Strange Speech: Structures of Listening in Nuit Debout, Occupy, and 15M
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Nuit Debout: a Nova Barricada De Paris?
Nuit Debout: a nova barricada de Paris? Marcia Camargos ontra as minas terrestres, a caça aos animais selva- gens, o abate de bovinos, “que sofrem como nós”, contra o apartheid palestino, a perseguição aos curdos, a insegurança no bairro chinês, a islamo- fobia, a violência de Estado, as guerras, a Lei do Trabalho ou o governo golpista de Michel Temer. Escolha a sua causa e levante a sua bandeira. Na Place de la République, na interseção entre três distritos, os arrondissements da capital francesa, cabem todos os protestos. Local preferido dos insatisfeitos de plantão, ela tornou-se o ponto de partida ou chegada das manifestações cada vez mais frequentes na cidade. Isso, apesar do Estado de urgência em vigor, dando poderes extraordinários à polícia e proibindo as aglomerações. Resposta do governo François Hollande aos atentados terroristas que se abateram sobre a França, e medida preventi- va contra futuros ataques, foi decretado na tarde de 14 de novembro de 2015 em todo o território nacional. Oficialmente ainda em vigor, acabou re- C laxado, pouco a pouco, diante da crescente pres- MARCIA CAMARGOS é jornalista e escritora com pós-doutorado em História pela USP. Revista USP • São Paulo • n. 111 • p. 169-172 • outubro/novembro/dezembro 2016 169 textos / Homenagem são da opinião pública, dos movimentos sociais e e da prosperidade. Na esquerda repousa uma tábua dos sindicatos, que contestam as interdições. Dia com as inscrição “Droits de l’Homme”. sim, dia não, eles fecham o trânsito com passeatas Originalmente Place du Château d’Eau, de todo tipo e tamanho que, não raro, terminam nome derivado da enorme fonte de 1811, saída em confrontos com a polícia, além de detenções da prancheta de Pierre-Simon Girard para trazer e feridos. -
Women Activists of Occupy Wall Street Consciousness-Raising and Connective Action in Hybrid Social Movements Megan Boler and Christina Nitsou
11 Women Activists of Occupy Wall Street Consciousness-Raising and Connective Action in Hybrid Social Movements Megan Boler and Christina Nitsou REDEFINING SOCIAL MOVEMENT “SUCCESS” On the Second Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, September 17, 2013, political commentator Robert Reich dismissed the movement as having failed, in part due to its “lack of a clear leadership.” 1 Such judgments per- sistently accusing Occupy Wall Street (OWS) of having “no clear goals or aims”—widely held misrepresentations of OWS which began almost as soon as media began reporting—refl ect a fundamental misunderstanding and misrecognition of the particular commitments, aims, and visions of OWS as well as how contemporary “hybrid social movements” function, mobilized by a new generation of young, often fi rst-time activists. In par- ticular, the horizontal (nonhierarchical) organizational structure can appear to those unfamiliar with horizontalism as a lack of clear goals. Such accu- sations fail to recognize a key feature of contemporary social movements: the increasingly important commitment to a process of liberation as part and parcel of any end goals or singular aims. OWS is known as a leaderless movement for this reason, including features such as consensus-based deci- sions and radical inclusivity. Horizontalism creates a nonhierarchical space which invites women to thrive and fi nd spaces and places to assume “leadership.” A key participant from Occupy Santa Cruz tells us, . since we were in a horizontal structure, and in a vertical structure women are often put at the lower rung of the ladder, it was a way for women to be heard. So that did happen and . -
'68 to Nuit Debout: Shifting Perspectives on France's Anti-Police
