"ONLINE FEMINIST GLOBAL ACTIONS. POTENTIALS AND PITFALLS OF THE #MEETOO CAMPAIGN"

Project description

Potential and risks of the #MeToo movement

The #MeToo movement spread rapidly worldwide in the autumn of 2017 following the exposure of sexual abuse allegations in the United States movie industry. It soon became a viral hashtag on social media. The EU-funded FEMONMETOO project will study the potential and risks of the #MeToo campaign as a specific repertoire within a wider digital transnational feminist wave. The project proposes its research as part of the field of the theory of contentious collective action and social movements in the digital era. It will study how and why the #MeToo movement spread so successfully around the world. The project will also examine the dangers related to public sharing of personal experiences, including the identity of the aggressor.

Fields of science

• social sciences › political sciences › political transitions › revolutions
• social sciences › law › human rights › human rights violations › sexual violence

Keywords

• MeToo
• repertoire of cyberaction
• technopolitics
• connected crowds
• forth wave feminism
• hashtag feminism

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA

Net EU contribution

€ 172 932,48

Address

Placa Sant Domenec 3
17004 Girona
Spain

Region

Este › Cataluña › Girona

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

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