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My name is Mardiya, a parent to an imaginary cat, very sleepy human and tinker fairy who researches digital societies, and contributes to designing safer internet and technology spaces to be used at it fullest potential by minoritized communities. I have a Masters in Sociology, and a Bachelors (Honours) in Global Challenges. I am a digital sociologist, community movement builder, a learning experience designer, and have created online curriculum and instructional material for young people, and women leaders across the world. I am also a project manager who explores creative ways to collaboratively build and share knowledge through community engagements, research and workshops. I have led past lives as a marketer and an artistic storyteller curating plays. In my current journey, I explore ways to design inclusive and just public spaces where minoritized communities flourish.
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✍🏽 Writing, Research and Analysis.
<aside> 📌 The role of a writer is to tell society what it pretends it does not know - Mona Eltahawy.
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<aside> 🥸 My work as a community manager focuses on cultivating and supporting digital rights practitioners building anti-surveillance, security , and circumvention technologies towards our collective and nurturing digital public and counterpublic.
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My research investigates and maps out threats to design creative counter-approaches and practices to improve the digital wellbeing of marginalized communities.
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<aside> 📖 I was also a sub-editor for an award-winning Nigerian publication, Republic Journal. I conduct structural, and editorial edits on feminist, political, technology and cultural pieces submitted to the journal.
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<aside> 📑 Read my All Tech Is Human profile on technology and democracy here
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<aside> 💡 I wrote an illuminating book review of Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist In South Africa published by **Feminist Africa Journal.**
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I am a Violence, Power and Inequality (VIP) lab research fellow at the University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace Studies. Learn more about my fellowship work **here**
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Access my short writing portfolio here
📚 Selected Pieces
HEARING SILENCES - Magazin Frauensolidarität
What can digital surveillance teach us about online gender-based violence?
Recapping the Fairwork Multistakeholder Workshop in Uganda
Why feminist children's books and media matter - Women's Media Center
Learning Journey Reflection: Seeking of neutral and holistic knowledge
Feminist Perspectives on Social Media Governance
Feminist Perspectives on Social Media Governance – A Snapshot
<aside> 💡 I also write regional briefs that summarises the trends in digital rights and the community wellbeing of digital justice practitioners in Africa
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regional briefs - Team CommUNITY Blog | Digital Rights Blog
☘️ Learning and Instructional design