[ecrea] Arab Subcultures Conference and Joseph Masaad Talk 20 April

 Media, Youth Subcultures and the Politics of Resistance in the Arab World

Date:


20 April 2012 -20 April 2012

Time:


9.00am - 8.00pm

Location:


309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW - View map

Conference organised by the Arab Media Centre
Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of 
Westminster



Keynote Lecture: Joseph Masaad, Columbia University, on “Sexuality 
and/in Islam"



Is 'subculture' a universal category that discloses itself in similar 
ways, regardless of differences in historical moments or cultural 
geographies? Or is it inextricably linked to particular historical 
moments and cultural specificities?

This conference will explore youth subcultures in the Arab context, 
relating them to specific historical, economic, cultural and political 
moments. Presentations will engage with theoretical and ethnographic 
based work dealing with, but not limited to, the following themes:

· Social media, subcultures and the politics of resistance

· Popular music/sport/cinema as subculture

· Sexuality, gender and the politics of representation

· Theorizing Arab subcultures/Rethinking Arab subcultures

· Contemporary Arab art and subcultures

· Subcultures and new forms of Arab identity

Programme and registration

This one-day conference will take place on Friday, April 20, 2012. The 
fee for registration (which applies to all participants, including 
presenters) will be £95, with a concessionary rate of £45 for students, 
to cover all conference documentation, refreshments, lunch and 
administration costs. Registration is now open.



See below for Registration and Programme

http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/arab-media-centre/conferences/conferences-list/conferences/media,-youth-subcultures-and-the-politics-of-resistance-in-the-arab-world




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