The Design of Protest : : Choreographing Political Demonstrations in Public Space / / Tali Hatuka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Hatuka, Tali,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Organization of the Book --; Acknowledgments --; PART I. Planning Protests --; Chapter 1. Challenging Distance --; Chapter 2. Choosing a Place --; Chapter 3. Enhancing the Impact --; Chapter 4. Bargaining Power --; PART II. Spatial Choreographies --; Chapter 5. Staging the Action --; Chapter 6. Spectacles --; Chapter 7. Processions --; Chapter 8. Place-Making --; PART III. Continuum --; Chapter 9. Performing Protestability --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781477315774; 9783110745306
• DOI: 10.7560/315767
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tali Hatuka.

Public protests are a vital tool for asserting grievances and creating temporary, yet tangible, communities as the world becomes more democratic and urban in the twenty-first century. While the political and social aspects of protest have been extensively studied, little attention has been paid to the physical spaces in which protests happen. Yet place is a crucial aspect of protests, influencing the dynamics and engagement patterns among participants. In The Design of Protest, Tali Hatuka offers the first extensive discussion of the act of protest as a design: that is, a planned event in a space whose physical geometry and symbolic meaning are used and appropriated by its organizers, who aim to challenge socio-spatial distance between political institutions and the people they should serve. Presenting case studies from around the world, including Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the National Mall in Washington, DC; Rabin Square in Tel Aviv; and the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Hatuka identifies three major dimensions of public protests: the process of planning the protest in a particular place; the choice of spatial choreography of the event, including the value and meaning of specific tactics; and the challenges of performing contemporary protests in public space in a fragmented, complex, and conflicted world. Numerous photographs, detailed diagrams, and plans complement the case studies, which draw upon interviews with city officials, urban planners, and protesters themselves.