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 pro...
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Series: | Protest and social movements.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the aesthetics of global protest : visual culture and communication / Aidan McGarry, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Olu Jenzen, and Umut Korkut
- Queer visual activism in South Africa / Tessa Lewin
- The use of visibility in contentious events in Northern Ireland / Katy Hayward and Milena Komarova
- Maybe, we will benefit from our neighbour's good fortune : an exhibition on collectivity, community, and dialogue in Turkey / Işıl Eğrikavuk
- Political street art in social mobilization : a tale of two protests in Argentina / Holly Eva Ryan
- Archiving dissent : (im)material trajectories of political street art in Istanbul and Athens / Julia Tulke
- The introvert's protest : handwriting the constitution and the performance of politics / Interview with Morgan O'Hara by Aidan McGarry
- Photography and protest in Israel/Palestine : The Activestills Online Archive / Simon Faulkner
- Drones, cinema, and protest in Thailand / Noah Viernes
- Bearing witness to authoritarianism and commoning through video activism and political film-making after the Gezi protests / Özge Özdüzen
- 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
- The activist chroniclers of Occupy Gezi : counterposing visibility to injustice / Dan Mercea and Helton Levy
- 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
- Conclusion : reflections on protest and political transformation since 1789 / Jim Aulich.