Monthly Archives: October 2011

Evictions Build Resilience: Lessons from Past Protest Camps

Posted on October 27, 2011 by drfigtree

“We have given the women a reasonable amount of time to make their protest, but they are trespassing and they must go.” -Cyril Woodard, Chairman of the Recreation and Amenities Committee Newbury Weekly News, Greenham, 21 Jan 1982 “Now is … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps: A Great British Tradition

Posted on October 26, 2011 by drfigtree

On the steps of St. Pauls Cathedral last Saturday, hunched over a cup of tea, the grumbled disdain of a British protester could be heard, “Here we go again, borrowing from America.” Yet while the Occupy movement may have started stateside, … Continue reading →

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Occupy LSX Day Six: Excerpt from a Social Media ‘Scrapbook’

Posted on October 21, 2011 by drfigtree

Day Six at Occupy LSX  Brought students from my uni. They were full of questions, the kinds of questions that make you smile and stumble, rambling over words. Where there is at once so many points to make and a … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps’ Patrick McCurdy interviewed by CBC Radio on Occupy Ottawa

Posted on October 21, 2011 by protestcamp

‎Patrick McCurdy of the Protest Camps Research Collective speaks with the CBC Radio about media frames, activist strategy, social media and police surveillance around the Occupy Movement in Ottawa and around the world. Dr. McCurdy discusses how the absence of a single … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps Now on Twitter

Posted on October 15, 2011 by protestcamp

You can now follow protest camps on twitter @protestcamps. We’ll be active during events with live updates and micro-commentary. Just about to head off to Occupy London Stock Exchange.  #protestcamps,  #OccupyLSX, #OccupyEverywhere.

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Protest Camps featured by the Canadian Centre for Architecture

Posted on October 15, 2011 by drfigtree

CCA Says “The Protest Camps project, by Anna Feigenbaum, Fabian Frenzel, and Patrick McCurdy, looks at an increasingly visible typology of struggle in uprisings and social struggles around the world, from Tahrir Square to Syntagma Square, and from Puerta del Sol to … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps is interviewed in the latest issue of FUSE Magazine

Posted on October 15, 2011 by drfigtree

For its special issue on Egypt and the Arab Spring, Fuse editor Gina Badger asked Anna Feigenbaum to share her insights on social media and social change. Drawing on her research and teaching, Dr. Feigenbaum challenged the idea that social … Continue reading →

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Place-based Protest: A Theory-Slam on Occupy Wall St

Posted on October 6, 2011 by drfigtree

This protest is place-based yet does not seek to claim place as property. It enacts a ‘reclamation of space’ yet not in the form of confrontation or taking back. It is not a means of defence against colonialist theft, damaging … Continue reading →

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