History & Context

History & Context

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The arrival of the internet started with unequal archiving of the. It is important to understand who had access to the internet, so we try to capture a particular moment. Access difficulty, global internet inequality. 

The chronical intersection of the rise of the Internet and the need for the progression of the Spanish language after serious discourse of feminism-rooted gender-neutral language. Let’s get a few huge society-level facts straight (always fun to see new-age sexual terms overlap with the English language, which is always evolving, just like all other languages, only now many times faster with the launching of the Internet on its journey to influence human language from endless different roots and seeds): The world is more connected than it has ever been in human history, and connected in many new ways. These new technological ways have given a direct voice to an endlessly diverse and expansive universe, and people made use of that voice, in English and Spanish alike, in all seven continents at an exploding rate, and feminists and workers movements <HYPERLINK TO GLOSSARY OF MOVEMENTS> alike. How could people reach dreams of inclusivity in their head through the keys of their keyboard? How did a moment of innovation of communication platforms get to the the ability to Poner el cuerpo in the chat room?

The image visually represents the concept of global digital connectivity and technological integration across various sectors. It features icons symbolizing different services and applications, connected by a network of lines, conveying the idea of an interconnected world facilitated by technology.
GIF from 2001 Indymedia Argentina website

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The next three pages of -this website seek to dive deeper than ever before into three, collective turning points that have made a gender-neutral-x even possible. 

First, the Arrival of the Internet and Cybercafes in 1994 marked the beginning of the infrastructure that 

Secondly, the Arrival of Indymedia Argentina in 2002 (hyperlink) gave the rich activism communities in Argentina new organizational and communicational tools. Indymedia was defined by anonymity, kindness, freedom, conservation of a legacy. People uploaded to the site with the hope of leaving a legacy and stays there. Click below to learn more about this early internet media platform. 

Thirdly, the 2003 World Social Forum (hyperlink to site page) was a symbolic and linguistically grouping of global perspectives on the progress of rights and inclusivity in the world. Held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, this event was attended by frontline activists including representatives from Indymedia Argentina. Amongst its many conversations in Spanish, Portuguese, English, to just name a few, the topic of gender took center stage as community conversations irreversibly launch language progress in new directions. Click below to learn more about this point setting gender-neutral language on its way to being talked about all over the world.