Grassroots and Indigenous Digital Faith-Based Activism Colloquium — Programme

09:30am — Welcome: acknowledgements of people and place – Dr Steve Taylor (colloquium organiser)

09:35am — Dr Gillian Chu (Hong Kong Baptist University): Hong Kong (online) Christians: social media engagement and influence on faith identity

10:05am — Dr Steve Taylor (IASH / University of Otago): The visual grammar of online faith-based climate activism: case studies of grassroots moana theologies from Oceania

10:35am — Weaving with decolonial colloquium theme and the work of each other; working with Pasefika mat making

• Followed by a coffee break

11:15am — Dr Taimaya Ragui (Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life): Digital initiative, Indigenous heritage: a catalyst for digital theological discourse and digital activism

11:45am — Dr Ikenna Paschal (Université Catholique de Louvain): Making public theology out of digital activism: the case of #endsars

12:15pm — Further weaving with decolonial colloquium theme and the work of each other; working with Pasefika mat making

12:30pm — Lunch

1:30pm — Keynote Address: Digital Powers and Principalities and Faith-Based Activism

• Dr Jonas Kurlberg (Spurgeon’s College)

2:10pm — Dr Thiu Elias KC (University of Edinburgh): The Falcon in the Web: digitality and indigenous knowledge in Manipur, India

2:45pm — Further weaving with decolonial colloquium theme and the work of each other; invited responses from panel (names to be confirmed).

5:10pm — Thanks and next steps in moving toward publication of papers – Dr Steve Taylor as colloquium organiser

5:15pm — Close