Thresholds Revisited: Disentangling Public Space: Social Media and Internet Activism

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April 01 2022 Thresholds Revisited: Disentangling Public Space: Social Media and Internet Activism T.F. Tierney, T.F. Tierney T.F. Tierney is founding director of URL: Urban Research Lab and Emerita Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is a 2021 recipient of a Graham Foundation research grant that focuses on critical urbanism and the impact of policy-making on socioeconomic inclusion. Recent publications include “Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks and Urban Transformation” and “The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of Network Society,” which was a finalist for the Jane Jacobs Award. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Mariam Elnozahy Mariam Elnozahy Mariam Elnozahy is a curator, writer, and researcher based between Cairo, Egypt and Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is currently completing her Masters degree in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has curated exhibitions in Cairo, Jeddah, London, Basel, and Amsterdam. Her project titled “Whose Open Society? Understanding Neoliberalism and the Economics of Artistic Production in the Middle East and former Eastern bloc” was presented at the Kunsthalle Wien, the Warsaw Biennale, UJazdowski, the Matter of Art Biennale, and Tranzit in Prague. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information T.F. Tierney T.F. Tierney is founding director of URL: Urban Research Lab and Emerita Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is a 2021 recipient of a Graham Foundation research grant that focuses on critical urbanism and the impact of policy-making on socioeconomic inclusion. Recent publications include “Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks and Urban Transformation” and “The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of Network Society,” which was a finalist for the Jane Jacobs Award. Mariam Elnozahy Mariam Elnozahy is a curator, writer, and researcher based between Cairo, Egypt and Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is currently completing her Masters degree in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has curated exhibitions in Cairo, Jeddah, London, Basel, and Amsterdam. Her project titled “Whose Open Society? Understanding Neoliberalism and the Economics of Artistic Production in the Middle East and former Eastern bloc” was presented at the Kunsthalle Wien, the Warsaw Biennale, UJazdowski, the Matter of Art Biennale, and Tranzit in Prague. Online Issn: 2572-7338 Print Issn: 1091-711X © 2022 T.F. Tierney and Mariam Elnozahy2022T.F. Tierney and Mariam Elnozahy Thresholds (2022) (50): 67–80. https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00755 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation T.F. Tierney, Mariam Elnozahy; Thresholds Revisited: Disentangling Public Space: Social Media and Internet Activism. Thresholds 2022; (50): 67–80. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/thld_a_00755 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThresholds Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2022 T.F. Tierney and Mariam Elnozahy2022T.F. Tierney and Mariam Elnozahy Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.