Caroline Seymour‐jorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4005480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Seymour‐jorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Seymour‐jorn |
| SIGNATURE | JORN C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Constructing the present and envisioning the future in the studio arts in Cairo
This paper explores the post-revolutionary creative production of two prominent young studio artists in Egypt: Hany Rashed (b. 1975) and Bassem Yousri (b. 1980). Both of these artists were active prior to and during the 2011 Revolution and in the immediate post-revolutionary period. This paper focuses on some of their most recent work, created under the oppressive circumstances of the el-Sisi regime. I argue that both of these artists engage a se…
Singing a New Future
This paper explores the creative production of Egypt’s Choir project, a collaborative musical and theatrical group that has provided a context for youth creative, social and political expression since 2010. Drawing upon Richard Bauman’s (1984) multifaceted framework for thinking about emerging art forms, I detail the history and socio-political context of the Choir project’s activities during the period from 2011 until 2018, and engage in close l…
The American prophetic tradition and social justice activism among Muslims in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ethnographic and Literary Reflections on Miral Al-Tahawy’s The Tent
This article focuses on the Egyptian writer Miral al-Tahawy’s 1996 novel The Tent (al-Khibāʾ). This ethnographically informed novel sheds light on liminal, emotional, and imaginative aspects of social and personal life—those aspects that tend to be particularly challenging for the ethnographer to transmit in his or her writing about culture. I argue that we can read The Tent as ethnographically informed primarily because of the complex way in whi…
Diverse Muslims in a Racialized Landscape
Studying the racially and ethnically diverse Muslim minority population in any US city must take into account the racialized landscape prevailing in the city. Milwaukee is a highly racially segregated city, where residential patterns have been shaped by decades of immigration by various ethnic and racial groups, and by restrictions on residential housing, as well as industrialization, deindustrialization and suburbanization. This paper presents f…
Researching within and against Islamophobia
This paper draws on an ongoing study, The Muslim Milwaukee Project, and examines the collaboration between three faculty members and Muslim leaders in Milwaukee to design and implement a demographic survey of the Muslim community in the city. By providing a case study from a mid-sized city in the USA, as well as examining the ethical and methodological questions that arise when studying Muslims, we intend to address an apparent breach in the lite…
The Literary Life of Cairo
Book Review| October 01 2012 The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City, Samia Mehrez Caroline Seymour-Jorn Caroline Seymour-Jorn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Northeast African Studies (2012) 12 (2): 148–149. https://doi.org/10.2307/41931322 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Se…
Etidal Osman
Research Article| March 01 2006 Etidal Osman: Egyptian Women’s Writing and Creativity Caroline Seymour-Jorn Caroline Seymour-Jorn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (1): 95–121. https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-2006-1004 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Caroline Seymour-Jorn; Etidal Osman: Egyptian Women’s Writing and Creativity. Journa…
Etidal Osman
It seems to me that the only way of facing all the crises in social, political and economic life, all the fragmentation, all the tearing apart of things, all the fear of losing identity, is the concept that if we can reproduce our tradition in a modern context, that may provide the solid base, the integrity of the modern human being (author interview with Etidal Osman, Cairo, 14 November 1992).Whenever a woman is a writer, she is able to face the…
View from the margin
Arabic language learning among Arab immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This study examines the attachment to Arabic language in the Arab‐American community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA as a form of maintaining cultural identity. The researcher interviewed Arab‐American students at the University of Wisconsin as well as selected members of the broader Arab‐American community in the city. This research suggests that there is strong interest in Arabic language education particularly among Arab‐Muslim families who have …
A New Language
Researching within and against Islamophobia
This paper draws on an ongoing study, The Muslim Milwaukee Project, and examines the collaboration between three faculty members and Muslim leaders in Milwaukee to design and implement a demographic survey of the Muslim community in the city. By providing a case study from a mid-sized city in the USA, as well as examining the ethical and methodological questions that arise when studying Muslims, we intend to address an apparent breach in the lite…
Arabic language learning among Arab immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This study examines the attachment to Arabic language in the Arab‐American community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA as a form of maintaining cultural identity. The researcher interviewed Arab‐American students at the University of Wisconsin as well as selected members of the broader Arab‐American community in the city. This research suggests that there is strong interest in Arabic language education particularly among Arab‐Muslim families who have …
Diverse Muslims in a Racialized Landscape
