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Title: Introduction: Deb Verhoeven Slug: 02-s1-introduction-deb-verhoeven Date: 2020-11-01 12:01 Summary:

Deb Verhoeven first introduced the term infrapuncture in 2016 at a Digital Humanities conference in Oxford. In her talk she gives the example of the Greek and Italian cinemas that appeared in Melbourne before the invention of the video tape and the influence they have had over the influx and organisation of the Italian and Greek immigrants living in Australia at the time. Her research concluded that these small cinemas that only screened subtitled Italian and Greek movies led to an increase in migrant population from those areas. Similarly, the shutting down of a cinema coincided with the dispersion of the immigrant community in the neighbourhood.

In the following video contributions, Deb Verhoeven will unpack the term infrapunctures. She will explore how it is a useful departure point for infrastructural change that is beneficial for the communities who uses them. We invited Deb Verhoeven to respond to the following questions:

  • What are digital infrapunctures?
  • How do we identify stress points in digital infrastructures?
  • Who can create infrapunctures?
  • Could you expand on the analogy of acupuncture in relation to infrastructures?
  • Could you give some examples of infrapunctural interventions?