In this week's episode, guest Camilo Diaz Pino discusses his article "Weaponizing collective energy: Dragon Ball Z in the anti-neoliberal Chilean protest movement" which analyzes how the 2011 student-led protests in Chile borrowed icons from the popular anime show to foster a sense of collective struggle. The mobilization of the "genki dama" captured the need for solidarity among various protest groups as they fought the continued privatization of public services in the country. Diaz Pino argues that this case study illustrates the powerful influence of Japanese media in Latin America and the need to study transnational media flows that do not intersect with Anglo-American perspectives.

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