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SUMMARY: Book Launch: Searching for a New Kenya: Politics and Social Medi
 a on the Streets of Mombasa\, Stephanie Diepeveen - Stephanie Diepeveen
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CONTACT:Jenna Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch: Searching for a New Kenya: Politics and Social Me
 dia on the Streets of Mombasa\nFrom the electoral surprises of 2016 to COV
 ID-19\, democracy appears to be in crisis. The digitalisation of politics 
 poses a particular challenge to democracy\, as misinformation abounds and 
 citizens are swept up in conspiracies. In Searching for a New Kenya\, Step
 hanie Diepeveen asks\, “What happens to the democratic public sphere as 
 it shifts from in-person to online channels?” Drawing from ethnographic 
 study of popular politics on the street and on social media in Kenya\, Dr 
 Diepeveen finds that while pessimism about digital democracy is premature\
 , some critical aspects of public debate are sacrificed in the shift onlin
 e. Through a critical revision of Hannah Arendt's ideas about action and p
 ower\, this book explores the limitations and possibilities of using the W
 estern canon to interrogate politics elsewhere. In so doing\, this book ra
 ises important questions about both how we study politics\, and what is lo
 st and gained as public discussion moves online.
LOCATION:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-searching-for-a-new-ke
 nya-tickets-190194656337?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
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