Forum on the ‘Occupy’ movement

Greetings! We asked members of the Society and Space editorial board and friends to share brief reflections on the ‘Occupy’ movement. We are delighted to share the pieces below. Check back regularly as new contributions continue to trickle in.

ANANYA ROY “Occupy the Future”

EDUARDO MENDIETA “Occupy: to dwell in the space of attentive solicitude”

JULIET FALL “Translations in the city”

DEBORAH BIRD ROSE “Convivial Activism”

ELENA TRUBINA “Occupy to Get an Occupation?”

STUART ELDEN “V for Visibility”

MARIEKE DE GOEDE “How to Fight a Derivative”

JUSTIN CLEMENS “Occupied”

MARLIES GLASIUS “Doing Democracy in the Square: Reflections on Occupy, the Indignants and the Tahrir demonstrators”

ANNA TSING “Occupy the ruins”

KATHRYN YUSOFF ‘Mayor, Commonalty & Citizens of the City of London v Persons Unknown (being persons taking part in a protest camp at St Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4)’

PATRICIA NOXOLO “Occupy: Africa?”

SAM HALVORSEN “Occupying: The Politics of Process”

Photos by Kathryn Yusoff

CYNTHIA WEBER’S short film from the early days of Occupy Wall Street “Occupylujah”

Links to reflections on the ‘Occupy’ movement

9 thoughts on “Forum on the ‘Occupy’ movement”

  1. […] at the Society and Space open site, Deb Cowen presents five reflections from editorial board members on the Occupy movement. Elena Trubina, Eduardo Mendieta, Juliet Fall, Ananya Roy, and Deborah Bird […]

  2. […] more contributions to the Society and Space ‘Occupy’ forum – including one by me on the Guy Fawkes mask. Share […]

  3. Society & Space Forum on the Occupy Movement | Possible Futures says:

    […] blog of the interdisciplinary journal Environment and Planning D: Society and Space is hosting a forum on the Occupy movement with contributions from more than half a dozen scholars. Here are a few […]

  4. […] Society and Space forum on The Occupy Movement.: Short opinion essays by the journal’s editorial board. […]

  5. […] Society and Space forum on The Occupy Movement.: Short opinion essays by the journal’s editorial board. […]

  6. […] A shorter version first appeared on the Society and Space open site in November 2011 as part of a forum on the Occupy movement convened by Deborah Cowen. The longer version was first written for a forthcoming book, but the […]

  7. […] See this Society and Space forum on the Occupy […]

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