A three-day conference to be held in Cairo, 6-8 March 2015 Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK Organized by Mona Baker, Yasmin El Rifae, and Mada Masr http://globalizingdissent.wordpress.com Activists from various regions and countries connect with and influence one another through practices… Read More ›
Prefiguration in Contemporary Activism A CIDRAL Workshop University of Manchester, 4 December 2014 Call for Papers Prefiguration involves experimentation with ways of enacting the principles being advocated by activist groups in the here and now. ‘Prefigurative politics’ collapses traditional distinctions… Read More ›
It was a bitter sweet reunion for Arab bloggers and activists at the Fourth Arab Bloggers Meeting, which kicked off in Amman, Jordan, this morning. The four-day gathering, bringing around 80 bloggers, activists and academics from across the region and beyond,… Read More ›
By ROAR Collective On November 27, 2013 ROAR is looking for contributions to a series of essays on the June uprising in Turkey and the future of the resistance to authoritarian neoliberalism. Last summer Turkey’s soil trembled. The marching and dancing, jumping and… Read More ›
Citizen Media in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, China and East Asia, and the Arab World An interdisciplinary doctoral/postdoctoral training workshop, focusing on methodological challenges 27-28 January 2014, The University of Manchester The term ‘citizen media’, or ‘participatory media’, covers… Read More ›
Citizen Media at Manchester 