ABSTRACT
In this interlude, the transformation of space into a dissenting place is examined through an analysis of the Occupy Wall Street Movement in 2010. This movement illustrates the importance of a place to anchor dissent. In essence, a place is a meaning or sign coded by the signifier or space and the signified, which is the meaning of that space developed through dissenting practices. In the Occupy Wall Street Movement, these dissenting practices included the framing of the protest in Spacial terms, such as the embodied occupation of Zuccotti Park and the use of graffiti to reinscribe the space with the meaning that transformed it into a dissenting place.
