Art, Power and Knowledge: Claiming Public Space in Tunisia

Tripp, Charles

Abstract

Charles Tripp argues that through artistic interventions – graffiti, visual street art, performances, demonstrations, banners, slogans – citizens have appropriated the public
sphere. Despite the monitoring of political dissent through persuasion or coercion,
an activist public has created highly visible public spaces, assisted and encouraged
by citizen artists. They have generated debates and have helped to give substance to
competing visions of the republic.

Citation

Tripp, C. (in press). Art, Power and Knowledge: Claiming Public Space in Tunisia. Middle East Law and Governance, 9(2-3), 250-274. https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-00802007

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 27, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 9, 2016
• Journal: Middle East Law and Governance
• Print ISSN: 1876-3367
• Electronic ISSN: 1876-3375
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 250-274
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-00802007
• Keywords: Tunisia; art; power; public space; revolution; citizen artists