Transforming environmental engagement: Scrutinising the digital-environment nexus in Indonesia (DIGINEX)
Focusing on the use of digital media, the DIGINEX project deals with environmental destruction caused by large-scale mining operations and waste crises in Indonesia.
Large-scale mining operations and waste crises do not only affect people's livelihoods in the immediate area, but also the rest of the world as the destruction threatens the balance of global ecosystems.
Through ethnographic research online and offline, the DIGINEX project will create knowledge about how, and to what extent, digital media usage leads to more environmentally sustainable behaviour in Indonesia.
Overall, the project aims to develop a broad understanding of the transformative potential of the connection between environmental challenges and digital media, towards more environmental sustainability.
The DIGINEX project´s main research questions evolve around three analytical concepts:
1. How are environmental issues depicted in online news and social media (framing)?
2. How are media used to mobilise against environmental destruction (activism)?
3. How does framing and activism influence media users’ environmental practices (routines)?
The DIGINEX project is collaborating with International Media Support (IMS, Denmark/Indonesia) and Society of Indonesian Environmental Journalists (SIEJ).
Publications from the DIGINEX project are in preparation.
Workshops
March 1 2023: The DIGINEX project organized a multi-stakeholder workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, entitled ‘Mengubah Keterlibatan Lingkungan: Meneliti Hubungan antara Digital dan Lingkungan di Indonesia’ (Transforming Environmental Engagement: Examining the Relationship between the Digital and the Environment in Indonesia).
Researchers
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birgit Bräuchler | Associate Professor | +4535331308 | |
| Lukas Fort | Postdoc | +4535331019 |
Funded by:
Transforming environmental engagement: Scrutinising the digital-environment nexus in Indonesia (DIGINEX) has received a three year funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.
Project: Transforming environmental engagement: Scrutinising the digital-environment nexus in Indonesia (DIGINEX)
Period: February 2023 – December 2026
Contact
Birgit Bräuchler
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
birgit.braeuchler@anthro.ku.dk
+45 35 33 13 08