@article{fdi:010079036,
  title = {{F}rom expression to expulsion : digital public spaces as theatres of operations in {N}epal},
  author = {{S}ha, {S}. and {Q}uet, {M}athieu},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}n 2 {M}ay 2016, {R}obert {P}enner, {C}anadian national residing in {N}epal with a working visa, was arrested and then deported to {C}anada and his visa being cancelled. {B}ased upon an analysis of the documentation related to his arrest and expulsion, this article analyses the articulation of different operations of control. {A} chain of public interventions and governmental actions makes the substance of the management of digital expression in {N}epal and this has to be analysed with tools from media studies and science and technology studies. {W}e present different operative regimes: {T}witter accounts and discussions, police action and arrests, and court petitions. {W}e analyse how operational levels are connected and how their interconnections lead to the criminalisation of one individual, most notably through the reformulations of the accusations by different groups of people via different devices. {T}his in turn shows how specific technical interventions determine the control of the public space. {T}hese analyses then add to the debate upon the 'digital public sphere' by offering a critique of its spatial metaphor from a view focused on its performative stakes-public spaces not as sites of discussion, but as theatres of operations.},
  keywords = {{P}ublic sphere ; {N}epal ; on-line activism ; {T}witter ; {NEPAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience {T}echnology and {S}ociety},
  volume = {25},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {386--403},
  ISSN = {0971-7218},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1177/0971721820912896},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079036},
}