{"product_id":"spaces-of-participation-dynamics-of-social-and-political-change-in-the-arab-world-9781617979897","title":"Spaces of Participation: Dynamics of Social and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich interdisciplinary study of the relationships between space, both physical and virtual, and social and political participation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where do people meet, form relations of trust, and begin debating social and political issues? Where do social movements start? In this fascinating collection, scholars and activists from a wealth of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, anthropology, history, and political science, take a fresh look at these questions and the factors leading to political and social change in the Arab world from a spatial perspective. Based on original field work in Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, and Palestine,\u003ci\u003e Spaces of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e connects and reconnects social, cultural, and political participation with urban space. It explores timely themes such as formal and informal spaces of participation, alternative spaces of cultural production, space reclamation, and cultural activism, and the reconfiguring of space through different types of contestation. It also covers a range of spaces that include sports clubs, arts centers, and sites of protest and resistance, as well as virtual spaces such as social media platforms, in the process of examining the relationships and tensions between physical and virtual space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpaces of Participation \u003c\/i\u003eunderlines the temporal and transformative quality of participatory spaces and how they are shaped by their respective political contexts, highlighting different forms of access, control, and contestation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanda Aboubakr, Cairo University, Egypt\u003cbr\u003eHicham Ait-Mansour, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eFadma Aït Mous, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eMouloud Amghar, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eYazid Anani, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine\u003cbr\u003eMai Ayyad, Cairo University, Egypt\u003cbr\u003eYouness Benmouro, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eYasmine Berriane, Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CNRS), Paris, France\u003cbr\u003eMokhtar El Harras, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eUlrike Freitag, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany\u003cbr\u003eSarah Jurkiewicz, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany\u003cbr\u003eMona Khalil, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003eAzzurra Sarnataro, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy\u003cbr\u003eRenad Shqeirat, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine\u003cbr\u003eDorota Woroniecka-Krzyżanowska, German Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“From art spaces to sports clubs to community gardens to digital realms—the contributors draw our attention to how different groups across the Middle East ascribe social and political meaning to the multiple heterotopic landscapes they inhabit, contest, (re)claim, and indeed produce through participatory practices. The editors have done a wonderful job of bringing together what might seem to be quite different and unrelated case studies (from Cairo to Kuwait to Rabat to the West Bank) in an integrated, innovative, interdisciplinary, and highly readable collection.”—\u003cb\u003eFarah Al-Nakib, California Polytechnic State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An engaged and engaging volume, showcasing firsthand ethnographic and interdisciplinary research on the intersection between space and participatory practices across the Arab world. Through varied and empirically rich case studies this collection of essays shows how space (both physical and virtual) is made operational through lived action, and how activism and academia can be combined subtly and fruitfully.\"—\u003cb\u003eNelida Fuccaro, New York University Abu Dhabi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRanda Aboubakr, Sarah Jurkiewicz, Hicham Ait-Mansour, and Ulrike Freitag\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I  Rethinking Participation in Formal and Informal Spaces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProtests as a Space for Contentious Politics and Political Learning among Youth in Morocco: The Case of Mohamed V Avenue in Rabat\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHicham Ait-Mansour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Concept of Participation in Cairo’s Unplanned Areas\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAzzurra Sarnataro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCitizen Collectives in Post-2011 Egypt: Contestation Mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona Khalil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterstitial Spaces and Controlled Participation: The Youth Center of Hay Mohammadi during the Years of Lead in Morocco\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYasmine Berriane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParticipation in Spaces of Exile: The Making of Change in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorota Woroniecka-Krzyżanowska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II Reconfiguring Space through Contestation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Challenge of Reconstructing Public Space: The Case of Mohamed V Avenue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMokhtar El Harras and Youness Benmouro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Muslim Brotherhood and the Creation of Spectacles in Nasr City\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMai Ayyad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopographies of the Discourse of Resistance in the Public Sphere: A Case Study of the Activists of the February 20 Movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMouloud Amghar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III Alternative Spaces of Cultural Production\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMock Translation as Sociopolitical Commentary in the Egyptian Digital Sphere\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRanda Aboubakr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpaces of Culture in Casablanca: Isles of Creativity in an Often-hostile Ocean\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFadma Aït Mous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart IV Space Reclamation and Cultural Activism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCultural Heterotopias and the Making of the Political\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYazid Anani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenius Loci: The Spirit of the Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenad Shqeirat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCulturepreneurship and Reclaiming Urban Space in Kuwait City\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Jurkiewicz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041749795159,"sku":"9781617979897","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781617979897.jpg?v=1750951530","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spaces-of-participation-dynamics-of-social-and-political-change-in-the-arab-world-9781617979897","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}