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INSCRIBING A NEW SPACE. WRITTEN EXPRESSIONS OF UTOPIA AND RESISTANCE DURING THE GEZI PARK PROTESTS IN ISTANBUL
Giustina Selvelli, 2016, original scientific article

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.
Keywords: public inscriptions, reappropriation of space, protest, Gezi Park, minorities
Published in RUNG: 22.06.2020; Views: 2283; Downloads: 0
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