From mai-juin ’68 to Nuit Debout: Shifting perspectives on France’s anti-police Chris Reynolds, Nottingham Trent University Abstract In the great drama that was mai-juin 1968, the police were unquestionably a central actor. In particular, they played a pivotal role in transforming what started out as a relatively minor, student-based rebellion into a nationwide movement that brought the Gaullist regime to the brink of collapse. The 2016 Nuit Debout protest movement drew strong comparisons to the 1968 events with many wondering if France stood to experience a repeat of those heady days. This article will argue that the inability of Nuit Debout to capture the imagination of the general public in a similar fashion to what happened in 1968 is not solely the result of the exceptional and divergent contexts. Instead, it will contend that this failure is also to be understood through an appreciation of shifting perspectives on France’s anti-police. Such positive developments, it will be argued, have ironically been shaped as a result of the 1968 events and the manner with which they are most commonly remembered. La police était un acteur indéniablement principal dans les événements de mai-juin 1968 en France. En particulier, ils ont joué un rôle critique dans la transformation d’une crise étudiante, relativement mineur, en un mouvement national qui a poussée le régime gaulliste jusqu’au bord du gouffre. Le mouvement Nuit Debout de 2016 a été très souvent comparé aux événements de 1968 avec beaucoup qui se demandaient si la France risquait une répétition de cette crise phare. -
Putting the Policing of Nuit Debout in Context
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Bournemouth University Research Online International Journal of Communication 12(2018), 1887–1907 1932–8036/20180005 Activist Reflexivity and Mediated Violence: Putting the Policing of Nuit Debout in Context ANNA FEIGENBAUM Bournemouth University, UK PATRICK MCCURDY University of Ottawa, Canada To better understand the historical trajectory of the policing of Nuit Debout, in this article we argue that the reflexive relationship between police and protest tactics is heavily mediated by the presence of the press and by the emergence of digital technologies. Our analysis focuses on three sets of reflexive activist practice: (a) challenging media representations—the adaptations and innovations that respond to dominant media framing of police–protester relations; (b) “sousveillance” and police monitoring—the recording and monitoring of police violence and the public education around the police’s use of force; (c) civic forensics and data aggregation—the gathering, analyzing, and collectivizing of citizen-generated data. Although not intended as a taxonomy, these groups of practices are offered as conceptual lenses for critically examining how activists’ tactical repertoires for protesting police adapt and evolve, building on each other to challenge the representational, legal, and material dimensions of state power as it manifests in police–protester relations. Keywords: policing, social movements, riot control, protest, Nuit Debout The riot police—CRS—cut off the march in two, supposedly because there were some dangerous elements in the front—I don’t know if it’s true. They blocked us around 45 minutes. When they finally let us pass, some of the protesters got angry and started throwing things on the police. -
Occupying Identities: Hierarchal Divisions and Collective Identity in the Occupy Movement
1 Occupying Identities: Hierarchal Divisions and Collective Identity in the Occupy Movement By Bridget Eileen Stirling A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication Royal Roads University Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Supervisor: Dr. Phillip Vannini July 2015 Bridget Stirling, 2015 Occupying Identities 2 COMMITTEE APPROVAL The members of Bridget Stirling’s Thesis Committee certify that they have read the thesis titled Occupying Identities: Hierarchal Divisions and Collective Identity in the Occupy Movement and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the thesis requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication: Dr. Phillip Vannini [signature on file] Dr. David Black [signature on file] Dr. Robert Benford [signature on file] Final approval and acceptance of this thesis is contingent upon submission of the final copy of the thesis to Royal Roads University. The thesis supervisor confirms to have read this thesis and recommends that it be accepted as fulfilling the thesis requirements: Dr. Phillip Vannini [signature on file] Occupying Identities 3 Creative Commons Statement This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 2.5 Canada License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/. Some material in this work is not being made available under the terms of this -
Nuit Debout: Frankreich Gerät in Bewegung!
