When the micro-practices of activism fit in a WhatsApp message.

M. RAQUEL TARULLO

COVID-19 from the Margins.Pandemic Invisibilities, Policies and Resistance in the Datafied Society

Institute of Network Cultures

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2021; p. 256 - 260

Circles of friends, members of sports clubs, parent associations, and work colleagues inArgentina have started to provide food and clothing during the pandemic for thousands of families who live in poverty. These groups?neither social movements nor civic associations?usetheir WhatsApp contacts and network to promote their food drives to prepare meals that theydeliver once a week. Parallel to this trend, teachers of schools with vulnerable student bodiesfind in WhatsApp a channel for communicating with families and accompanying studentsin what the government has called a ?Pedagogical Continuity Plan??as most students donot have access to the internet or technological devices. Teachers also use this platform forsharing useful information, such as state assistance payment calendars and the WhatsAppdirect line for reporting gender or familiar violence, with students? families.