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Solidarity and collective forms of social reproduction: the social and political legacy of Syntagma Square, Athens.

Authors :
Pettas, Dimitris
Daskalaki, Maria
Source :
Social & Cultural Geography. Oct2022, Vol. 23 Issue 8, p1118-1134. 17p.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

This shift, apart from major effects in the political dimension of the movement, leads to the advancement of the importance of public space in the movements' practices as well as the emergence of the square as an intermediate and indeterminate space: 'Gradually the square became as space not of indignation but of possibility, it had social characteristics [...] a possibility for real change' (Maria, participant in the Aganaktismenoi movement). Keywords: Social movements; resistance; squares; aganaktismenoi movement; commoning practices; movimientos sociales; resistencia; plazas; movimiento Aganaktismenoi; prácticas comunitarias; mouvements sociaux; résistance; places; mouvement Aganaktismenoi; pratiques de mise en commun EN Social movements resistance squares aganaktismenoi movement commoning practices ZH movimientos sociales resistencia plazas movimiento Aganaktismenoi prácticas comunitarias mouvements sociaux résistance places mouvement Aganaktismenoi pratiques de mise en commun 1118 1134 17 10/12/22 20221001 NES 221001 Introduction Despite their spatial restrictions, the movement of the Squares (Fernández-Savater et al., [18]; Varvarousis et al., [54]), for example, in Istanbul, London, Madrid or Paris, successfully adopted a cosmopolitan identity, while managing to secure widespread local and global support (Gerbaudo, [19]). On the contrary to Mullis et al. ([37]) or Schipper's ([48]) findings concerning the Blockupy movements in Frankfurt and the Israel in J14 protests, the Aganaktismenoi movement, neither evolved from a pre-existing network of urban social movements nor included issues of urban collective consumption in its claims. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14649365
Volume :
23
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Social & Cultural Geography
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
159585481
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2021.1901973