Digital Public Space

Personal research blog interrogating the potential of digital public space as medium.

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Google Maps Engine makes it easy for you to create beautiful maps and share them with others.

Infographics explaining what happened in #OccupyGezi using #GoogleMaps icons

Source: @ShowDiscontent

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On the situationist tactic of detournement

“Détournement is a game made possible by the capacity of devaluation”

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Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s fall from grace has manifested itself in Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Taksim Square now resembles Egypt’s Tahrir Square. What is interesting to note is that the timing...

“As a gathering place, Taksim is the equivalent of London’s Trafalgar Square, the Place de la Bastille in Paris, Kiev’s Nezalezhnosti (Independence) Square, Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, and Cairo’s Tahrir Square. It serves a similar function as London’s Hyde Park and New York City’s Central Park for the residents of Istanbul. Aside from its ecological value and aesthetics, it has historically been an important and indispensable spot for political and social rallies and protests of all stripes and colours. Traditionally, Turkey’s largest May Day rallies take place in Taksim and it is an important gathering place for Turkish trade unionists and activists.”

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Iconic photo of the #Gezi protestor #WomaninRed replayed by Lego figures 

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Turkish flag manipulated

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Emojis explaining what happened in #OccupyGezi

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Graffiti using #Gezi slang chapuling - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapulling

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Digital Image - Translation: “This gas is delicious, man!”

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Street art using #OccupyGezi symbols

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The best in visual communication

“Twitter was officially labeled as a "troublemaker" by the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan after the start of the protests as it was instrumental in distributing information for the protestors in a time when the traditional media practiced self-censorship.”

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Google Maps Engine makes it easy for you to create beautiful maps and share them with others.

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Earlier movements labeled social media revolutions subsequently have been criticized for not having had much important activity on social media (Moldova, Arab Spring) or for having had a large social media presence but ultimately failing to make much of a long-term impact as a protest movement (Spain’s Los Indignados, Occupy Wall Street, Gezi Park in Turkey).

http://carnegie.org/publications/carnegie-reporter/single/view/article/item/335/

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First Hologram Protest in History Held Against Spain's Gag Law

Spanish citizens held the first hologram protest in history in order to protest without violating the new draconian guidelines of the National Security Act, the new amendments to the Penal Code and the Anti-terror law. Your browser does not support iframes. According to the recently approved “triad gag“, the citizens of Spain cannot protest againstRead More

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Occupy Occupy

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