scholarly journals The Emergence of the Mona Lisa Battalions: Graffiti Art Networks in Post-2011 Egypt

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakein Abdelmagid
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Cultural Representation ◽  
The State ◽  
Street Art ◽  
Security Services ◽  
State Security ◽  
Artistic Production ◽  
Mona Lisa ◽  
Art Activities

During and after the January 2011 revolutionary protests, Egypt witnessed the surge and spread of graffi ti and street art activities. The story of graffi ti in Egypt is usually rendered as voices of dissent, modes of symbolic resistance, or expressive force of anger, solidarity, and commemoration. While it is true that the collapse of the state security services and the liberation of public space after the 2011 had fostered the growth of artistic revolutionary expressions, the story of artistic production implies more than politics of cultural representation. Rather, these artistic expressions are usually grounded in the formations, expansions, and contractions of social groups that keep on negotiating their identities, networks, capacities and limitations.

“Recognize the Spies”

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Kendzior
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Services ◽  
State Security

This article uses the example of Uzbekistan's national security services to consider how the psychic influence of a police state reveals itself online. What happens when the 'spectral double' of the police becomes a point of focus in a medium known for its transparency? I argue that although the Internet gives citizens the capability to organize and interact, it does not relieve their fears and suspicions; instead, it often intensifies them. Despite the 'transparency' that the Internet affords—and sometimes because of it—there are qualities bound up in the architecture of this medium that give rise to paranoia. Using examples from Uzbek online political discourse, I show how the Internet has fueled suspicion and fears about the state security services despite attempts to demystify and assuage them.

HISTORY AND MODERNITY OF STATE SECURITY OF FOREIGN STATES

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-141
Author(s):  
L.A. NOVIKOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Security Services ◽  
State Security ◽  
Current State ◽  
Structure And Functions ◽  
State Protection

The main goal of the article is to provide a comparative legal analysis of the historical characteristics and the current state of state protection of some foreign states. The author considers the mechanisms and the results of ensuring the security of heads of states. The main conclusion: despite the fact that each of the State Security Services of the considered states has been developed in different ways and at different speeds, most of them are currently very similar in their internal structure and functions.

scholarly journals Securitization, alterity, and the state: Human (in)security on an Amazonian frontier

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Brightman ◽  
Vanessa Grotti
Keyword(s):  
French Guiana ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
Border Zone ◽  
Guyane Française ◽  
State Security ◽  
State Boundary ◽  
Nous Examinons ◽  
Zone De Contact

Focusing on the region surrounding the Maroni River, which forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana, we examine how relations between different state and non-state social groups are articulated in terms of security. The region is characterised by multiple “borders” and frontiers of various kinds, the state boundary having the features of an interface or contact zone. Several key collectivities meet in this border zone: native Amazonians, tribal Maroon peoples, migrant Brazilian gold prospectors, and metropolitan French state functionaries. We explore the relationships between these different sets of actors and describe how their mutual encounters center on discourses of human and state security, thus challenging the commonly held view of the region as a stateless zone and showing that the “human security” of citizens from the perspective of the state may compete with locally salient ideas or ex- periences of well-being. Spanish El artículo examina cómo se articulan las relaciones en términos de seguridad entre grupos estatales y no estatales en la región que rodea el Río Maroni (frontera entre la Guyana francesa y Surinam). La región se caracteriza por múltiples “límites” y tipos de fronteras, teniendo así la frontera Estatal características de una zona de contacto o de una interfaz. Importantes comunidades se encuentran en esta zona de frontera: Nativos del Amazonas, comunidades tribales del Maroni, buscadores de oro brasileños y funcionarios estatales franceses. Los autores exploran las relaciones entre estas diferentes redes de actores, y describen la manera en que sus mutuos encuentros se centran en discursos de seguridad humana y del Estado, desafiando así, el tradicional enfoque que sostiene la región como una zona sin Estado y mostrando que la “seguridad humana” desde la perspectiva del Estado puede competir con importantes ideas locales o con experiencias de bienestar. French En se concentrant sur la région entourant le fleuve Maroni, qui forme la frontière entre le Suriname et la Guyane française, nous examinons comment les relations entre les différents groupes sociaux étatiques et non-étatiques sont articulées en termes de sécurité. La région est caractérisée par de multiples «frontières» et les frontières de toutes sortes, la frontière de l'État ayant les caractéristiques d'une interface ou zone de contact. De nombreuses et importantes collectivités se rencontrent dans cette zone frontalière: Indigènes d'Amazonie, la communauté tribale Maroon, les migrants brésiliens à la recherche de l'or et les fonctionnaires d'Etat de la France métropolitaine. Nous explorons les relations entre ces différents groupes d'acteurs, et décrivons la manière dont leurs rencontres mutuelles sont centrées sur les discours relatifs à la sécurité humaine et l'État, remettant ainsi en cause l'idée communément admise de la région en tant zone apatride et montrant par la même que la «sécurité humaine» des citoyens perçue du point de vue de l'État peut rivaliser avec des idées saillantes au niveau local ou des expériences relatives au bien-être.

