The Aesthetics of Global Protest
Aidan McGarry, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Olu Jenzen, Umut Korkut (eds)
- Title
- The Aesthetics of Global Protest
- Subtitle
- Visual Culture and Communication
- ISBN
- 9789048544509
- Format
- eBook PDF
- Number of pages
- 298
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 09 - 12 - 2019
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Open Access
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- Categories
- Art and Material Culture
- Conflict and Peace
- Digital and Social Media
- Sociology and Social History
- Urban Cultures
- Discipline
- Social and Political Sciences
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Acknowledgements
Preface: Devisualize
Nicholas Mirzoeff
Introduction: The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication
Aidan McGarry, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Olu Jenzen, and Umut Korkut
PART I: PERFORMANCE, ART AND POLITICS
Chapter 1: Queer Visual Activism in South Africa
Tessa Lewin
Chapter 2: The Use of Visibility in Contentious Events in Northern Ireland
Katy Hayward and Milena Komarova
Chapter 3: Maybe We Will Benefit From Our Neighbour's Good Fortune: An Exhibition on Collectivity, Community and Dialogue in Turkey
Isil Egrikavuk
Chapter 4: Political Street Art in Social Mobilization: A Tale of Two Protests in Argentina
Holly Eva Ryan
Chapter 5: Archiving Dissent: (Im)material Trajectories of Political Street Art in Istanbul and Athens
Julia Tulke
Chapter 6: The Introvert's Protest: Handwriting the Constitution and the Performance of Politics
Interview with Morgan O'Hara by Aidan McGarry
PART II: VISUAL ACTIVISM AND DIGITAL CULTURE
Chapter 7: Photography and protest in Israel/Palestine: The Activestills online archive
Simon Faulkner
Chapter 8: Drones, Cinema, and Protest in Thailand
Noah Viernes
Chapter 9: Bearing Witness to Authoritarianism and Commoning through Video Activism and Political Film-Making after the Gezi Protests
Özge Özdüzen
Chapter 10: Music Videos as Protest Communication: The Gezi Park Protest on YouTube
Olu Jenzen, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Derya Güçdemir, Umut Korkut, and Aidan McGarry
Chapter 11: The Activist Chroniclers of Occupy Gezi: Counterposing Visibility to Injustice
Dan Mercea and Helton Levy
Chapter 12: When Twitter got #woke: Black Lives Matter, DeRay McKesson, Twitter, and the Appropriation of the Aesthetics of Protest
Farida Vis, Simon Faulkner, Safiya Umoja Noble and Hannah Guy
PART III: CONCLUSION
Chapter 13 Conclusion: Reflections on Protest and Political Transformation since 1789
Jim Aulich
Index
The Aesthetics of Global Protest
Visual Culture and Communication
Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to create an alternative space for people to engage with politics that is more inclusive and participatory than traditional politics. This volume focuses on the role of visual culture in a highly mediated environment and draws on case studies from Europe, Thailand, South Africa, USA, Argentina, and the Middle East in order to demonstrate how protestors use aesthetics to communicate their demands and ideas. It examines how digital media is harnessed by protestors and argues that all protest aesthetics are performative and communicative.
Editors
Aidan McGarry
Aidan McGarry is a Reader in International Politics at the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance at Loughborough University, London.
Itir Erhart
Itir Erhart is an Associate Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Media and Communication Systems.
Hande Eslen-Ziya
Hande Eslen-Ziya is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Stavanger.
Olu Jenzen
Olu Jenzen is Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK and the Director of the Research Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender.
Umut Korkut
Umut Korkut is Professor of International Politics at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has previously published extensively on migration, populism, and democratisation in Hungary and Turkey including two monographs entitled "Liberalization Challenges in Hungary" and "Politics and Gender Identity in Turkey". Currently, he leads the Horizon 2020 funded project D.Rad DeRadicalisation in Europe and Beyond: Detest, Resolve, Reintegrate (2020-2023).
