The power of naked protest in a shrinking democratic space
Abonga, F., Kerali, R., Porter, H. E. & Tapscott, R.
(9 December 2019)
The power of naked protest in a shrinking democratic space.
Africa at LSE.
Even while new technologies transform political protest, citizens continue to use their bodies in acts of civil resistance. In northern Uganda, citizens are using public nakedness to protest land dispossession by an increasingly authoritarian state, which grants the protester forms of power and highlights constraints on political speech.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2019 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE > Institutes > Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa |
| Date Deposited | 25 Feb 2020 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103556 |