Abstract
This chapter analyzes the temporal emergence and formation of the (Im)Mobility in the Americas and COVID-19 Project as a hemispheric, “networked,” and “affective” public formation defined by the sharing of information but articulated through sentiments and a search for solidarity with migrant populations during a global public health crisis. The chapter examines the characteristics of the network format that generated this transnational public and the affective contours of its development and transformation and analyzes one of its centerpieces: The polyphonic map—an audio map of migrant testimonios from across the Americas. The chapter concludes by meditating on the temporality of affective publics and asks what becomes of affective publics beyond their digital footprints and what is the afterlife and future potentialities of digital humanities archives like the COVID-19 and (Im)mobility in the Americas Project.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Affective Formation of Publics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Places, Networks, and Media |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 89-105 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781000952780 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032430485 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences