Contemporary youth movements and the role of social media in Sudan

被引:15
作者
Kadoda, Gada [1 ]
Hale, Sondra [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Anthropol & Gender Studies, Los Angeles, CA USA
关键词
Sudan; youth movements; social media; insurrections; Arab Spring;
D O I
10.1080/00083968.2014.953556
中图分类号
K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ;
摘要
Youth activism in the last decade has become increasingly associated with new media technologies. The Arab Spring, it can be argued, prompted much interest among academics, policymakers and others on the intersection between youth, activism and social media. Although oftentimes seen as threats to authoritarian states, youths have become agents of change in the eyes of international foreign policy developers who claim to be keen on progressive and inclusive governance. This paper reflects on the role of social media in the recent (2011-2013) activism of Sudanese youth, who have taken centre stage at demonstrations calling for regime change, and adopting mechanisms similar to their counterparts in the Middle East/North Africa. While political forms of activism may have been more prominent in the Arab Spring, this paper argues that social media plays a key role in both political and community engagements of contemporary urban Sudanese youth, perhaps pointing to future possibilities. L'activisme des jeunes au cours des dix dernieres annees en est venu a etre de plus en plus associe aux nouvelles technologies mediatiques. On peut soutenir que le << Printemps arabe >> a suscite un vif interet parmi les universitaires et les decideurs, entre autres, sur l'intersection entre les jeunes, l'activisme et les medias sociaux. Bien qu'ils soient souvent percus comme une menace pour les Etats autoritaires, les jeunes sont devenus des agents de changement aux yeux des entites internationales chargees d'elaborer les politiques etrangeres qui affirment etre interessees par la gouvernance progressiste et inclusive. Cet article traite du role des medias sociaux dans le recent activisme (2011-2013) des jeunes soudanais, qui ont occupe le devant de la scenelors des manifestations en faveur d'un changement de regime et qui adoptent des mecanismes similaires a ceux de leurs pairs au Moyen-Orient ou en Afrique du Nord. Si les formes politiques d'activisme ont ete plusimportantes lors du Printemps arabe, cet article soutient que les medias sociaux jouent neanmoins un role cle dans la mobilisation politique ainsi que communautaire des jeunes soudanais urbains d'aujourd'hui, ce qui laisse peut-etre entrevoir des possibilites futures.
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页码:215 / 236
页数:22
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