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In: | Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 11, 2018, 2, S. 117-121 |
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Brill
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 117-121 |
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ISSN: |
1873-9857
1873-9865 |
DOI: | 10.1163/18739865-01102002 |
veröffentlicht in: | Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication |
Sprache: | Unbestimmt |
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Kollektion: | Brill (CrossRef) |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This special issue of <jats:italic>Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication</jats:italic>, entitled ‘Creative Dissent: Visual Arts of the Arab World Uprisings’, explores the artistic modes of dissent that have marked the uprisings during and in the aftermath of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’. Scholars working in various fields of the humanities consider the 2011 uprisings’ more creative—and rather fleeting—manifestations, from lived environments activated on the ground to imagined spaces generated by online platforms. Collectively, the contributors underscore that the visual arts of the Arab world uprisings should not be considered by-products or afterthoughts to social and political action. Instead, they are located at the core and at the vanguard, propelling the energetic dimension of crowds both in the streets and in cyberspace.</jats:p> |