THE PROJECT FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN GLOBAL COMMUNICATION PRESENTS
The Revolutionary Public Sphere
Contention, Communication and Culture in the Arab Uprisings
April 10, 2014 | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The popular rebellions that have swept Arab countries since December 2010 have spawned an active field of revolutionary cultural production. Scholars from around the world will gather at the Annenberg School for PARGC’s inaugural symposium. Putting primary sources in dialogue with theory, we seek to understand aesthetic experimentation and stylistic innovation in this revolutionary public sphere. Together, we will strive to shed light on the ways in which various revolutionary and counter-revolutionary activists and regimes have attracted, upheld, and directed popular attention to themselves and to their opponents. Our exploration of contention, communication and culture in the Arab uprisings will yield conceptual tools to understand revolutionary public spheres at large.
About PARGC
The Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania promotes theoretical and empirical innovation in the study of global communication in public life.