Egyptian Youth in Urban and Virtual Spaces

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These are the slides of my presentation at the University of Kentucky Oct. 23, 2011

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Egyptian Youth in Urban and Virtual Spaces: 

Egyptian Youth in Urban and Virtual Spaces Mark Allen Peterson Miami University

Fieldwork in Egypt 1998-2002, 2005, 2010: 

Fieldwork in Egypt 1998-2002, 2005, 2010

What I have to say today is based on “anthropology at a distance”: 

What I have to say today is based on “anthropology at a distance” But informed by Prior fieldwork Discussions with friends in Egypt Social media

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US EDITION MIDDLE EAST EDITION

“Youth”: 

“Youth”

Youth is…: 

Youth is… A life stage A cultural construction

Cosmopolitans: 

Cosmopolitans The “cosmopolitan class” (Peterson 2011) The young, educated, underemployed “young brothers in cyberspace” (Lynch 2007)

New Youth Movements: 

New Youth Movements New and independent Flexible, decentralized structured and fluid leadership. The movements are “trans-ideological”. Drew in large numbers of participants who had never before engaged in public political acts. Depend to a great extent on social media for communication. From Shehata 2011.

Virtual Spaces: 

Virtual Spaces

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Overcoming isolation Bringing people together Trying out identities

Urban Spaces: 

Urban Spaces

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKjMiKqVrc&feature=player_embedded Creativity

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Liminality

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Antistructure

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Communitas