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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Devisualize / Mirzoeff, Nicholas -- Introduction: The Aesthetics of Global Protest : Visual Culture and Communication / McGarry, Aidan / Erhart, Itir / Eslen-Ziya, Hande / Jenzen, Olu / Korkut, Umut -- Part I: Performance, Art and Politics -- 1 Queer Visual Activism in South Africa / Lewin, Tessa -- 2 The Use of Visibility in Contentious Events in Northern Ireland / Hayward, Katy / Komarova, Milena -- 3 Maybe, We Will Benefit from Our Neighbour's Good Fortune : An Exhibition on Collectivity, Community, and Dialogue in Turkey / Eğrikavuk, Işıl -- 4 Political Street Art in Social Mobilization : A Tale of Two Protests in Argentina / Ryan, Holly Eva -- 5 Archiving Dissent : (Im)material Trajectories of Political Street Art in Istanbul and Athens / Tulke, Julia -- 6 The Introvert's Protest : Handwriting the Constitution and the Performance of Politics / O'Hara, Morgan / McGarry, Aidan -- Part II: Visual Activism and Digital Culture -- 7 Photography and Protest in Israel/Palestine : The Activestills Online Archive / Faulkner, Simon -- 8 Drones, Cinema, and Protest in Thailand / Viernes, Noah -- 9 Bearing Witness to Authoritarianism and Commoning through Video Activism and Political Film-making after the Gezi Protests / Özdüzen, Özge -- 10 Music Videos as Protest Communication: The Gezi Park Protest on YouTube / Jenzen, Olu / Erhart, Itir / Eslen-Ziya, Hande / Güçdemir, Derya / Korkut, Umut / McGarry, Aidan -- 11 The Activist Chroniclers of Occupy Gezi : Counterposing Visibility to Injustice / Mercea, Dan / Levy, Helton -- 12 When Twitter Got #woke : Black Lives Matter, DeRay McKesson, Twitter, and the Appropriation of the Aesthetics of Protest / Vis, Farida / Faulkner, Simon / Noble, Safiya Umoja / Guy, Hannah -- Part III: Conclusion -- 13 Conclusion : Reflections on Protest and Political Transformation since 1789 / Aulich, Jim -- Index Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to create an alternative space for people to engage with politics that is more inclusive and participatory than traditional politics. This volume focuses on the role of visual culture in a highly mediated environment and draws on case studies from Europe, Thailand, South Africa, USA, Argentina, and the Middle East in order to demonstrate how protestors use aesthetics to communicate their demands and ideas. It examines how digital media is harnessed by protestors and argues that all protest aesthetics are performative and communicative
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