In this seminar, Charles Tripp argues that the city, as a distinctive set of places, is also the site and progenitor of particular forms of contention and that these come together in the social construction of, and competition for public space. Acts of collective association, of bodily occupation and of aesthetic intervention, both violent and nonviolent, give rise to the powerful abstract but contested ideas of an activist public, of citizenship, of rights and of representation. These processes will be examined largely with reference to the Tunisian revolution.
Event Details
Speaker: Professor Charles Tripp, SOAS
Chair: Dr John Chalcraft, LSE
Date: Wednesday 3 December 2014
Time: 16.30-18.30
Location: Room 9.05, Tower 2, Clement's Inn
Event Hashtag: #LSETripp
Attendance: This is a registration only event. Please register using the online booking system.
Speaker
Charles Tripp is Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East at SOAS and a Fellow of the British Academy. His research interests include the nature of autocracy, state and resistance in the Middle East, the politics of Islamic identity and the relationship between art and power. He is currently working on a study of the emergence of the public and the rethinking of republican ideals across the states of North Africa.