Digital ethnography, resistance art, and communication media in Iran

Editorial Introduction: On June 14, 2013, Iran will again challenge its nation and nation-state. The country will confront another presidential election—an event that four years ago became a national crisis, a social catastrophe, and a traumatic memory.I have previously discussed the important role played by Iranian independent documentary filmmakers as well as urban journalists in the recording and representation of the traumatic events of the Iranian presidential crisis of 2009 (Khosronejad, 2009). However, much remains unsaid regarding the significance and function of the visual material and digital resistance art that was created and circulated on the Internet as a result of the national crisis. This collection is one of the first attempts to discuss the importance of visual resistance and protest art, its circulation via digital media, and its function in the peaceful movement that was transformed into one of the most traumatic events in the history of contemporary Iran