Occupy : The spatial dynamics of discourse in global protest movements.

Intro -- Occupy -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- Occupy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Open and extended political spaces -- 2.1 Squares, centres of commerce and government institutions -- 2.2 Interconnected virtual and physical spaces -- 2.3 Participants, communities, publics -- 3. Methods -- 4. Contributions of this volume to the analysis of communicative practices -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Geosemiotics of Tahrir Square -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A symbolic space -- 3. A central space -- 4. A spiritual space -- 5. A playful counter-space -- 6. An 'Arab' space -- 7. A glocal space -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Taking over the Square -- 1. Introduction: "Nobody expects the #SpanishRevolution" -- 2. Voices from the squares. Transforming and being transformed in space -- 2.1 Deterritorialisation/reterritorialisation -- 2.2 Common vs. privatised spaces -- 2.3 Hybrid spaces -- 3. Voices from the squares. When communication practices became spatial practices -- 3.1 Changes in the conditions of production of linguistic practices -- 3.2 Changes in the conditions of circulation of linguistic practices -- 4. Insurgent practices in reterritorialised spaces -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Mobilities of a linguistic landscape at Los Angeles City Hall Park -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The production of spaces -- 3. Following the objects: A methodology -- 3.1 Data analysis -- 4. Mobilities of a linguistic landscape -- 4.1 Looking at the "Class warfare" sign -- 5. The monopoly guy -- 6. Occupy and its discourses - what and where now? -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Identity as space -- 1. Questions, methods and data -- 2. Discursive practices -- 3. Corpus analysis -- 4. Social practices -- 5. Producing identity as public space -- References.

Appendix: A timeline of events surrounding the Greek protests -- The Occupy Assembly -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Space and the assembly -- 4. Human mic -- 4.1 Ratification as Personal and Group Agency -- 4.2 Interexperience and intertelling -- 4.2.1 Transitive use of the mic-check -- 5. Hand signals -- 5.1 Multiple/compound stances -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: Glossary of transcript symbols (Jefferson 2004, 24-31). -- Spatial practices and narratives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Public spaces: Material and virtual -- 2.1 Political flash mobs -- 2.2 The space of enunciation and stories -- 3. The GenkiDama for education -- 3.1 Narrative as foundational space -- 3.2 The uses of public space as performance -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index.

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