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Post-digital, post-human sovereignty: Combined imaginaries in current political communication

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Abstract

The invention of digital sovereignty springs from reactions to perceived extensive technological transformations of our environments. But as the experience of these transformations continues, do our ideas about digital sovereignty have to change as that environment grows post-digital and post-human? Can existing notions of individual humans’ struggle for self-determination in digital environments prevail as digital environments can no longer be cleanly separated from their non-digital, ‘analog’ or ‘real life’ counterparts, or as the identity of individual humanity becomes fragile? These questions are explored through a paradigmatic example of resistant communication at a protest about internet governance, showcasing a motif of post-digital and post-human imaginary that negotiates the challenges posed to concepts of digital sovereignty.

Keywords: Digital Sovereignty, Post-Human, Post-Digital, Imaginary

How to Cite:

Packard, S., (2025) “Post-digital, post-human sovereignty: Combined imaginaries in current political communication”, communication +1 11(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/cpo.2254