Isabella Rega
Biographic Data
| ID | 981997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabella Rega |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabella |
| FAMILY NAME | Rega |
| SIGNATURE | REGA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bournemouth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9149-8531 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Frozen in the current paradigm: The curse of GenAI
Pluriversal Mobilities: What Happens When Ethnography Embraces Art-Based Research
This article proposes the concept of pluriversal mobilities. We use it to describe how creative practices, and people move across places, disciplines, and research traditions in ways that resist universalizing tendencies and one-way knowledge flows. Our theoretical perspectives draw on mobility studies and literature on artistic, participatory, and ethnographic methods. We apply them to the eVoices project, an AHRC-funded initiative carried out i…
Young artivists, social change and media literacy: Shifting the field through South-to-South connections in Kenya and Brazil
This article discusses the interplay between artivism and media literacy in plural Global South(s) and its fight against marginalisation. It reflects on the production of an experimental animation Portrait of Marielle by Kenyan and Brazilian young media activists and artivists. This animated film honours the legacy of Marielle Franco, a Brazilian human rights activist and politician murdered in 2018. The article explores how creative media practi…
Digital arts – refugee engagement
Digital Arts – Refugee Engagement (DA-RE) is an exploratory research partnership between refugee youth, academics, practitioners and community activists. Arts-based activities were combined with digital literacy to develop the capabilities of refugee youth in Turkey and Bangladesh. DA-RE’s participants co-created digital arts and connected with one another across the two settings in a digital third space to share narratives from their situated pe…
The Stepping into Visibility Model: Reflecting on consequences of social media visibility – a Global South perspective
This article discusses activists’ need to reflect on how achieving social media visibility might translate into vulnerability. In order to provide activists with a tool for this reflection, the Stepping into Visibility Model has been developed and applied to two case studies: (a) an activist group in a Brazilian favela using social media for protection against police brutality and (b) a Kenyan photographer, affiliated to an art-ivist (artistic an…
Intercultural competence for peaceful communities: The role of blended learning higher education in refugee camps
This research investigates how refugees living in camps who graduated from a blended higher education programme have described their journey in building intercultural competences, by analysing the voices of almost 100 refugee graduates of the Diploma in Liberal Studies programme, accredited by Regis University and delivered by Jesuit Worldwide Learning. Focusing on the geographical scope of Dzaleka camp (Malawi) and Kakuma camp (Kenya), this arti…
Media Activism, Artivism and the Fight Against Marginalisation in the Global South: South-to-South Communication
This book analyses a South-to-South connection between media activists and artivists – artists who are activists – in the Global South. The authors, Andrea Medrado and Isabella Rega, emphasise the urgent need to engage in South-to-South dialogues in order to create more sustainable connections between Global South communities and as an essential step towards identifying and facing global problems, such as state repression, social inequality and c…
Beyond Solutionism: Differently Motivating Media Literacy
This article discusses three research projects conducted in partnerships in diverse societies. We assess the implications of each project for media literacy’s motivations and intentionality through a theory of change. For the first project, BBC Media Action, we developed the theory of change which frames this article and a media literacy training programme for in-country practitioners to strengthen media ecosystems and support resilience to infor…
Social representations and images of slum tourism: Effects on stereotyping
South-to-South dialogues between Brazilian and Kenyan artivists: Decolonial and Intersectional Feminist Perspectives
In this article, we analyze experiences in which Brazilian and Kenyan artivists (artists who are activists) used animation to challenge colonial hierarchies that devalue Global Southern knowledges, histories, and stories. We draw from ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and artivists’ experiences in two animation workshops: (a) Portrait of Marielle, produced with Kenyan artivists in Nairobi; (b) Homage to Wangarĩ Maathai, produced wit…
Expediente Revista Mídia e Cotidiano: V. 15, N. 1, Jan.-Abr. 2021
Do enlace sertanejo-política ao empreendedorismo: Definitivamente, O Mundo Midiático Não É Plano
Slumming on Social Media? E-Mediated Tourist Gaze and Social Representations of Indian, South African, and Brazilian Slum Tourism Destinations
Slum tourism is a hotly debated genre of travel. While it may foster intercultural encounters with marginalised “others”, it is also accused of reinforcing stereotypes and exploitation. Both aspects are amplified by the communication through social media of the slum tourism experience, that contribute to challenge or confirm stigmatizing representations of slums and their inhabitants. Based on the theoretical constructs of the tourist gaze and of…
Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade: Mapeando Percursos de Visibilidade e suas Consequências para Midiativistas do Sul Global
Neste artigo, desenvolvemos o Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade para mapear os percursos de visibilidade de midiativistas em países do Sul Global. Desenvolvido com base em observações digitais etnográficas e entrevistas em profundidade, o modelo é aplicado em dois estudos de caso: a) ativistas de uma favela brasileira que utilizam as mídias sociais como proteção contra a violência policial (Maré Vive) e b) um fotógrafo Queniano que produz imagens…
Internet representations of voluntourism fail to effectively integrate tourism and volunteering
