Netgain Challenge

Societies around the world continue to struggle with the aftermath of European colonization, whether from the after-effects of extractive colonial regimes in Africa or from the ongoing manifestations of settler colonialism in places like the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Northern Ireland. Colonialism divides peoples, marginalizes indigenous populations, entrenches inequities, encodes hierarchies, damages ecosystems, and distorts historical memory in ways that reverberate across generations. It constricts social possibilities for indigenous, settler, and migrant populations alike. How might digital tools and technologies be mobilized in ways that work to decolonize contemporary societies?