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occupation
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Ex Libris
Read more: Ex LibrisRecurrent themes in Emily Jacir’s practice—which spans a range of strategies including film, photography, interventions, archiving, performance, video, writing, and sound—are silenced historical narratives, resistance, movement, and exchange. Filmed in the days following the catastrophic loss of Iraq’s National Library…
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Centros Sociales Okupados Autogestionados (CSOAs) in Spain: From abandoned houses to activist enclaves
Read more: Centros Sociales Okupados Autogestionados (CSOAs) in Spain: From abandoned houses to activist enclavesA Centro Social Okupado Autogestionado (Self-Managed Occupied Social Center) or CSOA is an occupied building dedicated to the development of social and cultural activities. They are part of the “movimiento okupa” (“squatter movement”), a label created and circulated by the…
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Reclaim the Streets occupy Camden High Street
Read more: Reclaim the Streets occupy Camden High StreetA collective resistance movement dedicated to reasserting communal ownership of common spaces, Reclaim the Streets staged its first action on Camden High Street in 1995, when activists closed the road to vehicle traffic to make way for a street party.…