Rayane al-Rammal contributed to the Brill publication The Global Politics of Artistic Engagement: Beyond the Arab Uprisings (edited by Pénélope Larzillière, BRILL 2022). The range of artistic protest actions shows how the globalisation of art is also the globalisation of art politics. In the face of political disillusionment, these aesthetic interventions take on new meanings as artivists seek alternative modes of social transformation and the production of shared values. Ram

Isn't the dissident quality of art intimately related to precisely its capacity to transcend mere political protest? In our post-modernist era, when art is expected to be overtly political, does it lose some of its political potential by attending to such expectations? Rayane al-Rammal works on art (&) activism in contemporary Lebanon. She runs a Books Review Youtube Channel. Click here to learn more about Rayane al-Rammal and her research for the MIDA project. #lebanon #arta

It has been half time of the MIDA. The Team met in Paris, September 2021. The film shows Prof. Pascal Buresi and Prof. Thijl Sunier resuming and reflecting the first 2 years of the ITN-Project. Film by PS Media (ps-stories.com) Editing: Philipp Rückriem Camera: Arne Jannsen YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/LXQEBEZZ3Ow #ITN #MSCA #H2020 #EU #ISLAM #digitization #media #communication #university #academia #paris #ENIS #MIDA #CNRS #SOCIOLOGY #ANTHROPOLOGY #ARCHEOLOGY #HISTORY #ART #PH