Civil Resistance 2.0: 198 Methods Upgraded
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CIVIL RESISTANCE 2.0A Crowdsourced Project on 21st Century Nonviolence
Mary Joyce@ the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
November 29, 2012
source: Flickr/moroccanmary
Digital Activism Research ProjectUniversity of Washingtonwww.digital-activism.org
GENE SHARP
introduction for a man who needs no introduction
source: humanfilm.no
GENE SHARP
introduction for a man who needs no introduction
source: humanfilm.no
Nobel Peace Prize nominee
scholar
activist
most influential living theorist of nonviolent struggle
canonical list of 198 methods of nonviolent action (1973)
THE YOUNG TURKS
who definitely do need an introduction
source: Fllickr/Ushahidi
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THE YOUNG TURKS
who definitely do need an introduction
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Patrick Meier
Director of Social & Humanitarian Innovation at the Qatar Foundation
PhD - Tufts University
Mary Joyce
Co-Founder of the Digital Activism Research Project
MA/PhD Student - UWresearches digital technology and nonviolence in repressive regimes
researches digital activism in resource-constrained societies
THE MISSION
Meld digital tools with nonviolence methods
source: Fllickr/Elvert Barnes
BUT FIRST
two notes of warningsource: Fllickr/Picture Perfect Pose
ACTIVIST SECURITYDo not attempt digital activism without first considering the
political context in your own country.
• Social media is public, meaning the digital actions of you and the people you connect with can be watched by your government.
• Governments are also getting very good at cracking passwords and linking accounts to physical locations, meaning you can be identified and harmed in the physical world.
• Read “Digital Security for Activists” (https://oldhelp.riseup.net/assets/
digital_security_for_activists.pdf) or “Protecting Your Security Online” (https://
www.accessnow.org/blog/protecting-your-security-online-english-text-only1)
NETWORKED AUTHORITARIANISM While activists are using digital tools to change the power structure, repressive govts are using the same tools to prevent that change.
• Censorship of opposition content, so few people in your country will ever see it (particularly in MENA and China)
• Surveillance of activists, both for chilling effect and to actually apprehend and punish (particularly in MENA and China)
• Propaganda of their own position, successfully using social media to maintain support for the status quo (particularly in CIS)
• Read: Rebecca MacKinnon, Katy Pearce, Evgeny Morozov (above typology is his)
WHY?
NONVIOLENCE IS NOW DIGITAL
Whether nonviolence experts acknowledge it or not.
ACTIVISTS WILL BENEFIT
If digital practices are analyzed by experts in
nonviolence.
bit.ly/CivilResistance
Follow me
source: Fllickr/lightsinmotion
THE PROJECT
Civil Resistance 2.0 : 198 Methods Upgraded
THE METHOD
Open-edit crowdsourcing
ORGANIZATION
Sharp’s method + enhancement + new form + implementation
AN EXAMPLE
Method 1: Public Speeches
NOT ONLY THE GOOD NEWS
Method 43: Public Mourning
ENHANCEMENT
Of the 54 methods of Protest and Persuasion there were only 2 for which we could not find digital enhancements
Though the sections for Noncooperation and Intervention have received fewer notes, coordination of
most of these methods could also be facilitated by digital tools like SMS, email, chat,
and encrypted versions of these technologies.
NEW FORMS
Most means of Protest and Persuasion can now occur online as well as offline.
Because Noncooperation and Intervention require direct engagement with institutions of power, new forms require that the institution of power have an online extension that can
be targeted, such as a “denial of service” attack on a government website.
10 NEW METHODS
1. Maps and Maptivism
2. QR Codes
3. Digital File-Sharing
4. Nonviolent Media Hijacking
5. “Trend” a Hashtag
6. Influence Search Engine Results
7. Livestreaming
8. Check-ins
9. Self-Surveillance
10. Flash Mobs
MAPS AND MAPTIVISM
The digital and global amplifying the physical and local.
QR CODESsource: frogloop.com
source: oneicity.com
Linking physical, mobile, and web.
DIGITAL FILE-SHARING
this could be a tactical manual
Use infrastructure accessible and familiar to your audience, young people use this software for pirating movies and music.
NONVIOLENTLY HIJACK MEDIA
source: http://adkyle.com
Using their own media presence to undermine brand power.
“TREND” A HASHTAG
A prominent position for the opposition narrative.
INFLUENCE SEARCH RESULTS
A safer method of public satire.
LIVESTREAMING
Anyone can mass broadcast the opposition narrative.
CHECK-INS
Activists can check-in to signal participation to friends or leave directly after check-in, creating a protest rally of “ghosts”
SELF-SURVEILLANCE
Surveillance is not only a method of repression.
FLASH MOBS
source: smartmobs.com
source: andrewcarr.org
source: feedbackagency.com
Minsk, 2006
This is a great dilemma action.
MORE CHANGES NEEDED?Method 11 is
Records, Radio, and Television
source: guardian.co.uk
source: clevescene.com
source: cleanenergyjobact.com
AN INVITATION
To advance strategic nonviolence in the 21st century
Digital Activism Research ProjectUniversity of Washingtonwww.digital-activism.org
bit.ly/CivilResistance
To advance strategic nonviolence in the 21st century
source: Flick/Hello Turkey Toe