Histories & theories

CONTEXTUAL STUDI ES ( DS51012A) 11 Jan 2015

HI STORI ES & THEORI ES

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KazumiHasegawa

OccupySandy

t hi ssudden expl osi on ofout r age ai med br oadl y agai nstal lt hatwas wr ong wi t h Amer i can soci et y .Wi t hi n ever ynew day saw whi r l wi nd ofdevel opment s - new occupat i ons,pr ot est ,debat es,cr i t i ques, andpr oposedsol ut i ons[ 1] .OccupyWal l St r eetand Occupy movementgr ouped t oget hert ochange" t hepubl i cdi scl osur e aboutt hei nequal i t y"andcr eat edt hei dea oft he1per cent er sver sus99per cent er s.

OccupySandyi sanor gani sedr el i eft hat assi st st hevi ct i msofHur r i caneSandyi n t he nor t heast er n Uni t ed St at es i n 2012.

I t ’ s r el i ef pr ovi der s and har dwor ki ng vol unt eer st r ansf or mi ngi nt oact i vi st sand communi t yl eader s.They’ r ewor ki ngwi t h vol unt eer sf r om ot her gr oups, chur ch gr oups,nei ghbor hood associ at i ons,and wi t h FEMA and ot her gover nment agenci es,i ncl udi ngt hepol i ce,aswel l[ 4] .

I t ’ st hehar desthi tnei ghbor hoodst aki ng cont r oloft hei rown l i ber at i on.I t ’ sl ocal communi t yi nst i t ut i ons wi t h deep r oot s and l ong hi st or i es connect i ng t o one anot herandmobi l i zi ngt hei ref f or t saspar t ofamovement .I t ’ sal l oft hatal ongsi deso manyot herf i ght sf orcl i mat ej ust i ce [ 5] .

Occupy movement i s an i nt er nat i onal pr ot est movement agai nst soci al and economi c i nequal i t y ,i t s pr i nci pl e goal bei ngt omaket heeconomi candpol i t i cal r el at i ons i n al lsoci et i es l ess ver t i cal l y hi er ar chi caland mor ef l at l y di st r i but ed.

Among t he movement s mosti mpor t ant concer nsdealwi t hhow l ar gecor por at i ons andt hegl obalf i nanci alsyst em cont r olt he wor l di n a way t hat di spr opor t i onat el y Di sobedi entObj ect sexhi bi t i onpor t r aysa benef i t s a mi nor i t y , under mi nes col l ect i onf r om pr ovoki ngpr ot est sar ound democr acy ,andi sunst abl e. t hewor l di nt hel at e70' st ot hepr esent ; het i met hatnew t echnol ogi es,soci al and Thef i r stOccupypr ot estt or ecei vegl obal t i t i calchal l enges.The exhi bi t i on si t s at t ent i on was Occupy Wal l St r eet i n pol y uncomf or t abl y t o t he ot her Zuccot t iPar k,New Yor kCi t yi nSept ember ver bi t i ons i nt he Vi ct or i a and Al ber t 2011.Fr om maj orci t i est osmal lt ownsi n exhi thaschaot i cat mospher eal l r ur alAmer i ca,peopl e seemed dr awn t o museum asi

ar ound t he exhi bi t i on.Compar ed t ot he ot herexhi bi t i onst heDi sobedi entObj ect s exhi bi t i on has r at herhi st or i calcont ext s t hancont empor ar ycont ext sast her ear e not many ar t ef act s t hat ar e new or unknown t o us.I nf actt her e ar e mor e st or i es behi nd t o t hem. Most of t he Di sobedi entObj ect sar et her et o convey maj or i t yofsoci almovement s,sol i dar i t i es, or act i vi st si nt he wor l d,hence t hese hi ghl i ghtt he V&A museum a desi r et o changeandchal l enget hei nst i t ut i on.

REFERENCES: [ 1]Et han Ear l e( 2012) ,A Br i efHi st or yof OccupyWal lSt r eet ht t p: / / www. r osal uxnyc. or g/ ahi st or yof o ccupy/ [ 2]Al an Feuer( 2012) ,Occupy Sandy:A Movementmovest oRel i ef wher ef emaf el l shor t occupysandywas t her e. ht ml [ 3]Al exMal l s( 2013) ,WeGotThi s ht t p: / / vi meo. com/ 53155081 [ 4]Pet erMar cuse( 2012) ,OccupySandy Soci alChanget hr oughPr ef i gur i ngAct i on ht t ps: / / pmar cuse. wor dpr ess. com/ 2012/ 1 1/ 15/ bl og23occupysandysoci al chang et hr oughpr ef i gur i ngact i on/ [ 5]Yot am Mar om ( 2012) ,Occupy Sandy f r om r el i eft or esi st ance ht t p: / / wagi ngnonvi ol ence. or g/ f eat ur e/ occ upysandyf r omr el i ef t or esi st ance/

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