NPF Cycle Two Fellows and Projects

Hamza Bechiri: Cartoons and Social Movements in Algeria

 

Abstract: This project is an attempt to explore the relation between cartoons as a social product that managed to adapt and evolve under the circumstances in Algeria. The question of this project is: How did the adaptation and evolution of cartoons in Algeria relate to changes in the Algerian society? This study is in the field of political sociology it relies on content analysis and political studies on Algerian society. The objective is to understand social activism through this method of communication that reaches most social groups, because it’s one of the simplest ways of visual communication.

 

Hamza Bechiri graduated from Abou Bakr Belkaid University of Tlemcen with an MA, specializing in the types of secularization of the Algerian society. His thesis focused on Algerian cartoons and the representations of their power in society through the works of a number of cartoonists. He holds a BA in Political Sociology from Oran University. In 2009, he joined Oran’s Center for Social and Cultural Anthropology Research. He worked on a project with Mr. Hawari Oudai on new forms of urban violence in Algeria, with Oran as a case study.