Wazhmah Osman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3921962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wazhmah Osman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wazhmah |
| FAMILY NAME | Osman |
| SIGNATURE | OSMAN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Media Studies and Production Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-3602-4039 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unruly subjects
In this autoethnographic article, I explore the “crisis of representation” and the struggle of subaltern people for reparative representation and media justice. I argue that the field of visual anthropology and its multimodal programs have emerged from the margins to be at the forefront of decolonizing media and representation in the academy and beyond, but more work still needs to be done to achieve parity. I highlight the work and programs of l…
Decolonizing Transnational Feminism
This article analyzes the Afghan and Iranian feminist uprisings of the early 2020s spurred by #MahsaAmini’s death and the return of the Taliban, and their predecessors, #MyRedLine and #MyStealthyFreedom. It assesses why these movements, which gained international traction and a huge global online and offline presence, are no longer in the mainstream media spotlight. The article examines the efficacy and dangers of these feminist movements, which …
The Inclusions and Occlusions of Expanded Refugee Narratives
In this article, Wazhmah Osman and Karen Redrobe consider the storytelling conventions of the award-winning animated documentary Flee (2021) in light of the long history (in mainstream and popular media, as well as in academia) of marginalized peoples not being able to tell their own stories and of subaltern groups being positioned as the subjects of films in which white filmmakers and researchers drive the narrative. They consider the hierarchie…
Transformations in Afghan Media and Culture Through Cycles of Upheaval
This article traces how the Afghan cultural, media, and arts sectors have gone through cycles of boom and bust in tandem with the country’s tumultuous history in recent decades, starting with the prewar golden era in the 1960s and 1970s, then focusing on the post-9/11 internationally funded media expansion, and finally on the Taliban’s return to power. The current exodus of human talent, due to forced migration, dispossession, and displacement, a…
Building Spectatorial Solidarity against the “War on Terror” Media-Military Gaze
At the dawn of the 21st century the “War on Terror” ushered in an era in which some were besieged by wars and others by war-related imagery. For the fortunate who live outside of war zones, mostly in the Global North and West, the experience of war has been primarily a mediated one. With the advent of digital imagery and its many evolving and developing technological transmutations, the possibilities of reproduction, representation, manipulation,…
Racialized Agents and Villains of the Security State
This article examines modern American warfare and policing to draw parallels in the ways that national citizens and foreign nationals are subjected to similar regimes of violence and subjugation and highlight the interrelated oppressions of marginalized groups at home with marginalized groups abroad. It analyzes media representations of people from the Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian ( menasa ) regions to further demonstrate the wo…
On Media, Social Movements, and Uprisings
From Tehran to Tahrir Square to Gezi Park—to mention only three key sites of protest made prominent in 2013—social media has been lauded as one of the key factors enabling popular uprisings and social movements. This has provided further hype for new or digital media, which were already being touted as a tool for social change, liberation, and the representation of marginalized or oppressed voices. In this essay, I argue not against new media per…
Building Spectatorial Solidarity against the “War on Terror” Media-Military Gaze
At the dawn of the 21st century the “War on Terror” ushered in an era in which some were besieged by wars and others by war-related imagery. For the fortunate who live outside of war zones, mostly in the Global North and West, the experience of war has been primarily a mediated one. With the advent of digital imagery and its many evolving and developing technological transmutations, the possibilities of reproduction, representation, manipulation,…
Decolonizing Transnational Feminism
This article analyzes the Afghan and Iranian feminist uprisings of the early 2020s spurred by #MahsaAmini’s death and the return of the Taliban, and their predecessors, #MyRedLine and #MyStealthyFreedom. It assesses why these movements, which gained international traction and a huge global online and offline presence, are no longer in the mainstream media spotlight. The article examines the efficacy and dangers of these feminist movements, which …
On Media, Social Movements, and Uprisings
From Tehran to Tahrir Square to Gezi Park—to mention only three key sites of protest made prominent in 2013—social media has been lauded as one of the key factors enabling popular uprisings and social movements. This has provided further hype for new or digital media, which were already being touted as a tool for social change, liberation, and the representation of marginalized or oppressed voices. In this essay, I argue not against new media per…
Racialized Agents and Villains of the Security State
This article examines modern American warfare and policing to draw parallels in the ways that national citizens and foreign nationals are subjected to similar regimes of violence and subjugation and highlight the interrelated oppressions of marginalized groups at home with marginalized groups abroad. It analyzes media representations of people from the Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian ( menasa ) regions to further demonstrate the wo…
The Inclusions and Occlusions of Expanded Refugee Narratives
In this article, Wazhmah Osman and Karen Redrobe consider the storytelling conventions of the award-winning animated documentary Flee (2021) in light of the long history (in mainstream and popular media, as well as in academia) of marginalized peoples not being able to tell their own stories and of subaltern groups being positioned as the subjects of films in which white filmmakers and researchers drive the narrative. They consider the hierarchie…
Transformations in Afghan Media and Culture Through Cycles of Upheaval
This article traces how the Afghan cultural, media, and arts sectors have gone through cycles of boom and bust in tandem with the country’s tumultuous history in recent decades, starting with the prewar golden era in the 1960s and 1970s, then focusing on the post-9/11 internationally funded media expansion, and finally on the Taliban’s return to power. The current exodus of human talent, due to forced migration, dispossession, and displacement, a…
Building Spectatorial Solidarity against the “War on Terror” Media-Military Gaze
At the dawn of the 21st century the “War on Terror” ushered in an era in which some were besieged by wars and others by war-related imagery. For the fortunate who live outside of war zones, mostly in the Global North and West, the experience of war has been primarily a mediated one. With the advent of digital imagery and its many evolving and developing technological transmutations, the possibilities of reproduction, representation, manipulation,…
Decolonizing Transnational Feminism
This article analyzes the Afghan and Iranian feminist uprisings of the early 2020s spurred by #MahsaAmini’s death and the return of the Taliban, and their predecessors, #MyRedLine and #MyStealthyFreedom. It assesses why these movements, which gained international traction and a huge global online and offline presence, are no longer in the mainstream media spotlight. The article examines the efficacy and dangers of these feminist movements, which …
Unruly subjects
In this autoethnographic article, I explore the “crisis of representation” and the struggle of subaltern people for reparative representation and media justice. I argue that the field of visual anthropology and its multimodal programs have emerged from the margins to be at the forefront of decolonizing media and representation in the academy and beyond, but more work still needs to be done to achieve parity. I highlight the work and programs of l…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Afghan (2 works)