egyptian youth in urban and virtual spaces
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These slides accompany the talk I gave at the University of Kentucky Oct. 23, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
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Egyptian Youth in Urban and Virtual SpacesMark Allen Peterson
Miami University
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Fieldwork in Egypt1998-2002, 2005, 2010
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What I have to say today is based on “anthropology at a distance”
But informed by
Prior fieldwork
Discussions with friends in Egypt
Social media
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US EDITION MIDDLE EAST EDITION
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“Youth”
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Youth is…
A life stage
A cultural construction
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Cosmopolitans
The “cosmopolitan class” (Peterson 2011)
The young, educated, underemployed
“young brothers in cyberspace” (Lynch 2007)
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New Youth Movements1. New and independent2. Flexible, decentralized
structured and fluid leadership.
3. The movements are “trans-ideological”.
4. Drew in large numbers of participants who had never before engaged in public political acts.
5. Depend to a great extent on social media for communication.
From Shehata 2011.
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Virtual Spaces
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Overcoming isolation
Bringing people
together
Trying out identities
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Urban Spaces
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKjMiKqVrc&feature=player_embedded
Creativity
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Liminality
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Antistructure
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Communitas
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