Studying the racially and ethnically diverse Muslim minority population in any US city must take into account the racialized landscape prevailing in the city. Milwaukee is a highly racially segregated city, where residential patterns have been shaped by decades of immigration by various ethnic and racial groups, and by restrictions on residential housing, as well as industrialization, deindustrialization and suburbanization. This paper presents f…
The American prophetic tradition and social justice activism among Muslims in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Literary Life of Cairo
Book Review| October 01 2012 The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City, Samia Mehrez Caroline Seymour-Jorn Caroline Seymour-Jorn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Northeast African Studies (2012) 12 (2): 148–149. https://doi.org/10.2307/41931322 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Se…
Etidal Osman
It seems to me that the only way of facing all the crises in social, political and economic life, all the fragmentation, all the tearing apart of things, all the fear of losing identity, is the concept that if we can reproduce our tradition in a modern context, that may provide the solid base, the integrity of the modern human being (author interview with Etidal Osman, Cairo, 14 November 1992).Whenever a woman is a writer, she is able to face the…
A New Language
View from the margin
Arabic language learning among Arab immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This study examines the attachment to Arabic language in the Arab‐American community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA as a form of maintaining cultural identity. The researcher interviewed Arab‐American students at the University of Wisconsin as well as selected members of the broader Arab‐American community in the city. This research suggests that there is strong interest in Arabic language education particularly among Arab‐Muslim families who have …
Etidal Osman
Research Article| March 01 2006 Etidal Osman: Egyptian Women’s Writing and Creativity Caroline Seymour-Jorn Caroline Seymour-Jorn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (1): 95–121. https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-2006-1004 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Caroline Seymour-Jorn; Etidal Osman: Egyptian Women’s Writing and Creativity. Journa…
Etidal Osman
It seems to me that the only way of facing all the crises in social, political and economic life, all the fragmentation, all the tearing apart of things, all the fear of losing identity, is the concept that if we can reproduce our tradition in a modern context, that may provide the solid base, the integrity of the modern human being (author interview with Etidal Osman, Cairo, 14 November 1992).Whenever a woman is a writer, she is able to face the…
The Literary Life of Cairo
Book Review| October 01 2012 The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City, Samia Mehrez Caroline Seymour-Jorn Caroline Seymour-Jorn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Northeast African Studies (2012) 12 (2): 148–149. https://doi.org/10.2307/41931322 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Se…
Researching within and against Islamophobia
This paper draws on an ongoing study, The Muslim Milwaukee Project, and examines the collaboration between three faculty members and Muslim leaders in Milwaukee to design and implement a demographic survey of the Muslim community in the city. By providing a case study from a mid-sized city in the USA, as well as examining the ethical and methodological questions that arise when studying Muslims, we intend to address an apparent breach in the lite…
Diverse Muslims in a Racialized Landscape
Studying the racially and ethnically diverse Muslim minority population in any US city must take into account the racialized landscape prevailing in the city. Milwaukee is a highly racially segregated city, where residential patterns have been shaped by decades of immigration by various ethnic and racial groups, and by restrictions on residential housing, as well as industrialization, deindustrialization and suburbanization. This paper presents f…
Ethnographic and Literary Reflections on Miral Al-Tahawy’s The Tent
This article focuses on the Egyptian writer Miral al-Tahawy’s 1996 novel The Tent (al-Khibāʾ). This ethnographically informed novel sheds light on liminal, emotional, and imaginative aspects of social and personal life—those aspects that tend to be particularly challenging for the ethnographer to transmit in his or her writing about culture. I argue that we can read The Tent as ethnographically informed primarily because of the complex way in whi…
The American prophetic tradition and social justice activism among Muslims in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Singing a New Future
This paper explores the creative production of Egypt’s Choir project, a collaborative musical and theatrical group that has provided a context for youth creative, social and political expression since 2010. Drawing upon Richard Bauman’s (1984) multifaceted framework for thinking about emerging art forms, I detail the history and socio-political context of the Choir project’s activities during the period from 2011 until 2018, and engage in close l…
Constructing the present and envisioning the future in the studio arts in Cairo
This paper explores the post-revolutionary creative production of two prominent young studio artists in Egypt: Hany Rashed (b. 1975) and Bassem Yousri (b. 1980). Both of these artists were active prior to and during the 2011 Revolution and in the immediate post-revolutionary period. This paper focuses on some of their most recent work, created under the oppressive circumstances of the el-Sisi regime. I argue that both of these artists engage a se…
Art (7 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (4 works) · Political science (4 works)