Voluntourism as a form of philanthropic tourism has become an increasingly popular research topic but there is a paucity of literature on the complex interplay between voluntourism and the internet. Specifically, there is sparse evidence on how the internet mediates ideas and representations of voluntourism. Building on prior research in the information search field, we examine the online representation of voluntourism in South Africa – a popular…
Public access venues and community empowerment in Mozambique: A social representation study
This article uses the theoretical construct of Social Representations to investigate how Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) – venues that offer public access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to underserved communities – are perceived by communities in Mozambique, and it discusses how the local population understands these venues as means to foster community empowerment and socio-economic development. In total, 113 participant…
What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are used increasingly in the world to address shortages of health workers and the lack of a pervasive national health system. However, while their role is often described at a policy level, it is not clear how these ideals are instantiated in practice, how best to support this work, or how the work is interpreted by local actors. CHWs are often spoken about or spoken for, but there is little evidence of…
Media Activism, Artivism and the Fight Against Marginalisation in the Global South: South-to-South Communication
This book analyses a South-to-South connection between media activists and artivists – artists who are activists – in the Global South. The authors, Andrea Medrado and Isabella Rega, emphasise the urgent need to engage in South-to-South dialogues in order to create more sustainable connections between Global South communities and as an essential step towards identifying and facing global problems, such as state repression, social inequality and c…
Internet representations of voluntourism fail to effectively integrate tourism and volunteering
Voluntourism as a form of philanthropic tourism has become an increasingly popular research topic but there is a paucity of literature on the complex interplay between voluntourism and the internet. Specifically, there is sparse evidence on how the internet mediates ideas and representations of voluntourism. Building on prior research in the information search field, we examine the online representation of voluntourism in South Africa – a popular…
Young artivists, social change and media literacy: Shifting the field through South-to-South connections in Kenya and Brazil
This article discusses the interplay between artivism and media literacy in plural Global South(s) and its fight against marginalisation. It reflects on the production of an experimental animation Portrait of Marielle by Kenyan and Brazilian young media activists and artivists. This animated film honours the legacy of Marielle Franco, a Brazilian human rights activist and politician murdered in 2018. The article explores how creative media practi…
Social representations and images of slum tourism: Effects on stereotyping
South-to-South dialogues between Brazilian and Kenyan artivists: Decolonial and Intersectional Feminist Perspectives
In this article, we analyze experiences in which Brazilian and Kenyan artivists (artists who are activists) used animation to challenge colonial hierarchies that devalue Global Southern knowledges, histories, and stories. We draw from ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and artivists’ experiences in two animation workshops: (a) Portrait of Marielle, produced with Kenyan artivists in Nairobi; (b) Homage to Wangarĩ Maathai, produced wit…
Slumming on Social Media? E-Mediated Tourist Gaze and Social Representations of Indian, South African, and Brazilian Slum Tourism Destinations
Slum tourism is a hotly debated genre of travel. While it may foster intercultural encounters with marginalised “others”, it is also accused of reinforcing stereotypes and exploitation. Both aspects are amplified by the communication through social media of the slum tourism experience, that contribute to challenge or confirm stigmatizing representations of slums and their inhabitants. Based on the theoretical constructs of the tourist gaze and of…
Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade: Mapeando Percursos de Visibilidade e suas Consequências para Midiativistas do Sul Global
Neste artigo, desenvolvemos o Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade para mapear os percursos de visibilidade de midiativistas em países do Sul Global. Desenvolvido com base em observações digitais etnográficas e entrevistas em profundidade, o modelo é aplicado em dois estudos de caso: a) ativistas de uma favela brasileira que utilizam as mídias sociais como proteção contra a violência policial (Maré Vive) e b) um fotógrafo Queniano que produz imagens…
What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are used increasingly in the world to address shortages of health workers and the lack of a pervasive national health system. However, while their role is often described at a policy level, it is not clear how these ideals are instantiated in practice, how best to support this work, or how the work is interpreted by local actors. CHWs are often spoken about or spoken for, but there is little evidence of…
Public access venues and community empowerment in Mozambique: A social representation study
This article uses the theoretical construct of Social Representations to investigate how Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) – venues that offer public access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to underserved communities – are perceived by communities in Mozambique, and it discusses how the local population understands these venues as means to foster community empowerment and socio-economic development. In total, 113 participant…
Internet representations of voluntourism fail to effectively integrate tourism and volunteering
