A Look at Canary Mission: Democratic Theory through the Palestinian-American Eye
Format
Oral Presentation
Faculty Mentor Name
Dari Sylvester Tran
Faculty Mentor Department
Political Science
Abstract/Artist Statement
There have been many efforts made throughout history that aim to silence individuals who speak out against laws, governments, human rights violations, and other concepts of the sort. Modern day intimidation tactics take on a less physically violent form as they resort to public outings through social media and the internet. In this paper, I seek to hook this idea onto civil rights literature and policies in an attempt to understand the question of intimidation tactics. Further, I hypothesize that these intimidation tactics affect democratic participation. I take on this approach using ethnographic interviews with Palestinian-American college or university students to truly understand the Palestinian-American experience. I hypothesize that these tactics lead to self-censorship, which is subjective in many ways, but ultimately affects one’s perception of free speech and willingness to participate in America’s democracy.
Location
Yosemite Learning Lab, William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center
Start Date
30-4-2022 2:20 PM
End Date
30-4-2022 2:39 PM
A Look at Canary Mission: Democratic Theory through the Palestinian-American Eye
Yosemite Learning Lab, William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center
There have been many efforts made throughout history that aim to silence individuals who speak out against laws, governments, human rights violations, and other concepts of the sort. Modern day intimidation tactics take on a less physically violent form as they resort to public outings through social media and the internet. In this paper, I seek to hook this idea onto civil rights literature and policies in an attempt to understand the question of intimidation tactics. Further, I hypothesize that these intimidation tactics affect democratic participation. I take on this approach using ethnographic interviews with Palestinian-American college or university students to truly understand the Palestinian-American experience. I hypothesize that these tactics lead to self-censorship, which is subjective in many ways, but ultimately affects one’s perception of free speech and willingness to participate in America’s democracy.