The Czechoslovak automotive industry and the launch of a new model: The Škoda factory in Mladá Boleslav, in the 1970s and 1980s

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Vilímek ◽  
Valentina Fava
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
The State ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Secret Police ◽  
Planned Economy ◽  
New Model ◽  
Security Services ◽  
State Security ◽  
National Enterprise

From 1945 to 1989, the Automobilové závody, n.p. (Automotive Plant, a national enterprise), in Mladá Boleslav, manufactured one of the best-known brands of motor car in the Eastern Bloc, the Škoda. This article focuses on the process of planning and manufacturing a change in models in the Czechoslovak automotive industry between 1968 and 1990. It is widely known how the launch of a new model of car represents a key step for every car manufacturer in most parts of the globe. In Czechoslovakia under Communist rule, however, passing from one model to another entailed grotesque, almost insuperable, difficulties, and it can therefore be seen as a textbook example of the complications of the innovation process in a centrally planned economy. The article draws not only on documentation available in company archives but also on the records of the Czechoslovak secret police, the State Security services.

scholarly journals Enlightenment from street art activities in urban public space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Honghao He ◽  
Janos Gyergyak
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Street Art ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Material Environment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Art Intervention ◽  
Art Activities

AbstractWith the continuous development of society and cities, people’s demand for urban public space is constantly changing, and the methods for public space renewal are becoming more and more diverse. As a flexible space renewal strategy, street art activities can not only partially update the space, increase the vitality of the space, but also improve the quality of the space and meet people’s needs. This paper first discusses the concepts and types of street art and clarifies the scope of research, Then, through the analysis of the role and impact of “street art activities intervening in urban space”, and finally summing up the relevant enlightenment, to create a favorable material environment for the future art intervention space.

Doing Bodhisattva’s Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-32
Author(s):  
Le Hoang Anh Thu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The State ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
The Social

This paper explores the charitable work of Buddhist women who work as petty traders in Hồ Chí Minh City. By focusing on the social interaction between givers and recipients, it examines the traders’ class identity, their perception of social stratification, and their relationship with the state. Charitable work reveals the petty traders’ negotiations with the state and with other social groups to define their moral and social status in Vietnam’s society. These negotiations contribute to their self-identification as a moral social class and to their perception of trade as ethical labor.

How to Define the Czechoslovak Underground

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Barbara Bothová
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
The State ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The West ◽  
State Security ◽  
The Third ◽  
Key Events

What is an underground? Is it possible to embed this particular way of life into any definition? After all, even underground did not have the need to define itself at the beginning. The presented text represents a brief reflection of the development of underground in Czechoslovakia; attention is paid to the impulses from the West, which had a significant influence on the underground. The text focuses on the key events that influenced the underground. For example, the “Hairies (Vlasatci)” Action, which took place in 1966, and the State Security activity in Rudolfov in 1974. The event in Rudolfov was an imaginary landmark and led to the writing of a manifesto that came into history as the “Report on the Third Czech Musical Revival.”

Montagnes Russes and Calicot

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-28
Author(s):  
Peggy Davis
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Roller Coaster ◽  
Cultural Productions ◽  
The Subject

Restoration-era discourse on the montagnes russes—early roller coasters—reveals how leisure activity could become a lightning rod for perspectives on public space, tensions among social groups, and expressions of patriotism. Eager to profit from the montagnes russes craze, boulevard theaters hosted a number of plays on the subject. Through the buffoonish character M. Calicot, one such comedy—entitled The Battle of the Mountains— caricatured young clothing-trade salesclerks who frequented roller-coaster parks. The play provoked the ire of some of these men, who “waged war” on the Variety Theater, where the play was performed. The conflict in turn sparked satires in print, visual, and other media. These cultural productions both reflected the short-lived mania for roller coasters and shaped attitudes in their own right, all while employing laughter to deal with postwar trauma.

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