Public Places, Alternative Spaces || Women Making Democracy || Radcliffe Institute |
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This discussion illuminates the ways that women's presence has democratized uses of space. It also questions the connection between revolution and the street by exploring virtual spaces such as the blogosphere and women's hidden activism in crevices of the city, where every space may be reenvisioned for its mobilizing potential.
00:00 Introduction by Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 02:40 Nadje al-Ali, Professor of Gender Studies, Centre for Gender Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 14:40 Mounira Charrad, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin 28:30 Philip N. Howard, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Jackson School of International Studies, Information School, University of Washington 40:26 Shireen Hassim, Professor of Politics; Department of Political Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 52:53 Q&A moderated by Hashim Sarkis |