Özdüzen, Ö. orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-9650 (2019) Bearing witness to authoritarianism and commoning through video activism and political film-making after the Gezi protests. In: McGarry, A., Erhart, I., Eslen-Ziya, H., Jenzen, O. and Korkut, U., (eds.) The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication. Amsterdam University Press , Amsterdam , pp. 191-210. ISBN 9789048544509
Abstract
This chapter examines the intersection of politics and the culture of visual media to delineate the ways in which activists/artists have coped with increasing authoritarianism in Turkey following the Gezi Park protests. The study relies on in-depth interviews and participant observation with video activists and film-makers as well as textual analysis of recent films and videos with an aim to capture the political voice and ongoing creative resistance in urban centres since 2013. By clustering recent videos and films together in the light of their aesthetics of protest against the Islamist and neoliberal authoritarianism of the AKP (Justice and Development Party), the chapter investigates how creative communities used ‘visual commons’ to engage in democracy, relate to politics in an increasingly authoritarian setting, and deal with urban issues.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s) and Amsterdam University Press B.V., Amsterdam. Creative Commons License CC BY NC ND (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0). |
Keywords: | Gezi Park; creative resistance; authoritarianism; video activism; documentary activism; visual commons |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2021 13:55 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2021 03:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Amsterdam University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/9789048544509-013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176859 |
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