{"product_id":"spaces-of-participation","title":"Spaces of Participation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich interdisciplinary study of the relationships between space, both physical and virtual, and social and political participation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where do people meet, form relations of trust, and begin debating social and political issues? Where do social movements start? In this fascinating collection, scholars and activists from a wealth of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, anthropology, history, and political science, take a fresh look at these questions and the factors leading to political and social change in the Arab world from a spatial perspective. Based on original field work in Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, and Palestine,\u003ci\u003e Spaces of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e connects and reconnects social, cultural, and political participation with urban space. It explores timely themes such as formal and informal spaces of participation, alternative spaces of cultural production, space reclamation, and cultural activism, and the reconfiguring of space through different types of contestation. It also covers a range of spaces that include sports clubs, arts centers, and sites of protest and resistance, as well as virtual spaces such as social media platforms, in the process of examining the relationships and tensions between physical and virtual space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpaces of Participation \u003c\/i\u003eunderlines the temporal and transformative quality of participatory spaces and how they are shaped by their respective political contexts, highlighting different forms of access, control, and contestation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanda Aboubakr, Cairo University, Egypt\u003cbr\u003eHicham Ait-Mansour, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eFadma Aït Mous, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eMouloud Amghar, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eYazid Anani, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine\u003cbr\u003eMai Ayyad, Cairo University, Egypt\u003cbr\u003eYouness Benmouro, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eYasmine Berriane, Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CNRS), Paris, France\u003cbr\u003eMokhtar El Harras, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco\u003cbr\u003eUlrike Freitag, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany\u003cbr\u003eSarah Jurkiewicz, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany\u003cbr\u003eMona Khalil, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt\u003cbr\u003eAzzurra Sarnataro, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy\u003cbr\u003eRenad Shqeirat, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine\u003cbr\u003eDorota Woroniecka-Krzyżanowska, German Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225284956504,"sku":"9781617979897","price":87.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781617979897_47d9cbae-b062-4510-bfba-4ea4139429b6.jpg?v=1778508064","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/spaces-of-participation","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}