The voice of silence: youth identity and the “I am Kenyan” movement
| dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, Alberta | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Milne, Brooke (Anthropology) Chadya, Joyce (History) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Buddle, Kathleen (Anthropology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-15T19:03:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-15T19:03:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Anthropology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research seeks to examine the “I am Kenyan” youth-led cross ethnic organization and its impact on the lived experiences of political and national subjectivities of the youth in Kenya. This organization uses social media as a forum to promote non-violent inter-ethnic relations and youth awareness within the political sphere in order to facilitate the development of a unified sense of national identity. I propose to apply the term “silent” movement based on the use of social media as a platform and the body as a tool of self-expression whereby actors silently share their views online while adorning their bodies with communicative bracelets that are associated with the organization. I further seek to examine the impact of ethnic violence on new political modes of representation and identity and whether this particularized violence supports or preludes an identity-based form of slacktivism or/ “armchair” activism. My research seeks to examine how this new kind of social activism acts as a new tactic and response to state repression and political exploitation. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2018 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32839 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social movements | en_US |
| dc.subject | Youth in Waithood | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethnicity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social media | en_US |
| dc.title | The voice of silence: youth identity and the “I am Kenyan” movement | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |