Backstreets, Barricades, and Blackouts
Urban Terrains of Resistance in Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Routledge (0000-0003-3214-3842, Department of Geography, Bristol University, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 559-578 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d120559 |
| OpenAlex | W1965245810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 7 |
In this paper I apply aspects of sociospatial theory to the revolutionary context of urban Nepal during the democratic uprisings of 1990. The urban spaces of Kathmandu and Patan were two of the most important sites within which power was contested, and terrains upon which space itself was contested. As I will show, the location of struggle emerged from conscious movement choices (as to tactics, efficacy of mobilization, etc) and influenced the character of collective action. An analysis of the spatial mediation of social movement agency provides us with what 1 term the 'terrain of resistance'-the specific geographical, historical, political, economic, ecological, and cultural context of movement agency. Such analysis can provide us with important insights into why movements occur where they do, the spatiocultural specificity of movement practice, and the language by which people articulate their discontent, understood through the 'cultural expressions of resistance
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Geography · Mediation · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Resistance (ecology · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Ecology
Social Movements
Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere
Between Mandala and World Stage
Liberal emplacement
Contentious publicness and visibility management
Spatial meaning-making and urban activism
Geopolitics in the nineties
What a Difference a Place Makes
Reconceptualizing Resistance
Ruptured space and spatial estrangement
Towards a geography of peace
Stitching together the nation's fabric during the Chile uprisings
Mapping terrains of struggle
Staging Peace Through a Gendered Demonstration
OccupyBufferZone’
Mobility, racism and geopolitics
The streets of Beograd. Urban space and protest identities in Serbia
Encountering Occupy London
Embodying Spirits of Resistance
Reclaiming geopolitics
Resisting Planetary Gentrification
Subaltern Struggles and the Politics of Place
Performing politics
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,74 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |