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Home of Hope: Voicings, Whiteness, and the Technological Gaze
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This article is an attempt to explore the issues of online representations of orphans in China and India in the intersection of power, voice, and placement. Textual and visual representations of orphans at www.homeofhopeindia.org and www.homeofhope.org are analyzed using the theoretical frameworks of voicings, Whiteness, and the colonial (technological) gaze. We examine how online networks are spaces for discursive reproduction of existing offline hegemonies. We pay particular attention to the reproduction and representation of the so-called voiceless Other in online settings.
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“the colonial gaze did not end with the formal abolition of colonialism; rather, it got reestablished—in the systems of categorization and hierarchy, in neoliberalism-driven technology (Zhang et al. 2012), and as part of the global digital transformation (Kalema 2023).”
From ‘We can see a savage’: a case study of the colonial gaze in generative AI algorithms (2026) · cites this paper as Zhang et al. 2012
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‘We can see a savage’: a case study of the colonial gaze in generative AI algorithms
Alenichev, A., Shaffer, J. D., Kingori, P., Grietens, K. P., Muldoon, J., & Rocher, L. (2026) · AI & SOCIETY · doi:10.1007/s00146-025-02685-0 · Cited by 3
“…anthropology, and STS that the colonial gaze did not end with the formal abolition of colonialism; rather, it got reestablished—in the systems of categorization and hierarchy, in neoliberalism-driven technology (Zhang et al. 2012), and as part of the global digital transformation (Kalema 2023).”
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- Authors
- Zhang, Y., Gajjala, R., & Watkins, S.
- Affiliations
- Wayland Baptist University (US)
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Communication Inquiry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 202-221
- ISSN
- 0196-8599 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4612
- OpenAlex
- W2026500425
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 4.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Communication Inquiry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Discourse and Social Analysis
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural Identity and Representation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Keywords
- orphans, online representation, China, India, whiteness, colonial gaze, voice, power, hegemony, visual representation, text representation, online networks
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