From ivory tower to social arena: critical approaches to cultural identity in the public sphere

Abstract Indigenous journalism can facilitate the inclusion of Indigenous voices in the public sphere, thereby contributing to social change. Contemporary Indigenous journalism is in part facilitated by the introduction and diffusion of paradigmatic media innovations, including the Internet, mobile technology, and social media. Based on a literature review, we investigate how media innovations are understood to facilitate Indigenous journalism and find that few empirical studies directly address this question. Analyses of Indigenous journalism, reaching beyond the potential for increased access to media and for amplification of Indigenous voice, are lacking. Furthermore, little research investigates how the appropriation of new technological affordances influence the production of Indigenous journalism. Our review also indicates that while Indigenous political participation can be facilitated by media innovation, these innovations can also serve to reinforce existing power relations. We submit that more critical analytical approaches are required to investigate how media innovations might facilitate the potential of Indigenous journalism for social change.

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Tunisian women transform the public sphere: cultural identity and the state

Women and Resistance in the Maghreb ◽

10.4324/9781003043928-1-3 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 21-44

Author(s):

Laura Rice ◽

Karim Hamdy

Keyword(s):

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

The State ◽

The Public ◽

The Public Sphere

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Gendered Citizenship: Discourses on Domesticity in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

Hawwa ◽

10.1163/156920806777504562 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hoda Elsadda

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Women Activists ◽

Binary Opposition ◽

Women Judges ◽

The Public ◽

Cultural Specificity ◽

Women's Participation ◽

The Public Sphere

AbstractThe first years of the 21st century in Egypt saw a marked movement by women activists and groups in Egypt to lobby for appointing women judges. The debate around the issue included arguments about women's "natural" roles, about their lesser abilities, and about the necessity of maintaining their place in the home to safeguard Arab cultural identity. In general, these debates posited domesticity as a marker of Arab identity and cultural specificity. I argue that domesticity is a modernist ideology that was transfigured into a representation of an essential Arab cultural identity which needed to be guarded and preserved. I also emphasize that discourses on domesticity were not the only existing discourses propagated in the nineteenth century. Zeinab Fawwaz's journey through history in search for women's participation in the public sphere can be interpreted as a clear challenge to the modernist binary opposition between a backward past and a modern, enlightened present. At the same time, it constituted a subversive narrative to the dominant narrative on domesticity. Similarly, Aisha Taymur's project did not dismiss tradition but sought to engage with it on its own premises in an attempt to argue for women's right.

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Hindi Dalit Autobiography: an Exploration of Identity

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x0600240x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 545-574 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

SARAH BETH

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Political Identity ◽

North India ◽

The Public ◽

Class Status ◽

Younger Generation ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

Bahujan Samaj Party

Several powerful constructions of Dalit social and political identity are now circulating in very influential ways within the public sphere in North India, as various groups including both the Bahujan Samaj Party as well as Hindutva organisations compete to assert their influence over how these identities are defined, who they include, and what they mean. In this context, the rise of Hindi Dalit autobiographies as a source of Dalit cultural identity becomes especially important in North India, as they contest traditional conceptions of the Dalit community as ‘untouchables’ and attempt to re-inscribe Dalit identity in positive, self-assertive terms. However, Dalit autobiographies retain certain ambivalences, as the authors struggle to reconcile their low-caste identity with their current urban middle-class status, and more recently, as their claims to represent all members of the Dalit community are challenged by Dalits of the younger generation.

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TELEVISI PUBLIK LOKAL SEBAGAI RUANG PUBLIK DAN MEDIA PEMBANGUNAN PARTISIPATIF

LONTAR Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi ◽

10.30656/lontar.v5i2.487 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Aries Aries

Keyword(s):

