The hours, days, weeks, and months following hurricane María have been marked by a deep anxious sorrow for many Puerto Ricans on and off the Caribbean context. For those of us Puerto Ricans in the continental United States (U.S.), and in other parts of the world, there was an overwhelming uncertainty about the wellbeing of our loved ones, the places where many of us grew up, and the spaces in which we built communities. We proceeded to communicate with each other via online platforms. For this “Digital and Material Rhetorics: Openings for Feminist Action” blog carnival I focus on how…
Author: Karrieann Soto Vega
Karrieann Soto Vega
Diasporican feminista, Doctoral candidate of Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Syracuse University. Digital rhetoric enthusiast, and co-executive producer of This Rhetorical Life podcast.
Presenters: Christina V Cedillo, University of Houston-Clear Lake Ana Milena Ribero, Oregon State University Sonia C. Arellano, University of Arizona Review: Christina V Cedillo As part of the design of this maker session, participants were encouraged to visit the stations that the facilitators had set up in their assigned room. I decided to go to Christina Cedillo’s first, since it was the first table I encountered as I walked in. Some of the fellow participants in my group were Angela Hass, Elise Versoza Hurley, Matthew Cox and Marilee Brooks-Gillies, among others. Christina Cedillo opened her session by stating the title,…