This project will research online gendered hate such as digital sexisms and gender-based online violence. They are particularly interested in visual misogynistic practices that “fly under the radar”. These include content moderation of visual gender violence; visual performance of gender identities, i.e. stereotyping, diminishing, branding, reinforcing imaginaries; and the role of aesthetics and design in (re)generating gender violence (Özkula et al., 2024).
The meeting at CAIS is intended to provide an opportunity to contrast and combine our collective methods and develop a methodology that better captures the complexity and diversity of cases of Platformed Visual Misogyny through comparative and multi-modal approaches (for which the groundwork has been laid in Özkula, Prieto-Blanco, Tan, & Mdege, 2024).
As a result of our research exchange, we will produce a systematic overview of existing concepts, theories, and methods used to approach Platformed Visual Misogyny. Importantly, this will include a mapping of commonly researched platforms, case studies, and challenges faced when working with visual materials. The overview and mapping will be translated in Spanish and German, and distributed (open access) to relevant stakeholders in the field via direct email and through (semi-) public social media.