The Aesthetics of Global Protest

Aidan McGarry is a Reader in International Politics at the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance at Loughborough University, London. Itir Erhart is an Associate Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Media and Communication Systems. Hande Eslen-Ziya is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Stavanger. Olu Jenzen is Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK and the Director of the Research Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender. Umut Korkut is Professor of International Politics at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has previously published extensively on migration, populism, and democratisation in Hungary and Turkey including two monographs entitled "Liberalization Challenges in Hungary" and "Politics and Gender Identity in Turkey". Currently, he leads the Horizon 2020 funded project D.Rad DeRadicalisation in Europe and Beyond: Detest, Resolve, Reintegrate (2020-2023).

Acknowledgements Preface: Devisualize Nicholas Mirzoeff Introduction: The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication Aidan McGarry, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Olu Jenzen, and Umut Korkut PART I: PERFORMANCE, ART AND POLITICS Chapter 1: Queer Visual Activism in South Africa Tessa Lewin Chapter 2: The Use of Visibility in Contentious Events in Northern Ireland Katy Hayward and Milena Komarova Chapter 3: Maybe We Will Benefit From Our Neighbour's Good Fortune: An Exhibition on Collectivity, Community and Dialogue in Turkey Isil Egrikavuk Chapter 4: Political Street Art in Social Mobilization: A Tale of Two Protests in Argentina Holly Eva Ryan Chapter 5: Archiving Dissent: (Im)material Trajectories of Political Street Art in Istanbul and Athens Julia Tulke Chapter 6: The Introvert's Protest: Handwriting the Constitution and the Performance of Politics Interview with Morgan O'Hara by Aidan McGarry PART II: VISUAL ACTIVISM AND DIGITAL CULTURE Chapter 7: Photography and protest in Israel/Palestine: The Activestills online archive Simon Faulkner Chapter 8: Drones, Cinema, and Protest in Thailand Noah Viernes Chapter 9: Bearing Witness to Authoritarianism and Commoning through Video Activism and Political Film-Making after the Gezi Protests Özge Özdüzen Chapter 10: Music Videos as Protest Communication: The Gezi Park Protest on YouTube Olu Jenzen, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Derya Güçdemir, Umut Korkut, and Aidan McGarry Chapter 11: The Activist Chroniclers of Occupy Gezi: Counterposing Visibility to Injustice Dan Mercea and Helton Levy Chapter 12: When Twitter got #woke: Black Lives Matter, DeRay McKesson, Twitter, and the Appropriation of the Aesthetics of Protest Farida Vis, Simon Faulkner, Safiya Umoja Noble and Hannah Guy PART III: CONCLUSION Chapter 13 Conclusion: Reflections on Protest and Political Transformation since 1789 Jim Aulich Index