Title
Nationalized Data
Student Status
Undergraduate
Abstract
This project addresses the 3 waves of nationalization that took place between 1956 and 1963, and lasted until the collapse of Nasser’s socialist program in 1967. The project is based on quantitative and qualitative data of a 100 nationalized entities where each entity is visualized in a coded unit. Also by referring to data as nationalized, the project tackles the factor of information inaccessibility. Nationalization has always been associated with Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt’s former president, and the Suez Canal. However, Egypt was home to figures and families of diverse backgrounds and nationalities who had a great impact in shaping the social, industrial and cultural scenes before the revolution. Most of them were affected negatively by nationalization and never got properly recognized or documented, specifically in the official narratives. The aim is to offer a form of visual documentation for nationalization, to question the nationalization decision and to suggest a different perspective to the official narrative by using data and diagrams to recognize and humanize the diverse communities that used to exist in Egypt
Department
Arts Department
First Advisor
Ghalia Elsrakbi
Second Advisor
Bahia Shehab
Third Advisor
Haytham Nawar
Committee Member 1
Adly Tomah
Committee Member 2
Ahmad Hefnawy
Committee Member 3
Ahmad Saqfalhait
Extent
p.6
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval
Not necessary for this item
Recommended Citation
Tawheed, Tasneem, "Nationalized Data" (2019). Capstone and Graduation Projects. 155.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/capstone/155
Rights
This record describes an artistic or creative work which was prepared as part of a course of study at the American University of Cairo. The creators retain all rights to the original artistic or creative works described herein.
Publication Date
Fall 12-1-2019
Comments
This project is part of “ Holy Shift- Fifth Graduating Class of Graphic Design Students-The American University in Cairo – Class Fall 2019” catalog. "Holy Shift" is the title of the Fifth Senior Students Exhibition. It included 30 graduation projects that are broadly divided into four themes: Designing for Cultural and Social Impact Projects presented under this category offer creative tools to critically address social problems. The second theme is; Reimagining Cultural Heritage. The third theme is Designing Future Experiences, and the forth theme “Designing for Education” Graduating Committee: Adly Tomah (CEO, Gemini Enterprises Africa) Ahmad Hefnawy (Founder, Cairopolitan) Ahmad Saqfalhait (Associate Professor of Practice in Design, AUC) Ahmed AlLaithy (Technology Transfer Director, AUC) Bahia Shehab ( Professor of Practice in Design, AUC) Bassem Yousri (Visual Artist, Graphic Design Adjunct Faculty, AUC) Hani Mahfouz (Founder, Hani Mahfouz Design) Hicham Rahmeh (Lead Illustrator at The Brand Company and Co-founder at TokTok) Ibrahim Islam (Creative Head, JWT) Jochen Braun (Associate Professor of Practice in Design, AUC) May Ramy (Director, Academic Initiatives and Mentorship Services, AUC) Nelly El Sharkawy (Creative Director Cairopolitan) Sally-Ann Skerrett (Head of Graphic Design Department, GUC) Sarah Salmawy (Graphic Design Adjunct Faculty, AUC) Sawsan Morad (Editor in Chief, El-Beit Magazine) Tarek Naga (Architect, Adjunct Faculty, AUC) Thomas Wolsey (Assistant Professor, DICE, AUC) Yasmine El Dorghamy (Editor in chief, Rawi Magazine) Yasmine Moataz (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, AUC)