What protests at on ships and on planes have in common

What is it about?

This paper is about characteristics or protests happening in maritime and airborne spaces, as opposed to protests on the mainlands. Due to different social dynamics, human and state presence, protest tactics and dynamics between activists and authorities differ in these transterranean spaces. Due to this, they need to be thought of on their own terms rather than being analyzed through landed terms.

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Why is it important?

As protests increasingly leave the nation state and its immediate territory behind (think of Seawatch, Sea Shepherd and anti-deportation protests on planes), their role for larger political processes becomes more crucial for an understanding of civil society and protest movements.