Posts By: Gianmarco Cristofari

Digital Tribulations 17: Coding Autonomy? Hackfeminism and Free Software in Contemporary Mexico

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 25, 2026

Interview with Sonia Irene Guzman. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. I met Sonia Irene Guzman — a consultant, academic, and activist in the free software and culture movement and a [...]

Digital Tribulations 16: Intermezzo, The Platformization of the Author in AI-Mediated Writing

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 17, 2026

The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. 1. Towards a Transindividual Authorship Already ten years before ChatGPT, Sui, the author of the manhwa Tower of God, imagined an omniscient conversational bot at [...]

Digital Tribulations 15: Digital Decolonialism from Mexico to Latin America

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 7, 2026

Interview with Paola Ricaurte Quijano The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. I first met Paola Ricaurte in Rio de Janeiro during the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference. Paola is a [...]

Digital Tribulations 14: The Peace Process and the Case of Transitional Justice in Colombia

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 3, 2026

Interview with Mateo Merchan Duque. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. Today’s tribulation is the first one not directly related to digital sovereignty. I wanted to investigate the most Colombian political [...]

Digital Tribulations 13: The Reality of Digital Human Rights in Colombia

By Gianmarco Cristofari, March 24, 2026

Interview with Pilar Sáenz from Fundación Karisma. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. I met Pilar over an online call from Mexico. An activist and coordinator at Fundación Karisma, she has been deeply involved in free software and [...]

Digital Tribulations 12: From Participatory Culture to Platform Governance – An Inquiry into Media Literacy in Colombia’s Digital Ecosystem

By Gianmarco Cristofari, March 16, 2026

Interview with Andres Lombana Bermudez The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. I first met Andrés while walking to the AoIR conference in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. We struck up a conversation in Portuñol as we approached the campus; [...]

Digital Tribulations 11: The Hamster Wheel. On the Platformization of the Colombian Media System

By Gianmarco Cristofari, March 6, 2026

Interview with Diego García Ramírez The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here.  I left the Brazilian Amazon in mid-December 2025 to continue my journey into Colombia, a country I still knew little about. My arrival in Manizales was the [...]

Digital Tribulations 10: The Quest for Indigenous Digital Sovereignty in the Amazon

By Gianmarco Cristofari, February 20, 2026

Interview with Jader Gama.  The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. As I write these words of introduction, I cannot help but feel a profound saudade for my time in the Amazon with Gama. I arrived in Belém the [...]

Digital Tribulations 9: From Free Software Legacies to Being Free from Big Tech

By Gianmarco Cristofari, February 10, 2026

Interview with Sergio Amadeu.  The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here.  I met Sergio Amadeu, a legend of the Brazilian free software movement, at a launch event hosted by the MTST [Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto / Homeless Workers’ [...]

Digital Tribulations 8: The Struggle for Sovereignty, Visibility and Decentralization in the Brazilian Fediverse

By Gianmarco Cristofari, February 1, 2026

Interview with Guilherme Flynn Paciornik. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in latin america, can be read here.  I met Guilherme – aka Guy – at the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Rio de Janeiro. He was unfortunate enough to receive [...]