Felix Syrovatka Nuit Debout: Frankreich gerät in Bewegung! Am frühen Morgen des 11 . April 2016 konstant hohe Arbeitslosigkeit auf, die räumte die Polizei die Place de la Répub- gleichzeitig mit einer Verschärfung der lique im Herzen von Paris und zerstörte räumlichen Ungleichheit beim Zugang zu Zelte und Infrastruktur der noch jungen öffentlichen Dienstleistungen verbunden französischen Bewegung Nuit Debout ist . Ebenso kam es, wie Boltanski und („Die Nacht erhebt sich“) . Doch schon Chiapello (2006) darlegen, seit Ende der am selben Abend protestierten wieder 1980er Jahre zu einem radikalen Wandel Tausende gegen die Arbeitsmarktpolitik der Arbeitsverhältnisse, der mit einem der sozialistischen Regierung . Ausgangs- kontinuierlichen Anstieg von befristeten punkt waren die Demonstrationen Ende Arbeitsverhältnissen und Leiharbeit ver- März, an deren Anschluss mehrere hundert bunden war . Zwischen 1985 und 2001 Menschen die Place de la République be- stieg allein die Anzahl der durch Leiharbeit setzten und anfingen, eine Infrastruktur geleisteten Stunden um 506 Prozent (Del- aufzubauen . Vernetzt über die sozialen bar/Léonard 2002: 6) . Im Jahr 2014 lag der Medien, wie Facebook und Twitter, brei- Anteil befristeter Arbeitsverträge bei Neu- teten sich die Platzbesetzungen in mehr als einstellungen bei 84 Prozent, der höchste 60 französischen Städten, darunter allen Wert in der gesamten EU . Zugleich ist der großen, aus . Selbst in traditionell eher kon- Arbeitsmarkt heute durch eine hohe struk- servativeren Städten wie Nizza existieren turelle Arbeitslosigkeit geprägt und stark Ableger der Nuit-Debout-Bewegung . fragmentiert . Junge Menschen, Frauen Anfang der 1990er Jahre überschritt oder MigrantInnen werden durch dieses die Arbeitslosenquote die Zehn-Prozent- System der prekären Beschäftigung dis- Marke und zementierte die Arbeitslosig- kriminiert und vom Arbeitsmarkt ausge- keit als drängendstes Problem . -
Occupy Wall Street's Challenge to an American Public Transcript
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 10-2014 Occupy Wall Street's Challenge to an American Public Transcript Christopher Neville Leary Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/324 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] OCCUPY WALL STREET’S CHALLENGE TO AN AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSCRIPT by Christopher Leary A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2014 This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in English in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Ira Shor ________ _ 5/21/2014 __________________ ______ Date Chair of Examining Committee __Dr. Mario DiGangi ______________ _________________________ Date Executive Officer Dr. Jessica Yood Dr. Ashley Dawson Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ii Abstract OCCUPY WALL STREET’S CHALLENGE TO AN AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSCRIPT by Christopher Leary Adviser: Dr. Ira Shor This dissertation examines the rhetoric and discourses of the anti-corporate movement Occupy Wall Street, using frameworks from political ethnography and critical discourse analysis to offer a thick, triangulated description of a single event, Occupy Wall Street’s occupation of Zuccotti Park. The study shows how Occupy achieved a disturbing positionality relative to the forces which routinely dominate public discourse and proposes that Occupy’s encampment was politically intolerable to the status quo because the movement held the potential to consolidate critical thought and action. -
Bibliodebout: a Collaborative Library in a Social Movement Raphaëlle Bats, Marilou Pain
Bibliodebout: a collaborative library in a social movement Raphaëlle Bats, Marilou Pain To cite this version: Raphaëlle Bats, Marilou Pain. Bibliodebout: a collaborative library in a social movement. Bobcatsss 2017, Jan 2017, Tampere, Finland. hal-01496139 HAL Id: hal-01496139 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01496139 Submitted on 27 Mar 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Title: Bibliodebout: a collaborative library in a social movement Authors: Raphaëlle Bats, Univ.Lyon, Centre Gabriel Naudé, Enssib, Lyon, & Univ Paris Cité, LCSP, Paris 7, Paris, France, [email protected] Marilou Pain, Enssib / Center for Direct Scientific Communication (CCSD), [email protected] An unexpected political mobilisation leads to the occupation of a large number of public squares in French cities from the end of March to July 2016. In those Nuits Debout, a collective starts up BiblioDebout, a participative library working on a gift basis. Trough participative observations and text analysis of the collective’s mailing lists, this paper studies how BiblioDebout expresses a specific relationship between knowledge and power, and, therefore, emancipation. BiblioDebout is utopian, egalitarian, emotional and experimental, and so on could be an inspiration for public libraries willing to renew with their political vocation. -
Revolutionary Leadership: from Paulo Freire to the Occupy Movementi
1 Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology Volume 4, Number 2 Fall 2012 Revolutionary Leadership: From Paulo Freire to the Occupy Movementi Mary Watkins Pacifica Graduate Institute Abstract All over the world, individuals in groups are attempting to occupy their “Commons.” In an era of gross income and power divides, this reclamation must go hand-in-hand with a process of psychic and interpersonal decolonization, where the received hierarchical roles and leadership practices we have inherited are disrupted and thrown into question. Beginning with Paulo Freire’s ideas on revolutionary leadership, and continuing to the principles and practices emerging in the OCCUPY movement, the author focuses on the consensus process and on horizontalism (horizontalidad). To aid in the radical transformation of the structures of oppression, counselors and other dialogically-skilled individuals are needed to help facilitate shared leadership, inclusive dialogue, conflict transformation, and consensus decision-making. Keywords: reclaiming the commons, consensus, revolutionary leadership, horizontalism (horizontalidad), revolution, dialogue, communities of resistance, cultural worker, limit act, OCCUPY movement I. Recovering the Commons Mistrust, disappointment, disillusionment, and anger mark our current relationship to leaders. The exercise of excess power, including violence, to satisfy rapacious desires for further power, prestige, privilege, and wealth have bled away the lifeblood - the needed nutrients for a decent life - from the majorities. Lies, manipulation, corruption, and deceit have betrayed and marred our hopes for forms of leadership for the common good. The raping of resources, including the labor of human beings, from one place and its inhabitants for the benefit of another much smaller set of people in another place is familiar to us from colonialism. -
