Constructive Resistance

Constructive resistance emerges as a multifaceted political tool, wielding emotions and symbolic representations to challenge established truths. This study reveals how repetitive acts—through narratives, photographs, or artifacts—shape alternative worldviews over time, bridging immediate authority resistance with delayed meaning-making struggles. It examines cases like the Preah Vihear temple conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, migrant body discourses in Swedish museums, and climate activism, demonstrating that emotions fuel political engagement while figurations (posters, buildings) anchor contemporary debates. The research combines interview data and empirical analysis to theorize resistance's temporal and affective dimensions, offering new lenses on gender, nationalism, and environmental justice.

Lilja, M. (2021). Constructive Resistance (, Ed.). The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881814618