Cairo: Images of Transition : : Perspectives on Visuality in Egypt 2011-2013 / / ed. by Mikala Hyldig Dal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Abaza, Mona,; Behkalam, Kaya,; Borger, Sarah,; Burger, Nikolai,; Dal, Mikala Hyldig,; Diab, Mona Khaled,; Domke, Johanna,; Erle, Jakob,; Ettmueller, Eliane,; Kafafi, Dina,; Kaisen, Jane Jin,; Mehrez, Samia,; Meier-Menzel, Fred,; Omara, Marouan,; Prince, Mona El,; Rizk, Philip,; Saleh Saad, Qassim Mohammed,; Shahed, Mohammad El,; Sicklinger, Andreas,; Sondin-Kung, Guston,; Vasili, Bogdan,; Weiss, Monika,
• HerausgeberIn: Dal, Mikala Hyldig,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Urban Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)

The Egyptian revolution of 2011 has significantly changed the relationship between citizens, public space, and visual expression. »Cairo: Images of Transition« traces these developments and their effects on political communication, urban space, and cultural production.The book is the first publication to offer a deep view on the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the wake of the Egyptian revolution 2011. Renowned Egyptian and international writers, artists and activists trace the shifting status of the image as a communicative tool, a witness to history, and an active agent for change.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- editor's note -- 1. meta-image Tahrir -- META IMAGE TAHRIR : introduction -- Tahrir Square: Social Media, Public Space & Revolution in Egypt -- THE TAIN OF TAHRIR -- Blind spots -- The Language of Tahrir -- 2011 is not 1968: -- Friday Prayer and Demonstrations AT Tahrir -- WHAT COMES AFTER THE FALL OF THE SYSTEM ? -- 9th of March 2011- The End of tahrir? -- THE BUILDING WAS ALLOWED TO BURN AND SMOLDER FOR DAYS , MANY WONDERED WHY -- The promise of the Revolution is a long-term proposition -- Shrouds II (Cairo) -- Today we are all Egyptians -- La vache qui rit -- Visual Propaganda: Hazim Abu Isma'il and the Army -- Crop -- From Egyptian to Egyptian: Work Is Our Only Solution! -- 2 The politics of representation -- Politics of Representation: introduction -- The Politics of Representation - Notes on an Exhibition at Townhouse Gallery -- Visual Election Campaigning in Egypt -- Old Eyes, Young Words -- The experience of an implausible female candidate for presidency -- Presenting khaled ali -- Two ears, one mouth -- Qomra - Digitizing Memory -- Design education & Social progress -- 3 Urban transformations -- urban transformations: introduction -- Notes on Optical Illusions around tahrir -- Gender Representation in Graffiti Post-25 January -- Graffiti as Stage - Performing Dissent -- Backmatter