Voluntourism as a form of philanthropic tourism has become an increasingly popular research topic but there is a paucity of literature on the complex interplay between voluntourism and the internet. Specifically, there is sparse evidence on how the internet mediates ideas and representations of voluntourism. Building on prior research in the information search field, we examine the online representation of voluntourism in South Africa – a popular…
Expediente Revista Mídia e Cotidiano: V. 15, N. 1, Jan.-Abr. 2021
Do enlace sertanejo-política ao empreendedorismo: Definitivamente, O Mundo Midiático Não É Plano
Slumming on Social Media? E-Mediated Tourist Gaze and Social Representations of Indian, South African, and Brazilian Slum Tourism Destinations
Slum tourism is a hotly debated genre of travel. While it may foster intercultural encounters with marginalised “others”, it is also accused of reinforcing stereotypes and exploitation. Both aspects are amplified by the communication through social media of the slum tourism experience, that contribute to challenge or confirm stigmatizing representations of slums and their inhabitants. Based on the theoretical constructs of the tourist gaze and of…
Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade: Mapeando Percursos de Visibilidade e suas Consequências para Midiativistas do Sul Global
Neste artigo, desenvolvemos o Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade para mapear os percursos de visibilidade de midiativistas em países do Sul Global. Desenvolvido com base em observações digitais etnográficas e entrevistas em profundidade, o modelo é aplicado em dois estudos de caso: a) ativistas de uma favela brasileira que utilizam as mídias sociais como proteção contra a violência policial (Maré Vive) e b) um fotógrafo Queniano que produz imagens…
Beyond Solutionism: Differently Motivating Media Literacy
This article discusses three research projects conducted in partnerships in diverse societies. We assess the implications of each project for media literacy’s motivations and intentionality through a theory of change. For the first project, BBC Media Action, we developed the theory of change which frames this article and a media literacy training programme for in-country practitioners to strengthen media ecosystems and support resilience to infor…
Social representations and images of slum tourism: Effects on stereotyping
South-to-South dialogues between Brazilian and Kenyan artivists: Decolonial and Intersectional Feminist Perspectives
In this article, we analyze experiences in which Brazilian and Kenyan artivists (artists who are activists) used animation to challenge colonial hierarchies that devalue Global Southern knowledges, histories, and stories. We draw from ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and artivists’ experiences in two animation workshops: (a) Portrait of Marielle, produced with Kenyan artivists in Nairobi; (b) Homage to Wangarĩ Maathai, produced wit…
Digital arts – refugee engagement
Digital Arts – Refugee Engagement (DA-RE) is an exploratory research partnership between refugee youth, academics, practitioners and community activists. Arts-based activities were combined with digital literacy to develop the capabilities of refugee youth in Turkey and Bangladesh. DA-RE’s participants co-created digital arts and connected with one another across the two settings in a digital third space to share narratives from their situated pe…
The Stepping into Visibility Model: Reflecting on consequences of social media visibility – a Global South perspective
This article discusses activists’ need to reflect on how achieving social media visibility might translate into vulnerability. In order to provide activists with a tool for this reflection, the Stepping into Visibility Model has been developed and applied to two case studies: (a) an activist group in a Brazilian favela using social media for protection against police brutality and (b) a Kenyan photographer, affiliated to an art-ivist (artistic an…
Intercultural competence for peaceful communities: The role of blended learning higher education in refugee camps
This research investigates how refugees living in camps who graduated from a blended higher education programme have described their journey in building intercultural competences, by analysing the voices of almost 100 refugee graduates of the Diploma in Liberal Studies programme, accredited by Regis University and delivered by Jesuit Worldwide Learning. Focusing on the geographical scope of Dzaleka camp (Malawi) and Kakuma camp (Kenya), this arti…
Media Activism, Artivism and the Fight Against Marginalisation in the Global South: South-to-South Communication
This book analyses a South-to-South connection between media activists and artivists – artists who are activists – in the Global South. The authors, Andrea Medrado and Isabella Rega, emphasise the urgent need to engage in South-to-South dialogues in order to create more sustainable connections between Global South communities and as an essential step towards identifying and facing global problems, such as state repression, social inequality and c…
Young artivists, social change and media literacy: Shifting the field through South-to-South connections in Kenya and Brazil
This article discusses the interplay between artivism and media literacy in plural Global South(s) and its fight against marginalisation. It reflects on the production of an experimental animation Portrait of Marielle by Kenyan and Brazilian young media activists and artivists. This animated film honours the legacy of Marielle Franco, a Brazilian human rights activist and politician murdered in 2018. The article explores how creative media practi…
Frozen in the current paradigm: The curse of GenAI
Pluriversal Mobilities: What Happens When Ethnography Embraces Art-Based Research
This article proposes the concept of pluriversal mobilities. We use it to describe how creative practices, and people move across places, disciplines, and research traditions in ways that resist universalizing tendencies and one-way knowledge flows. Our theoretical perspectives draw on mobility studies and literature on artistic, participatory, and ethnographic methods. We apply them to the eVoices project, an AHRC-funded initiative carried out i…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Geography (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (3 works)