CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Lapinskas, Adomas |
|---|---|
| Title | EXPECTING RESISTANCE IN KAUNAS: ATTEMPTS OF DIRECT ACTION VERSUS STRUCTURAL DISEMPOWERMENT IN A POST-SOCIALIST PERIPHERAL CITY |
| Summary | Western theories of resistance and immanence emphasize the vitalist potential of social formations. They highlight the importance of human agency, point to the contingencies and promise to open the new spaces for alternative possibilities. However, there is a huge discrepancy between these promises and urban reality of the city in a post-socialist periphery. That discrepancy is the focus of this research. One month long ethnographic study of a group of young activists and their actions in public spaces of Kaunas reveals the surrounding apathy and structural disempowerment. This study analyzes their life histories and describes the attempts of direct action. Spatial interventions are a way to modify and engage the place they live, albeit often only on the imaginary plane. |
| Supervisor | Kalb, Don |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/lapinskas_adomas.pdf |
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