Connect ing the local and the global: Digital interfaces and hybrid embodiment in transnational activism

Abstract

This chapter explores activists' work to create continuity between the local and global during what has become known as the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. The hybrid embodiments through which protestors simultaneously worked across both the digital and physical spaces of their activism were key facets of their global communication. This chapter examines the hybrid embodiment of protestor Gigi Ibrahim and how her hybrid embodiment enabled her to provide leadership and to garner resources throughout the revolution. Ibrahim's use of social media during the revolution highlights a powerful facet of global communication that we can incorporate into our classrooms as we prepare students to become agentive global communicators.