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 September 27, 2012
| Time: | 3-5 p.m. |
| Description: | The Social Sciences and the Middle East Lecture Series presents "Framing Pictures: Women Fomenting the Art Scene in Amman," a talk by Aseel Sawahla, Fordham University.
With the upheavals in neighboring Arab countries (the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the "Arab Spring" in Egypt and Syria and the ongoing political unrest in Palestine), Jordan's capital Amman has emerged as a center for the production and circulation of visual arts. As Iraqi artists made Amman their new home, and as members of the regional upper and middle-class settled in Jordan, visual arts became a currency of cultural capital among the city's new elite. In this talk, Sawalha discusses the role of middle-class women who own and run art venues in an old but now gentrified neighborhood in Amman, al-Weibdeh. |
| Location: | Student Activity Center (SAC) 2.120 |
| URL: | More about this event... |
| Contact: | Sofian Merabet | 512-471-0057 |
| Sponsor: | Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of Anthropology, and the Department of Sociology |
| Admission: | Free and open to the public |
| Categories: | Lecture/talk |
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