Inscription, Sound, Violence: Militant Repertoires and the Production of Space in Istanbul, 1974–1980

Chapters 4 and 5 aim to give readers an ethnographic account of activists’ spatial practices, sensing of place, and politicizing of institutions in Istanbul from the year 1974 until the military coup in 1980. What did they make the city sound like? How did it appear? Which tactics did they devise to...

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1. Verfasser: Houston, Christopher
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Zusammenfassung:Chapters 4 and 5 aim to give readers an ethnographic account of activists’ spatial practices, sensing of place, and politicizing of institutions in Istanbul from the year 1974 until the military coup in 1980. What did they make the city sound like? How did it appear? Which tactics did they devise to augment its sounds and appearances, modifying its streets and public spaces as foretaste of a transformed society? What of insurgents’ creating a new political geography in Istanbul, and their use of space to communicate, to intimidate, or to foster community action, especially in the gecekondusuburbs, in factories and
DOI:10.2307/j.ctvw1d5xt.9