On the Map: Liberation Won't Be Gained On Behalf of 'Others'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine. Poster 4 Tomorrow is a project based out of France that was founded this\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On the Map: Liberation Won't Be Gained On Behalf of 'Others'\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine. Poster 4 Tomorrow is a project based out of France that was founded this\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Muslimah Media Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-01-04T08:00:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4011\/4192060865_d248184c2e.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/\",\"name\":\"On the Map: Liberation Won't Be Gained On Behalf of 'Others'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-04T08:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-01-04T08:00:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2\"},\"description\":\"This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine. Poster 4 Tomorrow is a project based out of France that was founded this\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"On the Map: Liberation Won’t Be Gained On Behalf of ‘Others’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/\",\"name\":\"Muslimah Media Watch\",\"description\":\"Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2\",\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Guest Contributor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"On the Map: Liberation Won't Be Gained On Behalf of 'Others'","description":"This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine. Poster 4 Tomorrow is a project based out of France that was founded this","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"On the Map: Liberation Won't Be Gained On Behalf of 'Others'","og_description":"This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine. Poster 4 Tomorrow is a project based out of France that was founded this","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/","og_site_name":"Muslimah Media Watch","article_published_time":"2010-01-04T08:00:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4011\/4192060865_d248184c2e.jpg"}],"author":"Guest Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Contributor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/","name":"On the Map: Liberation Won't Be Gained On Behalf of 'Others'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-01-04T08:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2010-01-04T08:00:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2"},"description":"This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine. Poster 4 Tomorrow is a project based out of France that was founded this","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"On the Map: Liberation Won’t Be Gained On Behalf of ‘Others’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/","name":"Muslimah Media Watch","description":"Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2","name":"Guest Contributor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Guest Contributor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":5388,"date":"2010-01-04T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2010-01-04T00:00:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T08:00:40","slug":"on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/01\/on-the-map-liberation-wont-be-gained-on-behalf-of-others\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Map: Liberation Won’t Be Gained On Behalf of ‘Others’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This was written by Mandy van Deven and originally appeared at Bitch Magazine<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

Poster 4 Tomorrow<\/a> is a project based out of France that was founded this year to encourage artists to advocate \u201con behalf of those who don\u2019t enjoy the same freedom of expression that you do\u201d by designing posters that pronounce an explicitly political sentiment regarding the universal right to free speech. Right away this struck me as problematic. In order to truly work from a praxis of liberation, one must struggle with<\/em> not for<\/em> those who are oppressed, as speaking for<\/em> the oppressed simply reifies their dehumanization (and by extension one\u2019s own) and contributes to the oppressed persons\u2019 being prevented from having an autonomous public voice. Replacing one master with another (albeit one who seems well-intended) is not a solution.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the 100 posters<\/a> that have been chosen (by a conspicuously male-heavy, largely Western jury) from the 1,834 entries have an interesting recurring sentiment in the designs that jumped out at me: women who wear hijab<\/em> are not free to speak.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

But a number of Muslim<\/a> women\u2019s<\/a> rights<\/a> advocates<\/a> who<\/a> wear<\/a> the<\/a> veil<\/a> beg to differ, and they are speaking just fine for themselves. Indirectly attacking women who wear hijab<\/em>\u2013whether by choice or not\u2013is counter-intuitive to the promotion of freedom of speech and expression, as it positions veiled women in a double bind of silence whereby they are declared as having been duped by their culture or faith (and are, therefore, unfit to speak) and denies them agency in shaping their own lives. This sentiment is one of arrogance and domination, not one of solidarity.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Poster 4 Tomorrow should take a cue from Hamid Dabashi<\/a> about what solidarity might look like. At the very least they should lay off the paternalism and false generosity that serves to shift themselves\u2013not the people they \u201cspeak for\u201d\u2013in a position of authority.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"