| Title: | INSCRIBING A NEW SPACE. WRITTEN EXPRESSIONS OF UTOPIA AND RESISTANCE DURING THE GEZI PARK PROTESTS IN ISTANBUL |
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| Authors: | ID Selvelli, Giustina, University of Nova Gorica (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | In this paper I consider examples of urban public inscriptions which appeared during the Gezi Park protests of Istanbul in 2013. I consider them both as a form of expression permitting the creation and circulation of utopian messages of resistance, and as relating to the inclusion of a multiplicity of identities in the protest arena, such as Kurdish, Armenian and LGBT identities. I insist on the role the written word plays in forging a specific and non-exclusivist imaginary of the protest, positioned within complex
power dynamics and national narratives. I view the physical presence of specific graphic expressions referencing “marginal identities” as part of a set of revolutionary actions, which demonstrate the importance of written-in spaces and surfaces in processes of “symbolic reterritorialization”. This theme
emerges as one of the central questions in interpretations of events relating to the Gezi resistance. |
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| Keywords: | public inscriptions, reappropriation of space, protest, Gezi Park, minorities |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2016 |
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| Number of pages: | 94-110 |
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| Numbering: | 39, 46 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-5596-be68222b-b231-7e83-d67e-ecad75bfd7cc |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 20369667 |
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| DOI: | 10.15378/1848-9540.2016.39.02 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:TVIBOOH4 |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 22.06.2020 |
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