture': Crafting and Archiving Community through Black Digital Media Practices"

In this talk, Dr. Maragh-Lloyd will sketch the ways that Black users online reconfigure media landscapes, including algorithmic personalization, through longstanding discursive and cultural practices, such as racial humor and communal care. In detailing current and future projects, she will outline the strategic networks of Black media practices as they work toward the goals of community, survival, and visibility.

BIO: Raven Maragh-Lloyd is a media studies scholar whose research examines the intersections between race, gender, and digital media culture. She is currently working on her book project, Black Resistance Will Be Digitized: Strategic Rearticulations of Resistance in the Digital Age, which explores the shifting nature of Black resistance strategies online. More broadly, Maragh-Lloyd is interested in Black publics online who deploy their social and cultural tools to challenge dominant media institutions and narratives.