"What Then?” Palestinian Hip Hop, the Youth Movement, and the Decolonial Present- with Sunaina Maira
Fall 2013 Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Johnson Center, A
This talk draws on the research for a new book, "Jil Oslo: Palestinian Hip Hop, Youth Culture, and the Youth Movement," by Sunaina Maira. Based on ethnographic research in Palestine, primarily during the Arab revolutions, the book explores the intersections between new youth cultures and protest politics among Palestinian youth in the West Bank and Israel. It focuses on Palestinian hip hop and the youth movement that emerged in 2011 as two overlapping sites where new cultural and political imaginaries are being produced in the Oslo generation. Challenging the boundaries of the Oslo framework of national politics and cultural expression, these young artists and activists are rethinking and reviving the possibility of a decolonial present.
Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program, the Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Arab Studies Institute.
