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Activist Exchanges: the Occupation of Squares and the Squatting of Buildings

Posted on December 9, 2011 by protestcamp

Over the past two months of the Occupy Movement we have seen protesters move from reclaiming city squares to reclaiming foreclosed homes and disused buildings. In Spain, similar actions have been taking place for months. Activist-academics Miguel A. Martínez and … Continue reading →

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Generation Occupy: The Demands May Not Be Televised, But Can They Still Be Heard?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by protestcamp

We live in an age where it is socially acceptable, if not encouraged, to camp out overnight for the opportunity to hand over $500 for the latest piece of mass produced technology. Pictures of technophiles and devotees ecstatically clutching the … Continue reading →

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Location, Location, Location: Spatiality and Protest Camps

Posted on November 9, 2011 by protestcamp

The issue of spatiality for protest camps is a big one, especially for someone who is not trained as a Geographer.  As my work usually deals with media representations, this is a daunting task. While media representation is a significant … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps’ Patrick McCurdy interviewed by CBC Radio on Occupy Ottawa

Posted on October 21, 2011 by protestcamp

‎Patrick McCurdy of the Protest Camps Research Collective speaks with the CBC Radio about media frames, activist strategy, social media and police surveillance around the Occupy Movement in Ottawa and around the world. Dr. McCurdy discusses how the absence of a single … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps Now on Twitter

Posted on October 15, 2011 by protestcamp

You can now follow protest camps on twitter @protestcamps. We’ll be active during events with live updates and micro-commentary. Just about to head off to Occupy London Stock Exchange.  #protestcamps,  #OccupyLSX, #OccupyEverywhere.

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Protest Camps: a framework for understanding

Posted on August 2, 2011 by protestcamp

Patrick McCurdy circulated our research collective’s response to Eric Kluitenberg’s post on The Tactics of Camping over <nettime> on July 1, 2011. In our preliminary framework for understanding Protest Camps we argue that protest camps must be seen–and studied–as a unique organisational … Continue reading →

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