Communicating war in Mali, 2012
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Communicating war in Mali, 2012. / Pelckmans, Lotte; Bruijn, Mirjam de; Sangare, Boukary.
In: Journal of African Media Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2015, p. 109-128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Communicating war in Mali, 2012
AU - Pelckmans, Lotte
AU - Bruijn, Mirjam de
AU - Sangare, Boukary
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Arab Spring raised high expectations for political freedom, especially for situations in which the rapid development of ICT intersects with political oppression and rebellion, as was the case in Mali, West Africa. In 2012 the country's northern part fell into the hands of rebels and jihadists were on the rise. This article tries to understand the development of political agency in relation to the unprecedented access to new ICT of the Fulani nomads and urbanites in the Mopti region (Hayre), who engage increasingly with new actors and networks present in the war zone: rebels and jihadists; the diaspora from that region; and the journalistic and academic communities who visit the region. We argue that political agency is emerging in the relation between (newly appearing) information networks in both the on- and off-line worlds. These networked societies are embedded in cultural and social historical specificities of the Sudan-Sahel zone in conflict.
AB - The Arab Spring raised high expectations for political freedom, especially for situations in which the rapid development of ICT intersects with political oppression and rebellion, as was the case in Mali, West Africa. In 2012 the country's northern part fell into the hands of rebels and jihadists were on the rise. This article tries to understand the development of political agency in relation to the unprecedented access to new ICT of the Fulani nomads and urbanites in the Mopti region (Hayre), who engage increasingly with new actors and networks present in the war zone: rebels and jihadists; the diaspora from that region; and the journalistic and academic communities who visit the region. We argue that political agency is emerging in the relation between (newly appearing) information networks in both the on- and off-line worlds. These networked societies are embedded in cultural and social historical specificities of the Sudan-Sahel zone in conflict.
KW - Mali
KW - Conflict
KW - Media
KW - West Africa
KW - Networked Social Spaces
KW - Political Agency
KW - Azawad
KW - ICT
U2 - 10.1386/jams.7.2.109_1
DO - 10.1386/jams.7.2.109_1
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 109
EP - 128
JO - Journal of African Media Studies
JF - Journal of African Media Studies
SN - 2040-199X
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 201433653