New Publication by Devrim Sezer in Politics and Space: “Ephemeral Architectures, Fugitive Assemblies”
We are excited to announce the publication of a new co-authored article by our faculty member Devrim Sezer in the Politics and Space journal: “Ephemeral Architectures, Fugitive Assemblies: The Romantic Imaginaries of Assembly Democracy in the Gezi Protests.”
In this interdisciplinary study, Sezer collaborated with Emre Gönlügür (Department of Architecture) and Ünsal Doğan Başkır (Department of Common Courses) to offer fresh insights into the democratic significance of the Gezi protests.
The article offers a new conceptual lens and contributes to democratic theory by exploring the unique experiment of assembly democracy during Gezi. It examines how architectural interventions at Gezi Park intersected with emerging democratic sensibilities within neighborhood assemblies and forums.
Using visual documentation from activist groups, journalistic sources, and firsthand testimonies, the authors highlight Gezi’s innovative approach to democracy, situating it within a broader global ecology of “fugitive” democratic experiments that challenge mainstream conceptions of electoral democracy centered on existing representative institutions.
Read the full article here:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23996544251382863
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