International Development Planning Review – Special Issue: Insurgencies, Social Media and the Public City in Asia (Vol. 36 Issue. 1)
The increasing role of cyberspace in recent urban insurgencies calls for urban scholars to rethink notions of spatialities, public space and the public sphere. However, social movements in cyberspace cannot be the ends of insurgent actions. Hopes for reclaiming public space extend beyond demonstrations and mobilisations to include rebuilding a public city with long-term social …