scholarly journals Binary Opposition in Narrations of “Native” in Social Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Puspitasari Puspitasari
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The Public Sphere

The “native” or pribumi term as a narrative emerged into the public sphere and raises questions since October 16, 2017, whether the term is merely a conversation on the surface or more deeply describes the narrative that represents the socio-cultural aspect of Indonesian society. The study was conducted using twitter as a locus of observation within the period of November 8-16, 2017. Based on the idea that a social text reflects a narrative building constructed socio-cultural and leaves a long history trail, preliminary findings indicate that Indonesian society has a historical heritage of Dutch colonialism on native and non-native (Chinese/Tionghoa). The "native" narratives of the present are not only built on the issue of social inequalities between native versus Chinese, but rather show imaginations about the influence of the Chinese group's economic resources on power. The narrative does not only touch on the economic and political aspects, but also the religions, historically potentially becoming a conflict played by interest groups ahead of the 2018 elections and the 2019 presidential election. Suggestions for anticipating vulnerabilities are to conduct media literacy programs involving multiple stakeholders, both government and civil society, include scholars.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Olivier Roy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Cultural Terms ◽  
Treaty Of Rome ◽  
The Public Sphere

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the debate over Europe's Christian identity. Since the Treaty of Rome, there have been two significant developments for Christianity in Europe. First, secularization has given way to the large-scale dechristianization of European societies in both religious and cultural terms, especially from the protests of 1968 onwards. Second, Islam has arrived in Europe, through immigration and, with Turkey's application for membership of the EU, the proposed expansion of the continent's borders. Thus, the debate over Europe's Christian identity does not rest on a binary opposition between Europe and Islam, but on a triangle whose three poles are: (1) the Christian religion; (2) Europe's secular values (even if they occasionally make reference to a Christian identity); (3) Islam as a religion. However, the debate over Islam are much deeper questions about the very nature of Europe and its relationship to religion in general. The notion that Europe would be fine if only Islam or immigration did not exist is, of course, an illusion. There is a serious crisis surrounding European identity and the place of religion in the public sphere, as can be seen both in Christian radicalization over the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage, and in secular radicalization over religious slaughter and circumcision. This is nothing short of a crisis in European culture.

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

Hawwa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Media Literacy and Education in India During Times of Communication Abundance

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesna Jayachandran
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
Citizen Activism ◽  
Education In India ◽  
The Public Sphere

Media literacy has been a persistent, but under-engaged concern in India despite its media explosion.This commentary examines media literacy against various dimensions like the public sphere, market, technology and access, civil society and citizen activism to identify the limitations and possibilities. In the process, it proposes inclusive, multi-pronged continuous approaches to build critical awareness, autonomies and empowered action.

scholarly journals A Critical Analysis of the Public Sphere in the Digital Age: The Case of the Petrocaribe Challenge Movement

Etkileşim ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 90-107
Author(s):  
Marc-Henry Pierre ◽  
Mehmet Güzel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Public Sphere

While studies that address the relationship between social media and social movements generally use the functionalist paradigm, the critical analysis of the public sphere in the era of distributed media emphasizes the importance of political economy and political communication. Based on the critical political economy analysis of distributed media, this study examined the Twitter-mediated protest "Petrocaribe Challenge" in relation to a possible political public sphere in Haiti. To this end, a qualitative method based on critical discourse analysis was used in the study. Also, 163 tweets purposely selected by the researchers were analyzed. The research findings showed that the Twitter-mediated Petrocaribe Challenge is a political protest with no leadership and a significant lack of online engagement and communication. Besides, the study found that in a political sphere characterized by extreme social inequalities, universal participation is crucial to the formation of a critical public sphere. Although most educated people in Haiti use social media, the majority of Haitians do not have access to these online platforms, which goes against the principles of the public sphere. While the findings of the present study do not allow for generalization, they make up a significant contribution to the critical analysis of social media as a public sphere

Left-wing movements facing dilemmas

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-119
Author(s):  
Donatella della Porta ◽  
Pietro Castelli Gattinara ◽  
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis ◽  
Andrea Felicetti
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

Chapter 5 compares the debates that took place among left-wing groups and those engaged in civil-rights advocacy after the Charlie Hebdo attacks. It argues that the attacks had a serious impact on reemphasizing differences inside left-wing public spheres, particularly on unsettled issues with religion and freedom of expression. These tensions refer to racism and the protection of religious minorities as major issues of social inequalities to be addressed on the left. While we observed a consensus on the stigmatization of racist or state violence, the means to tackle it varied according to the position of the actors in the field, in terms of ideological embeddedness and access to the public sphere, institutional recognition, and social capital. We first map these consensual topics across the different movements in Europe, and across national contexts. We then present the internal tensions in the left-wing sphere concerning diversity and pluralism in current democracies.

The Suffering of the Perpetrators: The Ethics of Traumatic German Historicity in Karen Bass's Young Adult World War II Novels

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Doris Wolf
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adult World ◽  
The Public Sphere

This paper examines two young adult novels, Run Like Jäger (2008) and Summer of Fire (2009), by Canadian writer Karen Bass, which centre on the experiences of so-called ordinary German teenagers in World War II. Although guilt and perpetration are themes addressed in these books, their focus is primarily on the ways in which Germans suffered at the hands of the Allied forces. These books thus participate in the increasingly widespread but still controversial subject of the suffering of the perpetrators. Bringing work in childhood studies to bear on contemporary representations of German wartime suffering in the public sphere, I explore how Bass's novels, through the liminal figure of the adolescent, participate in a culture of self-victimisation that downplays guilt rather than more ethically contextualises suffering within guilt. These historical narratives are framed by contemporary narratives which centre on troubled teen protagonists who need the stories of the past for their own individualisation in the present. In their evacuation of crucial historical contexts, both Run Like Jäger and Summer of Fire support optimistic and gendered narratives of individualism that ultimately refuse complicated understandings of adolescent agency in the past or present.

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