Rage against the market: Bristol’s Tesco riot

Clement, Matt

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“…Tallon, 2007: 79-83. An account of the political economy of such partnerships in Bristol also appears in Bassett, 1996. ii Clement (2012) argues that this building was partially responsible for the increased local demand for a grocery store of the kind that Tesco opened in Stokes Croft in 2011.…”

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Cultural activism and the politics of place-making

Buser¹,

Bonura²,

Fannin³

et al. 2013

City

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To be published in City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, 17 (5 In this paper we consider the relationship between creative practice, activism, and processes of urban place-making. We argue that cultural activism is not merely capable of constructing meanings about urban space, it also provides the 'prospects for a new progressive political opening' (Scott 2011, 316; see also Long 2013) within the wider context of global capitalism through the cultivation of a shared aesthetics of protest. By a "shared aesthetics of protest" we are referring to two distinct though related meanings. First, in Stokes Croft there is a shared artistic style of protest grounded in a DIY sensibility and a highly varied spirit of artistic experimentation. Second, by shared aesthetics we are also referencing a shared perception by activists of the ways in which Stokes Croft has been excluded from civic or developmental narratives of Bristol or traditionally regarded as a problem for the city council, urban planners and the police. Aesthetics of protest here borrows from the work of Jacques

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Cultural activism and the politics of place-making

Buser¹,

Bonura²,

Fannin³

et al. 2013

City

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“…Nothing as dramatic as a shooting occurred in St Paul’s in Bristol, though there were good reasons to think that rioting was a possibility. Earlier in 2011 serious disorder had broken out in and around the Stokes Croft area of Bristol, on the borders of St Paul’s, indeed a neighbourhood that has been described as ‘really just a subsection of St Paul’s’ (Clement, 2012: 83). Controversial plans to open a new Tesco supermarket there had met with sustained and significant resistance.…”

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Reflections on why riots don’t happen

Newburn

2015

Theoretical Criminology

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Abstract:In contrast to much of the literature in the field of public disorder, rather than focusing on the nature and aetiology of riots, in this paper I investigate why riots don't happen. During times of widespread disorder there are some locations that, whilst apparently sharing many of the features of the places where significant disorder is occurring, do not fall prey to rioting themselves. Why? Against the backdrop of the 2011 England riots -though the arguments developed here have international application -I use two case studies involving semi-structured interviews with key informants in two such locations to reflect on why riots don't happen. Initially drawing on Waddington's 'flashpoints' model, I argue that it was primarily matters at an interactional level that appear to have been crucial in the absence of riots in these particular cases. In order to facilitate a more detailed analysis at this level in particular, I propose some elaboration of the flashpoints approach, using Reicher's 'social identity' model, as the basis understanding the nature of police-crowd and policecommunity interaction.

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“…Much of the violence in these riots was focused on a Tesco supermarket located in the heart of this area (located opposite the 'Telepathic Heights' squat). As a result of the prominence of the damage to this Tesco supermarket, the riots in Bristol 2011 are sometimes referred to as the 'Tesco Riots' (Clement, 2012;Dutta, 2011;Kemp, 2011).…”

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“…'Police from higher up the road marched down with dogs and cornered the crowd between a row of riot guards and vans' resulting in a 'seriously disproportionate and provocative police action' (Clement, 2012); 'did police heavyhandedness contribute to the riot?' (@StokesCroftNews, 2011b).…”

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The Language of the Unheard: Social Media and Riot Subculture/s

Rice

2017

Youth Culture and Social Change

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This chapter examines the relationships between social media, subculture identity and riots. In 2011 riots in Bristol (UK) attracted global media coverage. These riots were one of the first in the UK where social media played a significant role. Social media was used during the riot to disseminate information about when and where riots were taking pace and how the events were developing. The emergence of a 'riot subculture' that uses social media has become an easy target for politicians looking for causes of riots. This research does not find evidence for social media as a tool for the instigation of riots. Instead the research points to the more complex interrelationship between social media and riot subcultures. Social media provides an alternative unofficial record of history as it unfolds; this alternative is no more accurate or unbiased than the official version, but provides an important counterpoint to the formal record. Social media has facilitated a production of knowledge that reflects the views of riot subculture that is often allied with a rejection of mainstream media and a looser alliance with a subversive ideology. The battle for power is the real riot; this power struggle is manifest most obviously in the violent actions in the streets, but equally the challenging of existing power relations occurs through social media.

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Rage against the market: Bristol’s Tesco riot

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Cultural activism and the politics of place-making

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The Language of the Unheard: Social Media and Riot Subculture/s

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