I have a really complicated relationship with instagram I really do and as a writer I love words I love communicating through words so this idea of pictures being first I like looking at them and I like following it normally inanimate objects to be honest. It's interesting how badly we misunderstand each other on our motivations though isn't it? We often do try and misrepresent our lives but to try and bring beauty back into something that can feel quite ugly um Sarah Taska's brilliant at this as she talks really fantastically about like well why wouldn't I want to put a prissy picture on instagram?"
Emma Gannon is a true digital native, a storyteller who finds creative inspiration in online communities, and who has sought a more thoughtful way to be in the digital spaces that so dominate our lives.
In this episode, Katherine and Emma discuss what it means to be a digital citizen - the pleasures and the agonies of coming together in the ether, and the ways it can both warp and welcome connection. Emma’s is a nuanced take, emphasising our own agency within social media spaces, and inviting us to be thoughtful and disciplined, rather than reactive and addicted.
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