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SUMMARY:DDI Summer Speaker Series - Dr. Adel Iskandar
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Adel Iskandar\, 1st May from 12:30- 1:30pm PST. \nDr. Iskandar presented a talk at the institute titled\, “Revolution By Any Memes: Innovation and Irrevance in Digital Egypt”. He is the Associate Professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver/Burnaby\, Canada. He is the author\, co-author\, and editor of several works including “Egypt In Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution” (AUCP/OUP); “Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism” (Basic Books); “Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation” (University of California Press); “Mediating the Arab Uprisings” (Tadween Publishing); and “Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring” (Palgrave Macmillan). Iskandar’s work deals with media\, identity and politics; and he has lectured extensively on these topics at universities worldwide. His forthcoming publications are two monographs\, one addressing the political role of memes and digital satire and the other about contemporary forms of imperial transculturalism. Iskandar’s engaged participatory research includes supporting knowledge production through scholarly digital publishing such as “Jadaliyya” and academic podcasting such as “Status.” His community research agenda involves showcasing local grassroots participatory creative production by communities in the Middle East to confront the rise of extremism. His work also involves the autobiographical documentation and self-representation of Syrian newcomer women in the Lower Mainland illustrates their ingenuity in the face adversity. Prior to his arrival at SFU\, he taught at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Communication\, Culture\, and Technology Program at Georgetown University\, in Washington\, DC.
URL:https://digitaldemocracies.org/calendar/ddi-summer-speaker-series-dr-adel-iskandar/
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