Paris has rapidly gone through stages of shock, then silent grief, and today seemed to be a highpoint of defiance and backlash.
The graffiti and posters emerging out of this time expose an interesting discourse beginning to emerge – or rather, new lines of debate. A week ago, the economy, youth unemployment were key.
The public discourse seems to be shifting, at least for now.
Here are a few recurring themes or frames that have emerged.They are instructive as to how people are constructing meaning to the events of the past week.
Nationalism 2.0? Nationalist Narrative
Text as Power
Equality is so 2013: The (re)New(ed)centrality of liberty
The Politics of Laughter:Humor as transgressive and a challenge to Power
Answer to Identity Crisis: ‘Charlie’ as individual and collective identity
Anon's Paris 