Online spaces are great for building communities and relationships, but also cause harm
At Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono, we offer tailor-made workshops on online harm and its threats to communities and the social fabric of Aotearoa.
People are often not aware of the amount of organisation and resources that go into disrupting online spaces. We want to make the hidden actors and the techniques they use more visible to our communities so that we can work together to take action.
Online harm can be recognised as many things, including:
- Threats to personal and community safety
- Harm to health and well-being
- Dehumanisation, discrimination and silencing
- Invasion of privacy
- Deception and manipulation
Our workshops
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Whakakotiti: Un/Real
A one-hour workshop offering basic information on online behaviors that are deliberately designed to cause online harm.
Online content and culture can distort the understanding of what is real and unreal. While the internet can be perceived as an invisible part of everyday life, its infrastructure and the impacts caused by online harm are all rooted in the physical world—in our homes, neighbourhoods, and communities.
Un/Real: Whakakotiti is our workshop designed to address the impacts of online spaces and technologies on communities already struggling with racism and disinformation.
What to expect:
- This basic session gives information on online behaviours deliberately designed to cause online harm;
- We take participants through a case study to show the practical impacts of this behaviour;
- Finally, we discuss potential solutions and help people identify how to work together to make a difference.
This session is for those who want to gain a basic understanding of what is behind some of the disturbing things they see in online spaces.
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Belonging Online
A 90 minute interactive session for those who want to take specific action based on their own experiences and learnings.
This session is designed for those who want to take specific action based on their experiences and learnings. This workshop may be particularly beneficial to those targeted or personally experienced online harm.
We will also allow people to talk about their experiences of online harm and what might have helped them in these situations.
We will look at practical steps for a stronger individual and collective response.
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Activating Online Belonging
This session is for groups or organisations that are interested in taking action or participating in a wider collaboration to build online belonging.
This session is focused on:
- Building an understanding of the online environment;
- Giving people space to talk about the harm they have experienced or seen others experience;
- Developing an action plan to begin combating some online harm drivers.
This session is for groups or organisations interested in taking action or participating in a wider collaboration to build online belonging.
