Listening as a citizenship practice post-Arab Spring
Mediated civic listening as a struggle, duty and joy in Urban Morocco
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11268631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharina Schmoll (0000-0002-3753-8037, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-100 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443720939455 |
| OpenAlex | W3045310232 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
Where options to speak out and to find recognition are limited, it is tempting to explore citizens’ engagement from an angle of self-expression. With the so-called Arab Spring, narratives about ‘Arabs speaking out’ gained prominence in Western publics, highlighting Arabs’ civic engagement, and also countering long-standing Western images of Arabs as passive and/or violent. In contrast, building on ethnographic research with Moroccan urban women affiliated with the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party, this article identifies and discusses listening as a critical media practice. Notably, this article suggests recognising listening as a valuable active citizenship practice next to practices of voice. As a critical part of emerging civic cultures in the Arab world, listening helps revealing understudied links between civic knowledge, listening, civic engagement and empowerment. In this endeavour, this article discusses the interviewees’ mediated listening practices for civic knowledge as a duty, struggle and joy pertaining to authoritarianism, class and gender issues, illustrating how reciprocal listening and knowledge redistribution are used as a civic engagement and empowerment strategy. The article aims to contribute to debates on Arab-mediated civic cultures as well as the concept of listening that has previously been discussed mainly in the context of Western democracies
Active listening · Citizenship · Civic engagement · Duty · Empowerment · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Peacebuilding and International Security · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Why Voice Matters
Master and Disciple
Peripheral Visions
Networked Publics and Digital Contention
Understanding Narrative Inquiry
The Dissonance of Democracy
Life as Politics
Media Framing of the Muslim World
Publicizing the private
Listening for Democracy
The Power and the People
Women and Media in the Middle East
The Naked Blogger of Cairo
Islamic feminism in new Arab media Platforms for self-expression and sites for multiple resistances
Communicating Gender in the Public Sphere
In Their Own Voice
EndMaleGuardianship
The Monarchy vs. the 20 February Movement
T he P erverse E ffect of G ood G overnance
Following you
Beyond voice
Listening across difference
Digital use and mistrust in the aftermath of the Arab Spring
Islamist Feminism in Morocco
A Decline of Identity Politics
Resistance Movements, the State, and National Identities
Listening Publics
On the relevance or irrelevance of political parties in Morocco
The authoritarian trap in state/media structures in Morocco's political transition
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |