Miriyam Aouragh 2025. Syrians Know Their Way - from Visual memory making to Digital testimonies. Communication, Culture and Critique. 18 (3), pp. 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaf020
| Title | Syrians Know Their Way - from Visual memory making to Digital testimonies |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Miriyam Aouragh |
| Abstract | In 2023, a decade after the 2011–2013 Syrian uprising, many had forgotten the country’s revolutionary struggle. Then, a year later, Bashar Al-Assad was ousted just as suddenly as the 2011 revolts had arisen. This article investigates how we remember, recount and mediate events. It does so by examining the way different features of digital visual media produced by the art collective Al Sha’b Al Suri Aref Tarikh (ASSAT) (“Syrian people know their way”) correspond to different stages in Syria’s revolution. The article presents ASSAT as a unique phenomenon that visually documented Syria’s uprising. It argues that ASSAT’s visual expressions provide a temporal appraisal of the different junctions of revolutionary experiences. Finally, it demonstrates that chronicling the extraordinary phases of resilience, has also shaped their own lives. Their engagement set in motion future political effects, even when they were unable to salvage a revolutionary project in the present. |
| Journal | Communication, Culture and Critique |
| Journal citation | 18 (3), pp. 224-235 |
| ISSN | 1753-9137 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaf020 |
| Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaf020 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 07 Jul 2025 |