BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news842@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20200811T102144 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190504T090000 SUMMARY:Graduate Workshop: North Africa: New Forms of Social Movements\, So cial Non-Movements\, and Social Non-Actors DESCRIPTION:The Arab Spring period\, starting late 2010\, resembled the Ren aissance of street activities especially in Tunisia and Egypt. Taking Egyp t as an example\, the 25th of January 2011 was the peak of freedom of expr ession Egyptians have ever reached. Everyone was able to say what is on th eir minds\, be it face-to-face or through social media platforms. However\ , this did not last for long. Today\, Egyptians tend to express their view s through forms of media that no longer correspond to the canonical defini tion of social movements. They are now using uncanny ways of expressing th eir opinion\, i.e. graffiti and public writings on the back of cars and in side shrines. In this light\, can we consider these practices as non-socia l movements? In the absence of more direct political confrontation\, in te rms of collective action and street protest\, can we define participants o f these new practices as social actors? Can public messages in the form of graffiti be considered as a form of non-social movements? What can we say about the changing face of the political reality within the Arab Spring c ountries from a comparative perspective? \\r\\nBased on Asef Bayat’s con cept of the Social Non-movement\, the workshop discusses the everyday life practices of ordinary people in the endeavor of expressing their opinion. Moreover\, it explores the ‘politics of presence’ imposed by ordinary people and practiced within the public sphere after the Arab Spring from a North African perspective. The objective is to explore the Art of Presen ce of ordinary people\, through which power is produced and reproduced wit hin the society. \\r\\nWorkshop Themes:  \\r\\nTheme I: The Arab Spring i n North Africa 2010-2012 - Reality and the “Past” (Tunisia and Egypt).   Theme II: Liminal Spaces of Participation (Theoretical Foundations). Th eme III:  Public Writings: Back to Reality – the “Present”\\r\\nReq uirements: This workshop is designed for PhD candidates and advanced MA st udents. Each participant will prepare a short presentation (max. 10 mins) linking their own research project to the general theme and/or subthemes o f the workshop.  \\r\\nRegistration: For registration please provide an e xpression of interest (250-500 words) to: amal.abdrabo@unibas.ch [mailto:a mal.abdrabo@unibas.ch] explaining your motivation for joining the workshop and stating the expected benefits. The memo should include the title of y our own research project and situate it under one of the workshop themes. The deadline for submission is Monday\, 15th April 2019.   \\r\\nReading s: There will be a list of light reading for the workshop that will be cir culated amongst accepted participants beforehand. The following texts prov ide an introduction to the different themes of the workshop: \\r\\nBayat\, Asef. 2000. "From ‘Dangerous Classes’ to ‘Quiet Rebels’: Politics of the Urban Subaltern in the Global South”. In: International Sociolog y\, September 2000\, Vol. 15(3). Pp. 533–557.Bayat\, Asef. 2013. "The Ar ab Spring and its Surprises". International Institute of Social Studies. I n: Development and Change Vol. 44\, Issue: 3. Pp. 587–601.Bayat\, Asef. 2017. "Revolutions of Wrong Times". In: Revolution without Revolutionaries : Making Sense of the Arab Spring. Stanford University Press. Pp. 1-27.LeV ine\, Mark. 2015. "When Art Is the Weapon: Culture and Resistance Confront ing Violence in the Post-Uprisings Arab World". In: Religions 2015\, 6\, 1 277–1313\; doi:10.3390/rel6041277. www.mdpi.com/journal/religions [http: //www.mdpi.com/journal/religions]  Schielke\, Samuli.  2012. “Surfaces of Longing: Cosmopolitan Aspiration and Frustration in Egypt”.  The Am erican Anthropological Association & Zentrum Moderner Orient (Berlin\, Ger many). In: City & Society\, Vol. 24\, Issue 1\, pp. 29–37.Turner\, Victo r. 1969. "Liminality and Communitas". In: The Ritual Process: Structure an d Anti-Structure".  Chicago: Aldine Publishing\, 1969. Pp. 359-374. X-ALT-DESC:\nThe Arab Spring period\, starting late 2010\, resembled the Re naissance of street activities especially in Tunisia and Egypt. Taking Egy pt as an example\, the 25th of January 2011 was the peak of fre edom of expression Egyptians have ever reached. Everyone was able to say w hat is on their minds\, be it face-to-face or through social media platfor ms. However\, this did not last for long. Today\, Egyptians tend to expres s their views through forms of media that no longer correspond to the cano nical definition of social movements. They are now using uncanny ways of e xpressing their opinion\, i.e. graffiti and public writings on the back of cars and inside shrines. In this light\, can we consider these practices as non-social movements? In the absence of more direct political confronta tion\, in terms of collective action and street protest\, can we define pa rticipants of these new practices as social actors? Can public messages in the form of graffiti be considered as a form of non-social movements? Wha t can we say about the changing face of the political reality within the A rab Spring countries from a comparative perspective? \nBased on Asef Bayat ’s concept of the Social Non-movement\, the workshop discusses the every day life practices of ordinary people in the endeavor of expressing their opinion. Moreover\, it explores the ‘politics of presence’ imposed by ordinary people and practiced within the public sphere after the Arab Spri ng from a North African perspective. The objective is to explore the Art o f Presence of ordinary people\, through which power is produced and reprod uced within the society. \nWorkshop Themes: \; \n\nRequirements: Th is workshop is designed for PhD candidates and advanced MA students. Each participant will prepare a short presentation (max. 10 mins) linking their own research project to the general theme and/or subthemes of the worksho p. \; \nRegistration: For registration please provide an expres sion of interest (250-500 words) to: amal.abdrabo@unibas.ch explaining your motivation for joining the w orkshop and stating the expected benefits. The memo should include the tit le of your own research project and situate it under one of the workshop t hemes. The deadline for submission is Monday\, 15th April 2019.  \; \;\nReadings: There will be a list of light reading fo r the workshop that will be circulated amongst accepted participants befor ehand. The following texts provide an introduction to the different themes of the workshop: \n DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190504T150000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR