Squares on Stage: some aesthetic-political actions from the early 2010s

The beginning of the 2010s was marked by the bursting of major uprisings such as the Arabic Spring, the Occupy Wall Street, the June Days, among others. Despite the distinct contexts, most of these popular protests-demonstrations showed similarities – among them, a strong interaction between body, a...

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Autor: Zarvos, Clarisse Fraga
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/96067
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/96067
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Performance
Protest
Politics
Activism
Uprising
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Sumario:The beginning of the 2010s was marked by the bursting of major uprisings such as the Arabic Spring, the Occupy Wall Street, the June Days, among others. Despite the distinct contexts, most of these popular protests-demonstrations showed similarities – among them, a strong interaction between body, aesthetics and politics. The article proposes to highlight the performative aspect of these insurrections from examples that took place in squares around the globe.