Egyptian youth in urban and virtual spaces
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The document discusses Egyptian youth in urban and virtual spaces based on the author's fieldwork from 1998-2002, 2005, and 2010. It describes how youth is both a life stage and cultural construction. It also discusses "cosmopolitan" young, educated Egyptians who are underemployed and use cyber spaces. New youth movements in Egypt are independent, flexible, and leaderless, drawing on social media. Virtual spaces allow for overcoming isolation, creativity, and trying out identities. Urban spaces also foster creativity.
Egyptian youth in urban and virtual spaces
- 1. Egyptian Youth in Urban and Virtual Spaces Mark Allen Peterson Miami University
- 2. Fieldwork in Egypt 1998-2002, 2005, 2010
- 3. 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
- 4. US EDITION MIDDLE EAST EDITION
- 5. “ Youth”
- 6. Youth is… A life stage A cultural construction
- 10. Cosmopolitans “ young brothers in cyberspace” (Lynch 2007) The young, educated, underemployed The “cosmopolitan class” (Peterson 2011)
- 11. 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.
- 12. Virtual Spaces
- 14. Overcoming isolation Bringing people together Trying out identities
- 17. Urban Spaces
- 22. Liminality
- 23. Antistructure
- 24. Communitas