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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/arabic-glitch-book-launch-2/
SUMMARY:Arabic Glitch Book Launch
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 Promotional poster for Arab Glitch Book Launch[/caption]\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nSAN
 TA BARBARA\, CALIFORNIA\n\nDiscussants:\nGeorge Legrady (Media Arts and Te
 chnology)\nConstance Penley (Film and Media Studies)\nSherene Seikaly (His
 tory)\n\nDescription:\n\nThe concept of Arabic Glitch challenges the once 
 dominant narratives about the relationship between technology and politica
 l agency that center Silicon Valley\, as well as the study of digital art 
 (specifically glitch art)\, the study of online social movements\, and are
 a studies of the Arabic-speaking Middle East and North Africa. It instigat
 es interventions by demonstrating that twenty-first century resistance mov
 ements are grounded in the 2011 Arab uprisings\; showing how social media 
 stage confrontations between state and resistors\; introducing the valuabl
 e concept of data bodies\, which keep the body and analog experience in di
 gital knowledge production\, and promoting software literacy. While “gli
 tch” in popular parlance is typically understood as an unwelcome error\,
  an Arabic glitch functions as both a visual artifact and conceptual “te
 ar” in technologies and institutions–a tear that creates an opening fo
 r social change. The argument interweaves ideas from artistic practice wit
 h discussions of historical and social movements while considering technoc
 ulture in the Arab world through the framework of “glitch.”\n\nTaking 
 from the virtual and bringing back into the material\, Laila Shereen Sakr 
 will discuss her new book with three scholars across Film and Media Studie
 s\, Digital Arts\, and Middle East Studies. The discussants will interroga
 te the concept of “Arabic glitch” as a framework in their fields of re
 search and practice. A reception will follow with beats by DJ Davey along 
 with an exhibit of the augmented reality (AR) data visualization of the Ja
 nuary 6th Insurrection discussed in Arabic Glitch: Technoculture\, Data Bo
 dies\, and Archives.\n\nThis event is open to the public. Refreshments wil
 l be available\, and UCSB Bookstore will be present at the event with copi
 es of the book for sale.\n\nCenter for Middle East Studies Spotlight Serie
 s\nDepartment of Film and Media Studies Colloquium\nCo-sponsored by the In
 terdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC)
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