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Oberlin College
Publication Date
Fall 2018
Abstract
This paper argues that Tunisia’s engaged artists are playing a key role in the development of Tunisian civil society and democracy. The bulk of the research is in the form of interviews with five Tunisian artists. Each artist is actively engaged in the project of building a stronger, more democratic society. Through their art, they exercise and protect the political rights won in the 2011 revolution. These artists resist censorship, powerfully and loudly exercise their right to free speech, and help Tunisian society envision a better future for itself. The five artists interviewed for this research represent the type of citizen the future of Tunisia’s civil society and democracy depend upon.
Disciplines
African Studies | Art and Design | Critical and Cultural Studies | Graphic Communications | International and Intercultural Communication | Political Theory | Politics and Social Change | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology of Culture
Recommended Citation
Kelley, Caitlin, "Rebuilding Tunisia, One Artist at a Time" (2018). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2979.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2979
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African Studies Commons, Art and Design Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Graphic Communications Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Political Theory Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons
Program Name
Tunisia and Italy: Politics and Religious Integration in the Mediterranean