On Tuesday Brown University’s Dr. Sarah Tobin will be visiting our class by Skype. Dr. Tobin is an anthropologist with extensive fieldwork in Jordan and lately has been studying Syrian refugee camps there–including Za’atari, Azraq and Cyber City.
For Tuesday, read and geo-tag (two items) her article “Security and Resilience among Syrian Refugees in Jordan,” co-authored with Denis Sullivan.
On Thursday, read the chapter “The Media Revolution” in Battle for the Arab Spring and geo-tag two items from it. We’ll discuss the role of the mass media in the modern Middle East and then watch another stretch of The Square. I’ll also share some information with your about the Global Understanding Workshop reflection paper.
I’m looking forward to reading your first blog posts. I’ll have comments and feedback for you in the next two days.