@article{gajjalaTransnationalisingDadisFeminist2023a,
    title = {Transnationalising {{{\emph{Dadis}}}} as {{Feminist Political}}/{{
             Activist Subjects}}},
    author = {Gajjala, Radhika and Edwards, Emily Lynell and Rahut, Debipreeta
              and Faniyi, Ololade Margaret and Jha, Bedadyuti and Jain, Jhalak
              and Khan, Aiman and Farooq, Saadia},
    year = 2023,
    month = mar,
    journal = {Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and
               Politics},
    volume = {7},
    number = {1},
    pages = {08},
    issn = {2468-4414},
    doi = {10.20897/femenc/12886},
    urldate = {2026-07-13},
    abstract = {This article examines Twitter publics to map how the `\emph{
                dadis} of Shaheen Bagh' (grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh) emerged as
                political subjects through transnational media space even though
                they themselves did not directly access social media. A team of
                feminist media researchers examine how social media networks were
                mobilised strategically to gain international visibility and
                traction. Through a feminist close reading of Twitter data and a
                select few in-depth and unstructured interviews with various
                associated actors, this mediated visibility of seemingly
                subaltern women is mapped. This article draws on
                transnational/postcolonial feminist frameworks to examine digital
                public presences. This study uses a multi-methods approach that
                includes qualitative interviews with activists (local and
                transnational) and related actors as well as a situated feminist
                data analytics and critical digital humanities approach to
                examining big social data online. In examining the mediated
                production of this visibility, however, the study does not wish
                to imply that the women whose presence is amplified in
                international media are not actual protestors or to deny,
                discount or appropriate their agency or labour as activists.},
}