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Capital City ◽

Public Television ◽

The Public ◽

Social Actions ◽

Broadcasting Regulation ◽

Awareness Raising ◽

The Public Sphere

Regional public television is a certainty, as the public sphere which disseminates the regional potency, local wisdom, motivation and awareness raising community to enhance competitiveness, independent and participate in regional development. Inside the broadcasting regulation of Indonesia, regional public television is called Lembaga Penyiaran Publik Lokal Televisi. The opportunities for the formation of regional public television in Banten province is very potential, because in the province of Banten has not yet own station TVRI itselfs, but that is still manage with TVRI Station Special Capital City of Jakarta. Diversity of Banten's culture and local language are a great potential for regional public television to make broadcasts program on several sub-languages in Banten province. However, the main issue in revision broadcasting regulation of Indonesia is no longer focused on the diversity of content and diversity of ownership. The substance of the regulations on the establishment of regional public television is no longer contained in the draft revision of the broadcasting law of Indonesia. In other side, regional peoples has a right to get localy information, not only followed hegemonyâ€™s preference and standard of Jakartaâ€™s value. Indonesia is not only Jakarta. Regional peoples needs more quality broadcasting content as a form of representation of cultural identity; broadcasting program that contain a variety of content that can raise public awareness collectively to preserve culture values and perform positive social actions through regional public television.

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Published Opinion: understanding Punditry through Luhmann’s theory

MedieKultur Journal of media and communication research ◽

10.7146/mediekultur.v26i49.2532 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 26 (49) ◽

Author(s):

Rita Figueiras

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Public Affairs ◽

The Political ◽

The Public ◽

Empirical Results ◽

The Public Sphere

This article aims to analyze current mechanisms that lead to public opinion in Portugal, by studying one of its components, published opinion. In so doing, the profile of pundits, their agenda and the way they discuss public affairs will be analyzed. The main goal of this research is to confront its empirical results with democratic cultural understanding of public opinion and with Luhmann’s theory on this subject. Will public opinion’s main cultural values be found in the Portuguese Op-ed pages; or will its characteristics be empirical evidence of Luhmann’s theory on public opinion? Despite the fact that in traditional cultural identity of the public sphere, diversity and pluralism of voices, themes and perspectives are considered to be structuring values that society esteems and that allow the building of enlightened public opinion and social consensus; the empirical results discussed in this article, however, indicate that Portuguese punditry seems to be an empirical evidence of Luhmann’s symbolically generalized communication media, serving the political system’s self-referential closure.

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Ethnic media as communities of practice: The cultural and institutional identities

Journalism ◽

10.1177/1464884916667133 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (10) ◽

pp. 1309-1326 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sherry S Yu

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Communities Of Practice ◽

Institutional Identity ◽

Ethnic Communities ◽

Ethnic Media ◽

Media Environment ◽

The Public ◽

The Public Sphere

In an increasingly multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual media environment, ethnic media are an important part of the public sphere, and the process in which ethnic discourse is produced deserves attention. This article advances Husband’s work on ethnic media as communities of practice by exploring ethnic media of young diaspora. Just as ethnic communities are heterogeneous across ethnic groups, depending on immigration history, demographics, and communication infrastructure, among other factors, ethnic media as communities of practice are never homogeneous and lineal practices. The case of Korean media in Vancouver and Los Angeles, one of the most rapidly growing ethnic media sectors in North America, suggests two new identities – cultural identity and institutional identity – in addition to the journalists’ subjective identities, which Husband discussed. These two identities that are specific to Korean media confirm diversity within communities of practice and suggest the variations to be considered in the broader discussion of ethnic media as communities of practice.

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Islamist Conceptions of Civil Society

Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza ◽

10.23943/princeton/9780691159676.003.0003 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Sara Roy

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

The State ◽

Private Sphere ◽

The Public ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

Islamic Society

This chapter presents a conceptual framework for ideas about Islamic civil society and explores the meaning of civil society to Islamists themselves. An Islamic civil society does not differ in certain ways from a non-Islamic or secular civil society but embraces some of the same values (e.g., civility, tolerance) and roles (e.g., independent entities compensating for the deficiencies of the state). Another prominent theme is that Islam, both as a religion and as an expression of cultural identity, should not be relegated solely to the private sphere but should also be situated squarely in the public sphere. A third theme stressed compatibility between Islam and civil society, arguing that Islam contains all the requisite elements to form a civil society and that traditional Islamic society was indeed a version of civil society.

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