On the Spatiality of Square Occupations: Lessons from Syntagma and Tahrir

Dimitris Soudias

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Abstract: In this article, I rethink the spatiality of square occupations. I will first reflect on how space, place, presence, and territoriality are constituent conceptual notions of square occupations’ spatiality. Building on de Certeau’s notion of “Making Do”, and drawing heavily from Syntagma and Tahrir as examples, what follows then is an elaboration on the role of policing strategies and protest tactics as means of tabulating and imposing, or diverting and manipulating space. The cases of the 2011 occupations of Syntagma Square in Athens, and Tahrir Square in Cairo will serve the purpose of anecdotal evidence to exemplify the aforementioned concepts empirically.

Date: 2018-09-06
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