Historical Memory Journey
Academic research on social media and resistance
Research on Facebook, blogs, hashtag activism, and online-to-offline mobilisation in the Shahbag movement.
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2013
In early 2013, mass gatherings at Shahbag in Dhaka called for stronger accountability for war crimes linked to 1971. Students, bloggers, cultural activists, and citizens transformed the square into a sustained protest space, turning memory politics and justice debates into a central national question.