The Design of Protest

Choreographing Political Demonstrations in Public Space

Tali Hatuka (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2018
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-1576-7 (ISBN)

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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.

An architect and urban planner, Tali Hatuka founded and directs the Laboratory of Contemporary Urban Design (LCUD) in the Department of Geography and Human Environment at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel Aviv: Revisioning Moments.

Preface
Organization of the Book
Acknowledgments
PART I. PLANNING PROTESTS

Chapter 1. Challenging Distance

Keeping Distance in Public Space
Challenging Distance during Protests
The Design of Protests

Chapter 2. Choosing a Place

Defining Distance through Forms and Symbols
Public Space Prototypes and Protest Cultures
Changing the Narration of Space
Choosing a Place, Appropriating the Right Locus

Chapter 3. Enhancing the Impact

Protest as the Juxtaposition of Spheres
Context and the Search for Alternative Forms of Protest
The Manifold Spatialities of Protests
The Underlying Principles of the Groups’ Protests
Reimagining Sociospatial Distance

Chapter 4. Bargaining Power

Controlling the Events
Negotiating Power
Between Predictability and Uncertainty

PART II. SPATIAL CHOREOGRAPHIES

Chapter 5. Staging the Action

Crafting a Spatial Choreography in the Quest for Change
Spatial Prototypes of Actions: Spectacle, Procession, and Place-Making
Does a Winning Spatial Choreography Exist?

Chapter 6. Spectacles

Theater Tel Aviv, Rabin Square, November 4, 1995
Ritual Buenos Aires, Plaza de Mayo, August 31, 2006
Bareness Tel Aviv, King George, January 26, 2008

Chapter 7. Processions

Target Istanbul, Taksim Square, May 1, 1977
Conjoining Leipzig, Augustusplatz, October 9, 1989
Synchronicity Worldwide, February 15, 2003
Elasticity Caracas, Autopista Francisco Fajardo, April 11, 2002

Chapter 8. Place-Making

Reiconization Beijing, Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989
City Design Washington, DC, National Mall, May 13–June 24, 1968
Narrative New York, Zuccotti Park, September 17–November 15, 2011

PART III. CONTINUUM

Chapter 9. Performing Protestability

Challenging Distance in Future Protests
Performing Protestability as an Ethical Task

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2018
Zusatzinfo	112 b&w photos, 3 b&w illus., 3 b&w maps
Verlagsort	Austin, TX
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	880 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-4773-1576-4 / 1477315764
ISBN-13	978-1-4773-1576-7 / 9781477315767
Zustand	Neuware