Assembling the Protest Camp: Politics, Public Space, and Occupy Protests

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dc.contributor.advisorCohen, Shaulen_US
dc.contributor.authorDuffy, Tyleren_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-10T23:20:07Z
dc.date.available2014-12-29T21:12:32Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-10
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores questions of politics and public space through an examination of the experiences of people involved in Occupy protest camps and local officials who were tasked with managing the protests in Eugene, OR and Madison, WI. Using assemblage as an organizing theoretical framework, this work identifies the actors involved in the production of Occupy protest camps and traces the trajectories of two Occupy protests from their beginnings to eviction day. It highlights the role of space in the protests, the ways in which protesters negotiated with local authorities for long-term use of public spaces previously prohibited by law, and some of the factors that contributed to the eviction of the protest camps. Finally, it seeks to reframe the debate on public space and conceptualizes public space as an assemblage that is continually made, unmade, and remade through the interactions of diverse, heterogeneous actors.en_US
dc.description.embargo10000-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/13435
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectActivismen_US
dc.subjectAssemblageen_US
dc.subjectOccupy Wall Streeten_US
dc.subjectProtesten_US
dc.subjectPublic spacesen_US
dc.subjectUrban geographyen_US
dc.titleAssembling the Protest Camp: Politics, Public Space, and Occupy Protestsen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Geographyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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