Author: Mona Baker

Class In-Formation: The Intersection of Old and New Media in Contemporary Urban Social Movements

Citizen Media, Todd Wolfson and Peter Funke, Translating Dissent

Social Movement Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, 2014 DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2013.831755 Peter Nikolaus Funkea & Todd Wolfsonb* pages 349-364 Published online: 19 Sep 2013 Abstract This article starts out by distinguishing between communication and communication mediums when examining social movement-powered formations of collective identity and collective action. We then focus on communication mediums to examine the different ways that old and new media are

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The Prefigurative Politics of Volunteer Subtitling in the Egyptian Revolution

Baker Talks and Interviews, Egypt, Mona Baker, Translating Dissent, Translation

Professor Martha Cheung Memorial Lecture, May 2014, Hong Kong Baptist University Mona Baker, Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester The idea of prefiguration originally derived from anarchist discourse; it involves experimenting with currently available means in such a way that they come to mirror or actualize the political ideals that inform a movement, thus collapsing the traditional distinction

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Freed Egyptian Protester Describes Ordeal, but Fate of Seized Blogger Is Unknown

Egypt, Human Rights, Palestine, Philip Rizk, Police Brutality, Translating Dissent

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN FEB. 11, 2009, The New York Times CAIRO — For more than four straight days, Philip Rizk said, he was blindfolded, handcuffed and interrogated around the clock by Egyptian state security agents who abducted him on Friday after he took part in a march in support of Gaza. Early Wednesday morning, with neither warning nor explanation, he was

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Interview with Philip Rizk by Shuruq Harb

Citizen Media, Egypt, Interviews, Philip Rizk, Protest Movements, Translating Dissent

“The revolution is not a thing of the past, the revolution is still in process.” Philip Rizk stated as we began our discussion of his text “2011 is not 1968”, whereby he challenges the dominant narratives of the January 25th Revolution as a youth lead revolution. He argues that the radicalizing factor of the uprising was an underclass without leaders.

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Exploring Genocide: educational challenges and opportunities

Citizen Media, John Johnston, Street Art, Translating Dissent

DevelopmentEducation.ie Action Projects AUTHOR DETAILS Colm Regan 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World – www.8020.ie   The mural was co-ordinated by John Johnston of 80:20 (now with Goldsmith’s College, London) and Valarie Duffy (now with the National Youth Council of Ireland). PARTICIPANTS Young people 14+; over 9 schools and two youth organisations from East Belfast and the Republic

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Deptford student mural tells police: things must change

Citizen Media, John Johnston, Street Art, Translating Dissent

  EAST LONDON LINES December 3, 2012 | Posted by:  Laura Liszewski |  Three scenes stand side by side, occupying a vibrantly painted mural. On the far left, a menacing officer’s mouth opens wide to expose a prisoner behind bars, on the far right hooded youths stand, pressed against walls and try to reach through blue chains, while in the middle of it

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Language Gender and the Egyptian Revolution: An interactive workshop- Lancaster University

Activist Initiatives, Egypt, Leil-Zahra Mortada, Translating Dissent

     09/06/2015, 2 PM, County Main SR5  The Arab and Muslim Worlds Research Forum invites you to:  Language Gender and the Egyptian Revolution: An interactive workshop   Presenter: Shaimaa El Naggar (LAEL)   Discussant: Dr Shuruq Naguib (PPR)    Produced in 2012, “Words of women from the Egyptian revolution” is a YouTube series about women’s engagement in the Egyptian uprisings, directed by Leil Zahra Mortada. Each YouTube video interviews women who reflect

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Words of Women from the Egyptian Revolution

Activist Initiatives, Egypt, Leil-Zahra Mortada, Translating Dissent

Egypt Today 21 September 2013 A new project to shed light on women’s role during January 25 By Nadine El Sayed After January 25, people thought feminism will finally get its break in Egypt, only to be faced with an unrepresentative female minority in the parliament, a crackdown on women’s march last year and an overall undermining of women’s role in

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Tahrir Square sexual assaults reported during anniversary clashes

Activist Initiatives, Articles, Egypt, Leil-Zahra Mortada, Translating Dissent

Campaigners in Egypt say at least 25 women have been assaulted as state of emergency is declared in three provinces Patrick Kingsley in Cairo Monday 28 January 2013   Amid Egypt’s ongoing civil unrest, at least 25 women have been sexually assaulted during clashes in Tahrir Square, according to local women’s rights campaigners. In a typical attack, crowds of men quickly

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