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Auguries of Discord : Protest, Activism and the Swarm

Notes

This paper investigates the synchronic and homologous connection between non-human and human swarming.

Artist / Author James Riley
Publisher Routledge
Reference A0627
Date 2014
Journal Performance Research
Journal date November 2014
Journal page 41-48
Type Article

Keywords

mass protest swarm behaviour

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