In Search of Tunga

Chappatte, André

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“…Similar to the other visual content, the cartoons published by The NYT enhanced the overall frame of the two coverages. In Cartoon 1 of Aleppo (Chappatte, 2016a), the cartoonist Patrick Chappatte criticised former US President Barack Obama for not taking action to intervene in Aleppo. There was heavy black smoke, the entire city was destroyed, and Russian military aircraft (identified by the word Russia that was written on the main aircraft) dropped bombs, including what appeared to be barrel bombs (referencing the Syrian government).…”

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A ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ or a ‘Liberation Struggle’: a comparative analysis of the coverages of The Independent and The New York Times of the 2016 and the 2017 military operations in Aleppo and Al-Raqqa

Rabea

2023

Media International Australia

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This article explores the coverage by The Independent and The New York Times of the 2016 and the 2017 military operations in Aleppo and Al-Raqqa. It highlights the uneven reporting on the humanitarian crisis in the two cities. The analysis shows that the similarities in the coverage of the two newspapers were greater than the differences. The New York Times and The Independent (to a lesser extent) espoused a pro-US narrative of the Syrian conflict by framing Aleppo as a humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ and Al-Raqqa as a ‘liberation’ struggle. Biases were constructed out of several elements including (1) the dominance of US sources and selective use of UN and NGO sources; (2) the use of visual content quantitatively and qualitatively; (3) the use of graphic and emotive terms; (4) focus on the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo and the military operations in Al-Raqqa.

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A ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ or a ‘Liberation Struggle’: a comparative analysis of the coverages of The Independent and The New York Times of the 2016 and the 2017 military operations in Aleppo and Al-Raqqa

Rabea

2023

Media International Australia

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“…But at night, the sensory power of sight is seriously reduced. As we see “the “silhouettes” of people’s activities but barely their “faces”” the visual information becomes a “shadow play” (Chappatte et al. 2018, 14-15).…”

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“…22.In Bougouni (250 kilometers north of Odienné), people who hung out at night understood it as “a time for private and unspoken matters.” (Chappatte 2018, 534). When they spoke, they mostly spoke about the others.…”

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When silence is “yeelen” (light): Exploring the corporeality of the mind in a nocturnal solo zikr practice (Odienné, Ivory Coast)

Chappatte

2021

Critical Research on Religion

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In the town of Odienné (Ivory Coast), Madou forges his faith in God by performing long sessions of solo zikr (recollection of God) after midnight. This article ethnographically explores the theme of light in this Sufi practice of concentration as an experiential form of being. It first describes how the light and darkness of the penumbra of the night co-initiate what I call “the devotional place” of zikr. Following a phenomenological writing, it then describes how, as hours go by, Madou’s concentration navigates towards “ yeelen” (spiritual light) through the silence of the deep night. In doing so, this article elaborates the “corporeal mind” as synesthetic instants in this journey when the body becomes the mind and the mind faith, as the penumbra becomes silence and silence light. In other words, it explores the sensuous unboundedness of the self that happens in regular and long practice of nocturnal solo zikr. This article therefore offers a corporeal understanding of the light of God among practitioners of prolonged nocturnal solo zikr in West Africa.

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Beldé

2024

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Poor, unemployed rural young men are often presumed to be inevitable victims for jihadi recruitment in the Sahel. However, from the perspective of rural populations, jihadi violence’s social reconfiguration is only the latest episode in a long series of transformations of the social environment. Youth have developed various tactics to move their lives in advantageous directions and joining jihadis is only one potential pathway. Zooming in on Mali’s southern Sikasso region, this article proposes the framework of social navigation to make sense of the diverse trajectories of rural male youth. Based on 6 months of fieldwork and interviews with stakeholders in Bamako and Sikasso, it provides a framework that unites social transformation, youth’s agency and jihadi expansion.

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In Search of Tunga

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A ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ or a ‘Liberation Struggle’: a comparative analysis of the coverages of The Independent and The New York Times of the 2016 and the 2017 military operations in Aleppo and Al-Raqqa

A ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ or a ‘Liberation Struggle’: a comparative analysis of the coverages of The Independent and The New York Times of the 2016 and the 2017 military operations in Aleppo and Al-Raqqa

When silence is “yeelen” (light): Exploring the corporeality of the mind in a nocturnal solo zikr practice (Odienné, Ivory Coast)

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