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DR ABBY DAYAHRC PUBLIC SECTOR PLACEMENT
FELLOW (BRITISH COUNCIL)UNIVERSITY OF KENT
UK
Policy and Partnerships Perspective
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Translating Cultures: ‘Belief’ in Cultural Relations
‘Translation’: transmission and sharing of LanguagesValues BeliefsHistoriesNarratives
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AHRC PUBLIC SECTOR PLACEMENT FELLOW (BRITISH COUNCIL)
‘Belief in Dialogue’ Programme
12 month Placement Fellowship: I help them understand ‘belief’
They help me understand how research informs policyMy ten years researching ‘belief’
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British Council
76 years as cultural organisation in more than 100 countries - NGO, public (FCO) and private funds
Focus on cultural engagement, education, events
My work: BC offices in London, New York, Cairo, Tunis.
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Belief in cultural relations:
What is belief?
How does it work over time and place?
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‘belief’ in language and culture
Asad - what is religious belief varies by time and place – according to what is ‘authorised’
Austin, Butler - utterance brings something into being (performative)
Bourdieu – performative is relative to power, situated
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Belief framework
Model developed through my research. See Day, Abby:“Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World” Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2011.
Content Sources PracticesSalienceFunctionTime Place
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AHRC/BC Fellowship
October 2011: ‘Belief in Dialogue’
Why not test in rapidly changing environments?
Like ‘transitions in the Arab world’
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Cross Cultural Language
‘Arab Spring’ – less acceptable/ homogenous
Arab speaking countries are differentExperience in recent ‘revolutions’ are differentTunisia – rural; Egypt - urban
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‘Revolution’?
Regime loses legitimacy Not over, incomplete, may not succeed: “too early to tell” - liminality? Unfair criticism: ‘No programme!’ (Occupy)Countered with ‘romantic horizontalism’ This is different: don’t know what will happen.
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Ethnographic method
Ground up (history from below), based on belief narratives:
Focus groups, interviews, participant observation, social media – narratives.Current and previous literature/media Symposia/workshops
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January/February 2012
Egypt visit January 2012
64 ‘young people’; focus groups, informal discussions, Cairo, Qena
Follow through via Facebook/emails
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March 2012
International 3-day residential workshop : March 2012 University of Kent ‘What does it mean to believe?’
Students: Egyptians, Tunisians; UK. UK & US academicsSessions structured on Belief Framework:
Content, Practice, Source, Salience, Function, Time, Place.
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Follow up
March 23rd - 25th Cairo: 15 from Kent symposium + Egypt, BC facilitated Cultural Exchange event
March 26 1 ‘stakeholder’ event - 24 young Arabs Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco [Syria] - BC Staff, Faculty University of York, American University in Cairo
International conferences: New York, UK, Sweden, Publications
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Belief- as a value - religious & non religious
As a key contributor to understanding insocieties:
Pluralistic Changing Potentially divisive Culturally diverse
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Translating values and beliefs: Relationship with the ‘others’
Contested position of ‘religion’
Generational relationships
Legitimacy and authority
Work in Progress
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Partnership impact
Networks:
Participants invited by me (Kent, Sussex, BSA) British Council
Combined network of active participants - universities NGOs
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Academic impact
Theory: social movement, identity, gender , power: anthropology & sociology of religion.
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Practice Impact: Potential of ‘belief’
‘Belief’ has more explanatory and analytical purchase than ‘religion’
Through broadest translati0n, can be used to diffuse some of the barriers in plural, diverse societies
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Partner impact
In progress:
Incorporate ‘belief’ over religion in communications
Templates for local and international events
Skills sharing in publishing and funding