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Assignment:
1. What is "hacktivism?"
- Activism that takes place online; rather than blocking streets or sit-ins, these actions block and disrupt corporate and government websites.
- Counter-activism activities. Corporate and government agencies use strategies to infiltrate activist groups to undermine their protest.
- Media practices to influence the images of activism by activists, such as depicting events and experiences in film, photography, or any visual medium.
2. How did the movement for self-representation rather than autocratic governments, the International Monetary Fund, or multi-national corporations spread from Latina American cities around the world?
- Social media posts and other internet platforms
- The Zapatistas attacks on web security.
- Graffiti, street art, and video collectives.
- Academy Award-nominated documentary films about the people's movement.
3. Briefly and in your own words, according to Mirzoeff, why was the Arab Spring known as "a set of Facebook revolutions" (267)?
4. How was the 2011 movement "Occupy Wall Street" centered in Zuccotti Park, New York City different from the earlier Egyptian movement centered in Tahrir Square, Cairo?
- It was initiated by a satirical magazine.
- It was initiated by social media posts of street art and videos.
- Protesters were largely young, educated, and unemployed.
- Protesters did not face violent repression by the state.
5. What were the visual style elements did Mirzoeff note in the Occupy Wall Street movement?
- Hand-written signs describing people's financial and class struggles.
- A meme based on the image of a woman being pepper-sprayed by police.
- WeAreThe1% hashtag.
- Street portraits of all the people who died in the uprising.
6. Mirzoeff speculates that "the wave of revolt in global cities" may not be over, and that "uncoordinated and often very distinct moments of unrest remain a feature of the global scene" (279). For up to four extra credit points, based on what Mirzoeff has argued in this chapter, do you agree that the combination of "urbanization, mass youth unemployment, and climate change" means we can expect more uprisings and revolutions moving forward?