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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476885203321

Autore

Strohmaier Alena

Titolo

Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa : Producing Space

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (325 p.)

Collana

Cities and Cultures

Soggetti

Media studies

Social issues & processes

Cartography, map-making & projections

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.