This Is What Democracy Sounds Like
Protest Performances of the Citizenship Movement in Wisconsin and Beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6220338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Paretskaya (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 635-650 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social movement studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-2829 • E-ISSN: 1474-2837 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14742837.2014.995077 |
| OpenAlex | W1997433909 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article is a case study of an ongoing singing protest in Wisconsin, the group that calls itself Solidarity Sing Along (SSA). An offshoot of the 2011 Wisconsin Uprising, for the first 15 months of its existence SSA was an important nexus of local activists working to recall Republican state senators and the governor. After the recall's failure the group not only continued to carry on but quite effortlessly reoriented its claim making and centered its protests on the freedom to assemble and petition the government, which had been an important cause from early on. Maintaining its pro-labor orientation, SSA has become part of a broader movement for democratic citizenship rights. Situating the group in musical practices of the Wisconsin protests and social movements more generally, I show that how SSA makes and performs its music makes it a part of the citizenship movement. This case study reveals a novel form of claim making within the repertoire of contention practiced by social movements: SSA is a ‘part-time occupation’ and as such has potential to be more resilient and durable than ‘permanent’ occupations à la Occupy Wall Street
Aesthetics · Citizenship · Civil disobedience · Democracy · Management · Media studies · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Singing · Social movement · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Diverse Music Education Insights · Diverse Musicological Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Music History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |