Reminder: Tomorrow will be the last Change seminar this quarter. Please join us!
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Nicola Dell <[email protected]>wrote: > Please join us on Tuesday for the final Change meeting of the quarter. > > This Tuesday at Change, Norah Abokhodair, Luis Fernando and Maria > Garrido will present their work on Human and Political Grievances for > Mobilization: Different roles of Facebook during the Egyptian Arab Spring. > > In the field of development, social movements have long been recognized as > key actors in the process of social change. Engaging in range of struggles, > social movements are contesting traditional centers or power while > transforming the nature of political participation and collective action. > Despite this recognition, the intersection between social movements, ICTs, > and social change still remains an understudied area of inquiry. This paper > analyzes the different roles of Facebook during the protests that lead to > the resignation of President Mubarak in Egypt and opened a new > sociopolitical period in the country. The analysis is based on qualitative > coding of two Facebook pages in Arabic developed by some of the most > important groups involved in these mobilizations: We Are All Khaled Said > and the April 6th Youth Movement. The study found that these two pages were > crucial in 1) building political awareness and mobilizing youth to take the > streets; 2) creating bridges between online spaces and the streets; and 3) > raising political awareness on the meaning of the revolution and democracy > in the country. This study is based on a larger project that mapped the > trajectory of the April 6th Youth Movement in Egypt. > > Norah Abokhodair is a Ph.D. student in the University of Washington > Information School. Her research interests focus on information assurance > in regards to emerging technologies. Moreover, she is interested in > exploring the implications of this shift on the security and privacy of an > individual’s information. Norah came to the University of Washington in > 2009 from Saudi Arabia (SA) as a Fulbright Scholar after receiving the > Fulbright science award. Before that, she worked with DHL Express as their > Direct Sales Manager for 3 years, where she started the first female sales > team in DHL SA. Recently, Norah received her master’s degree in Information > Management from the University of Washington Information School. > > Luis Fernando is a Ph.D. Candidate of Information Sciences at the > University of Washington (UW). He has been leader in the study of relations > of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and social movements in > the field of human rights and peacebuilding in Colombia. His research spans > such diverse areas as memories, public opinion and audiences studies on > violence and peace processes in Colombia, uses of media for social change, > immigration and information, and alternative processes of organization for > development. His Dissertation Proposal investigates on how Social Media has > been integrated into the daily practices of Social Movement Organizations > that work on immigration issues and immigration rights within Hispanic > communities in Washington State. > > Maria Garrido is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of > Washington’s Information School. Her research explores how people, in > communities facing social and economic challenges, use information and > communication technologies to promote social change. Much of her work > focuses on technology appropriation in the context of social movements and > in international migration. Maria holds a Ph.D. in Communications from the > University of Washington and a master's degree in International Relations > from the University of Chicago. > > What: Human and Political Grievances for Mobilization: Different roles of > Facebook during the Egyptian Arab Spring. > > When: Tuesday, December 4th at 12 noon > > Where: The Allen Center, room CSE 203 >
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