John Benjamins Publishing Company
Occupy
Abstract
Large-scale protests have recently transformed urban common spaces into sites of resistance. Squares and urban places, monumentally designed as political and economic centres, have been reclaimed as places for discussion and decision-making, for increasing participation and intervention in the governance of the community. Through banners and signs, open assemblies, and other communicative practices in the encampments and interconnecting physical and virtual spaces, participants permanently reconfigure the spatial context discursively. The attempt to account for on-going social phenomena from the moment they first happen, and with an international perspective, undoubtedly represents a theoretical and methodological challenge. This volume focuses on this complex interplay between social, spatial, and communicative practices, drawing on complementary and alternative methods.
Abstract
Large-scale protests have recently transformed urban common spaces into sites of resistance. Squares and urban places, monumentally designed as political and economic centres, have been reclaimed as places for discussion and decision-making, for increasing participation and intervention in the governance of the community. Through banners and signs, open assemblies, and other communicative practices in the encampments and interconnecting physical and virtual spaces, participants permanently reconfigure the spatial context discursively. The attempt to account for on-going social phenomena from the moment they first happen, and with an international perspective, undoubtedly represents a theoretical and methodological challenge. This volume focuses on this complex interplay between social, spatial, and communicative practices, drawing on complementary and alternative methods.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of Contributors vii
- Occupy 1
- The Geosemiotics of Tahrir Square 23
- Taking over the Square 47
- Mobilities of a linguistic landscape at Los Angeles City Hall Park 77
- Identity as space 99
- The Occupy Assembly 127
- Spatial practices and narratives 157
- Index 179
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of Contributors vii
- Occupy 1
- The Geosemiotics of Tahrir Square 23
- Taking over the Square 47
- Mobilities of a linguistic landscape at Los Angeles City Hall Park 77
- Identity as space 99
- The Occupy Assembly 127
- Spatial practices and narratives 157
- Index 179
