1. Making Space for Freedom: The situationist Guide to Protesting = Crear espacio para la libertad: la guía situacionista para protestar
- Author
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Thomas Brasdefer
- Subjects
poststructuralism ,poder ,lcsh:GF125 ,lcsh:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation ,riots ,lcsh:G1-922 ,zonas autónomas = debord ,debord ,libertad ,power ,lcsh:G ,lcsh:Cities. Urban geography ,freedom ,lcsh:Human ecology. Anthropogeography ,lcsh:GF1-900 ,protestas ,poststructuralismo ,autonomous zones ,lcsh:Geography (General) - Abstract
Usando como punto de partida la reaccion de Guy Debord a la Rebelion de Watts en el ano 1965, este articulo considera el situacionismo como un modelo agonistico al poder. El enfoque primario es, como deberia ser, el espectaculo: al conectar cada fuerza de produccion con cada producto del capitalismo, Debord representa el espectaculo como monopolio de produccion espacial, incluso en aquellos espacios que parecerian rechazarlo. Desenfocados, relegados a la sombra, y afuera de camara y de la escena, los que se oponen al espectaculo estan construyendo un modelo social alternativo como deberian estarlo haciendo, donde la libertad y la economia se construyen y se logran de manera colectiva. Ilustro esta dialectica con las revueltas y protestas de la primavera de 2020, que han reclamado libertad desde dentro del espectaculo. Abstract Using Guy Debord’s reaction to the Watts Rebellion of 1965 as a starting point, this article considers Situationism as an agonistic approach to power. The prime focus is on the spectacle, as it should be: by collating every force of production with every product of capitalism, Debord depicts the spectacle as a monopoly of spatial production, even in those spaces that ostensibly reject it. Out-of-focus, in the background and off-camera, those opposed to the spectacle are building an alternative social model as they ought to be, where freedom and economics are cooperatively achieved. I illustrate this dialectic with riots and protests that have occurred in the Spring of 2020, both claiming freedom from within the spectacle.
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- 2020