Faculty Achievements 2018
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS 2018 Professor Ziad Majed presenting as part of the student-organized Migration Conference at the Hôtel de Talleyrand, May 2018 1 FOREWORD The many achievements of AUP’s faculty have led to 2018 being another landmark year for the University’s growing academic reputation. This brochure, which presents inspiring interdisciplinary research from across the liberal arts, is evidence of the full depth and breadth of scholarship at AUP. The work produced by faculty compellingly 15 addresses many of the world’s most pressing books issues, most probing questions and most important challenges, while encouraging students to engage with these concerns both inside and outside the classroom. The scholarly output of AUP’s faculty covers a more than wide array of subjects, and their research findings have an impact at both the local and global scale. Their creative endeavors are equally important; 140 AUP’s artists, writers and filmmakers contribute articles at an international level, producing works that tackle major societal questions while maintaining a social conscience. An important element of faculty success is evident in the collaborations that take place between over faculty and students – be this on study trips, via research projects or through mentoring student clubs. An inquisitive and intellectual pedagogical 240 approach, such as the one upheld by our AUP presentations In recent years, AUP has emerged community, allows creativity to flourish. An as a leader in the American emphasis on respecting diverse viewpoints and practicing varied methods of inquiry further allows international university for innovation in this collaborative work. -
DL Summer 2015
From the National Director Organizing with Class and Identity By Maria Svart ne of my favorite DSA T-shirts reads, “We or- is in fact stronger when we better understand the ganize with class.” It sums up what makes complexities of what we’re fi ghting, so we need ev- Ous different from other eryone’s insights. We know that black women ex- progressive activists. We under- perience sexism differently than white women be- stand that the capitalist class cause of racism, and black women experience rac- has an inherent interest in ex- ism differently than black men because of sexism. ploiting the working class and Similarly, all men benefi t from male privilege, but has structured society and all of black men benefi t less than white men because of our institutions accordingly. Yet, racism. It’s a similar dynamic with class: working- we also recognize that the ruling class people have a common interest against capi- class shapes institutions and so- talism, but precisely because racism and sexism ex- cial relations not just to regulate and control people ist alongside with and intersect with capitalism, we based on their position in the economy but also on are vulnerable to the divide-and-conquer tactics of their gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and other the economic ruling class. categories. In other words, based on other aspects of Which brings us to the presidential election. Our their identity. fi rst black president may be followed by our fi rst fe- For example, we women are taught from birth to male president, both of them good on some issues be caretakers—of children, of men, of elderly rela- but horrible on others. -
Mic Check! Media Cultures and the Occupy Movement
Mic Check! Media Cultures and the Occupy Movement The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Citation Costanza-Chock, Sasha. "Mic Check! Media Cultures and the Occupy Movement." Social Movement Studies 11 (August 2012): 375-385 © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group As Published http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2012.710746 Publisher Informa UK Limited Version Author's final manuscript Citable link https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122987 Terms of Use Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Detailed Terms http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Social Movement Studies, iFirst article, 1–11, 2012 Mic Check! Media Cultures and the Occupy Movement SASHA COSTANZA-CHOCK Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA ABSTRACT Scholars and activists have hotly debated the relationship between social media and social movement activity during the current global cycle of protest. This article investigates media practices in the Occupy movement and develops the concept of social movement media cultures: the set of tools, skills, social practices and norms that movement participants deploy to create, circulate, curate and amplify movement media across all available platforms. The article posits three key areas of inquiry into social movement media cultures, and explores them through the lens of the Occupy movement: (1) What media platforms, tools and skills are used most widely by movement participants? (Practices); (2) What role do experienced practitioners play in movement media practices? (Expertise); and (3) In what ways does the movement media culture lean toward open or participatory, and in what ways toward closed or top–down? (Open/Closed).