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oapen-20.500.12657-472102021-06-15T13:26:01Z Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa Strohmaier, Alena Krewani, Angela Media, Space, Knowledge, Middle East, North Africa bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGV Cartography, map-making & projections A few months into the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2009/10, the promises of social media, including its ability to influence a participatory governance model, grassroots civic engagement, new social dynamics, inclusive societies and new opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs, became more evident than ever. Simultaneously, cartography received new considerable interest as it merged with social media platforms. In an attempt to rearticulate the relationship between media and mapping practices, whilst also addressing new and social media, this interdisciplinary book abides by one relatively clear point: space is a media product. The overall focus of this book is accordingly not so much on the role of new technologies and social networks as it is on how media and mapping practices expand the very notion of cultural engagement, political activism, popular protest and social participation. 2021-03-12T10:44:21Z 2021-03-12T10:44:21Z 2021 book ONIX_20210312_9789048541508_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47210 eng Cities and Cultures application/pdf n/a 9789048541508.pdf https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048541508 Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789462989092 10.5117/9789462989092 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 325 open access
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A few months into the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2009/10, the promises of social media, including its ability to influence a participatory governance model, grassroots civic engagement, new social dynamics, inclusive societies and new opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs, became more evident than ever. Simultaneously, cartography received new considerable interest as it merged with social media platforms. In an attempt to rearticulate the relationship between media and mapping practices, whilst also addressing new and social media, this interdisciplinary book abides by one relatively clear point: space is a media product. The overall focus of this book is accordingly not so much on the role of new technologies and social networks as it is on how media and mapping practices expand the very notion of cultural engagement, political activism, popular protest and social participation.
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