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From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest
camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have
gained prominence in recent waves of contentious politics, deployed
by movements with wide-ranging demands for social change. Through a
series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from
five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on
protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend
particular social movements' contexts. Whether erected in a park in
Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political
encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where
people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate
contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state.
Written by a wide range of experts in the field the book offers a
critical understanding of current protest events and will help
better understanding of new global forms of democracy in action.
One hundred years ago, French troops fired tear gas grenades into
German trenches. Designed to force people out from behind
barricades and trenches, tear gas causes burning of the eyes and
skin, tearing, and gagging. Chemical weapons are now banned from
war zones. But today, tear gas has become the most commonly used
form of "less-lethal" police force. In 2011, the year that protests
exploded from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, tear gas sales
tripled. Most tear gas is produced in the United States, and many
images of protestors in Tahrir Square showed tear gas canisters
with "Made in USA" printed on them, while Britain continues to sell
tear gas to countries on its own human-rights blacklist. An
engrossing century-spanning narrative, Tear Gas is the first
history of this weapon, and takes us from military labs and
chemical weapons expos to union assemblies and protest camps,
drawing on declassified reports and witness testimonies to show how
policing with poison came to be.
From tracking down information to symbolising human experiences,
this book is your guide to telling more effective, empathetic and
evidence-based data stories. Drawing on cross-disciplinary research
and first-hand accounts of projects ranging from public health to
housing justice, The Data Storytelling Workbook introduces key
concepts, challenges and problem-solving strategies in the emerging
field of data storytelling. Filled with practical exercises and
activities, the workbook offers interactive training materials that
can be used for teaching and professional development. By
approaching both 'data' and 'storytelling' in a broad sense, the
book combines theory and practice around real-world data
storytelling scenarios, offering critical reflection alongside
practical and creative solutions to challenges in the data
storytelling process, from tracking down hard to find information,
to the ethics of visualising difficult subjects like death and
human rights.
From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest
camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have
gained prominence in recent waves of contentious politics, deployed
by movements with wide-ranging demands for social change. Through a
series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from
five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on
protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend
particular social movements' contexts. Whether erected in a park in
Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political
encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where
people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate
contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state.
Written by a wide range of experts in the field the book offers a
critical understanding of current protest events and will help
better understanding of new global forms of democracy in action.
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Protest Camps (Paperback)
Anna Feigenbaum, Fabian Frenzel, Patrick McCurdy
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From Tahrir Square to Occupy, from the Red Shirts in Thailand to
the Teachers in Oaxaca, protest camps are a highly visible feature
of social movements' activism across the world. They are spaces
where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and
articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the
state. Drawing on over fifty different protest camps from around
the world over the past fifty years, this book offers a
ground-breaking and detailed investigation into protest camps from
a global perspective - a story that, until now, has remained
untold. Taking the reader on a journey across different cultural,
political and geographical landscapes of protest, and drawing on a
wealth of original interview material, the authors demonstrate that
protest camps are unique spaces in which activists can enact
radical and often experiential forms of democratic politics.
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