The Practices and Positionings of a Postcolonial Counterpublic: An Analysis of Black Lives Matter in Denmark

Drawing on postcolonial critique to analyze the work and political purpose of activist groups social media, this article asks question: How do digital media communications simultaneously reinstate binary oppositions invite rhizomatic relations? While concept counterpublics is helpful when it comes understanding voices opposition in public discourse, also necessary introduce geopolitical historical distinctions order grasp particularities global activism (Brouwer Paulesc 2017; Blaagaard 2018). This does exactly that: Illustrating postcolonial, hybrid, cosmopolitan qualities platforms, presents a discursive analysis Black Lives Matter Denmark (BLM-DK) as they operate platform Facebook. The group’s posts are dedicated juridical struggles over discrimination racial violence United States, thus producing counterpublic. moreover connect two very different contexts, showing media’s potential for creating relations.