170 research outputs found
Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World: Media, Public Space and Temporality
No full textIn this revealing new study, Tarik Sabry and Joe Khalil preside over an original new exploration of Arab culture. They employ subjects as varied as anthropology, media studies, philosophy, political economy and cultural studies to illuminate the relationship between culture, time and publics in an Arab context, whilst also laying the foundations for a much more nuanced picture of Arab society. The diverse themes and locations explored include communities at borders, in rural and urban locations, Syrian drama audiences, Egyptian, Saudi and Tunisian artists and activists and historical and contemporary Arab intellectuals. This fresh empirical research and interdisciplinary analysis illuminate intricate experiences that transcend local, national and religious boundaries and expose how Arab publics combine the media and technology to create a rich experience that shapes their collective imagination and social structure. Providing a grounded orientation to key debates on time and what can be defined as public in modern Arab cultures, Sabry and Khalil address teachers, students and those concerned about the delicate structures that underpin the upheavals of the modern Arab world
Mediating ethnographies: parenting and screen media use of Arabic-speaking children in London
No full textTarik Sabry and Nisrine Mansour highlight findings from their ethnographic study of Arabic-speaking children in London. They investigate how these children navigate and negotiate the past and present contours of culture, family and their identity as Arabs and Londoners. Tarik is a reader in media and communication theory, and Nisrine is a researcher and documentary filmmaker, both at the Arab Media Center at the University of Westminster
Media, activism and the new political:‘Istanbul conversations’ on new media and left politics
No full textJust a Bunch of (Arab) Geeks? How a "Techie" Elite Shaped a Digital Culture in the Arab Region and Contributed to the Making of the Arab Uprisings
No full textWhen debating the so-called “Arab Springs” – a wave of uprisings that has been shaking the Arab world and re-shaping its geopolitics since December, 2010, international media have often emphasised the role that social networks, particularly Facebook and Twitter, have allegedly played in boosting the revolts and ousting the ruling regimes, at least in the case of Tunisia and Egypt. Whether because it was deemed “catchy”, or as being “far easier to document than less virtual kinds of activism”, the tech dimension of the uprisings seems to have inspired many to talk about an emerging “democracy`s fourth wave” that has been nurtured by the Internet. In this framework the latter is understood as the “technology of freedom” par excellence; consequently, the participatory culture that it generates is interpreted as being quintessentially political, as if it intrinsically acted in the direction of democracy. This chapter problematises this approach, making it more nuanced by framing the debate on the Arab uprisings and, in general, on the relationship between contemporary social movements and new technologies in light of the following considerations. Our micro-ethnography of Arab Techies is situated in the wider framework of subcultural studies theories; it aims to contribute to the theoretical debate by suggesting that there is a shift from a class-oriented to a more medium-oriented approach in the study of contemporary social movements and political change
Placing political economy in relation to cultural studies: reflections on the case of cinema in Saudi Arabia
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