Journal article
‘Loud’ and ‘quiet’ politics: Questioning the role of ‘the artist’ in street art projects after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
- Abstract:
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This article examines the grassroots artistic initiative al-Fann Midan (Art is a City Square) in Cairo and a contrasting approach to street art organizing in Alexandria to demonstrate how each enacted a different relationship to ‘the political’ in a revolutionary moment. Extending sociologist Asef Bayat’s concept ‘quiet encroachment’, it analyzes these contrasting approaches through the sonic metaphor of ‘loud’ and ‘quiet’ politics. As a spectrum, this framework highlights how the everyday, t...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Cultural Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 208-226
- Publication date:
- 2019-09-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1460-356X
- ISSN:
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1367-8779
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1097919
- Local pid:
- pubs:1097919
- Deposit date:
- 2020-04-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Darci Sprengel
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2019
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