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Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park
journal contribution
posted on 2019-02-19, 16:05 authored by Aidan McGarryAidan McGarry, Olu Jenzen, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Itir Erhart, Umut KorkutUsing the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblematic of the protest and instead shifts our focus to consider the more ‘everyday’ or mundane activities which occur during a protest occupation, and explores how social media allows these images to have expressive and communicative dimensions. In this respect, protests can be performed through humdrum activities and this signifies a political voice which is communicated visually. The research is based on visual analysis of Twitter data and reveals methodological innovation in understanding how protestors communicate.
Funding
The authors would like to thank the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for their support in funding the ‘Aesthetics of Protest: Visual Culture and Communication in Turkey’ (AH/N004779/1) project.
History
School
- Loughborough University London
Published in
Social Movement StudiesCitation
MCGARRY, A. ... et al, 2019. Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park. Social Movement Studies, 18 (3), pp.284-304.Publisher
© Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Movement Studies on 9 January 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14742837.2018.1561259.Acceptance date
2018-12-13Publication date
2019-01-09ISSN
1474-2837eISSN
1474-2829Publisher version
Language
- en