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Staging atmosphere on the Ukrainian Maidan

dc.contributor.authorStepnisky, Jeff
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:24Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:24Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis article uses atmosphere theory to describe the revolutionary events on Ukraine’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti as they unfolded from November 2013 to February 2014. Like other recent occupation movements (Tahrir Square, Gezi Park, Zuccotti Park), the Maidan protestors created a vast infrastructure that supported large-scale protest and daily life on the square. I argue that atmosphere, or the feeling of place, was important to the makeup of Maidan. Like other occupation movements, Maidan became a “world” unto itself because it generated unique feelings that held the place together. Drawing on atmosphere theorists Peter Sloterdijk and Gernot Böhme, I describe the atmospheres of Maidan, show how these atmospheres were generated, and then describe how these atmospheres influenced the course of the revolution.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/edswss/000526374700001
dc.identifier.citation2018. Stepnisky, J. “Staging atmosphere on the Ukrainian Maidan.” Space and Culture (early view online publication, May 8).
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1206331218773671
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1766
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectatmosphere
dc.subjectstaging
dc.subjectdramaturgy
dc.subjectOccupy movements
dc.subjectEuromaidan
dc.subjectUkraine
dc.subjectGernot Böhme
dc.titleStaging atmosphere on the Ukrainian Maidanen
dc.typeArticle

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