Urban street as political space: between order of censorship and spontaneity of rebellion

Authors

  • Grzegorz Błahut Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej

Keywords:

urban space, social interaction, political power, rebellion

Abstract

This paper regards the urban street as social space, where different symbolic interactions occur between individuals and groups of people. The established social and political order within this space happens to be disturbed by different forms of protest. An article attempts to compare the course of riots in former times to those at present. The comparison implies that the functional grandness of the urban street belongs to the past. This is mainly caused by new legal regulations restricting freedom of assembly and the new tele-electronic media space, and by a deepening division of the Polish society into different groups of interest, and its consequent inability to consolidate. An indirect cause also is the new order and mentality developed in democratic societies and by a consumeristic lifestyle.

Published

2015-02-20

How to Cite

Błahut, G. (2015). Urban street as political space: between order of censorship and spontaneity of rebellion. Studia Etnologiczne I Antropologiczne, 15, 81–93. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/SEIA/article/view/9327

Issue

Section

Miasto i miejskość — między ładem a żywiołem