Hènna Zàmùṛd Butt
Speaking
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(2026, April). Bodies of Knowledge. What is research? University of Oregon.
(2026, February). Mehfil: situated server as art gallery. Net Inclusion (NDIA).
(2025, June). Doing Coalitional Research: A Feminist, Decolonizing Approach. International Communications Association (ICA) Preconference on Activism Theory, Activist Practice: Bridging Boundaries Between Researching and Doing Activism.
(2025, May). Can We Decolonize the Internet? Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS).
(2025, May). Internet Futuring: How Communities are Networking Themselves. Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference: Imaginary Futures: Utopias, Dystopias & Protopias of Cultural Studies.
(2021, December). Inequities of Access in/at Spaces of Global Internet Governance Dialogue & Exchange. Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet).
(2021, July). Coloniality & Inequities of Access in Global Internet Conferences. International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR).
(2018, June). Resisting Digital Colonialism. Westminster Doctoral Symposium.
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
(2026). The DJ is a conjuror. Department of Music, University of Chicago. Guest lecturer.
(2025). Internet Futuring: How communities are connecting themselves. Department of Race, Diaspora, & Indigeneity, University of Chicago.
(2025). Internet equity in Chicago. Access Amplified, Chicago. Invited speaker.
(2024). Changing Power Dynamics in Research. Invited lecturer, University of Bournemouth.
(2023). What Does Media Literacy Look Like After AI? Invited speaker, The Royal Society, London.
(2023). What Does Decolonizing Mean at Internet Policy Consultations? Invited lecturer, University of Groningen.
(2023). Decolonizing the Internet. Workshop co-convener, University of Groningen.
(2022). The Hidden Artist. Invited speaker, Achates Symposium, London.
(2021). Media and Misogyny. Invited moderator, Media Reform Festival.
(2020). Decolonizing the internet. Invited speaker, Webroots Democracy Festival.
PRESS & OTHER
(2026). Chinatown Seniors Rely on a Digital Literacy Program. Its Future Is Uncertain Amid Federal Funding Cuts. WTTW.
(2026). Why we should be talking about internet inequity in 2026—and not just AI. Don’t pretend we’re dead. Podcast interview with Corina Zappia.
