“Insurrection is not a spectacle”: experiencing and contesting touristification in Exarcheia, Athens

D Pettas, V Avdikos, E Iliopoulou, I Karavasili - Urban Geography, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
During the last few years, Athens is experiencing a substantial increase in tourist inflows,
while transforming from a one-day stop destination during summer to a year-round, city …

Power relations, conflicts and everyday life in urban public space: The development of 'horizontal'power struggles in central Athens

D Pettas - City, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the ways in which social space is produced through the development of
horizontal power relations in public spaces that function as fields of conflict. Through a six …

Battles for socio‐spatial hegemony in the exilic space of Exarcheia

JR Karlin - Antipode, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The neighbourhood of Exarcheia in Athens, Greece has long been recognised as the socio‐
spatial epicentre of the Athenian anarchist and anti‐authoritarian milieu wherein several self …

Solidarity and collective forms of social reproduction: the social and political legacy of Syntagma Square, Athens

D Pettas, M Daskalaki - Social & Cultural Geography, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The latest encampments in public spaces, such as Occupy Wall Street, Taksim Square and
Syntagma Square, have highlighted the significance of public space in sha** social …

Dialogical encounter and the production of exilic space in Exarcheia

JR Karlin - Anthropological Notebooks, 2021 - ojs.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com
The neighbourhood of Exarcheia in Athens, Greece, has long been recognised as the socio-
spatial epicentre of the Athenian anarchist and anti-authoritarian milieu wherein several self …