Truth as a Victim: The challenge of anti-trafficking education in the age of Q
The QAnon conspiracy threatens anti-trafficking education because of its broad dissemination and focus on a range of myths about trafficking. These myths are rooted in historic and ongoing misinformation about abductions, exploitation, and community threats. This article examines the extent of QAnon...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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2021
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Anti-trafficking review
Jahr: 2021 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The QAnon conspiracy threatens anti-trafficking education because of its broad dissemination and focus on a range of myths about trafficking. These myths are rooted in historic and ongoing misinformation about abductions, exploitation, and community threats. This article examines the extent of QAnon’s co-optation of human trafficking discourses and evaluates its connection to trafficking myths, particularly related to gender, race, class, and agency. From this perspective, the article considers how anti-trafficking education can respond to these myths and build a pedagogy in the age of Q |
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ISSN: | 2287-0113 |
DOI: | 10.14197/atr.201221177 |