There
are numerous ways that discipline of human geography can be used to analyze the Hong Kong
protests. The campaign called Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) has been effectively
using the citys physical geography and drawing support from diverse sectors of its inhabitants.
Social movements typically use shape space through demonstrations and the disruption of work
patterns, in what is often called activist spatiality; this movement is no exception. However,
the increased frequency and duration of the movements occupation of the city shows a nuanced
understanding of the impact of urban organization.
While the movement has
been successful in drawing popular support, especially among young people, its very success in
disrupting social and economic life has also engendered considerable opposition, and not just
from the authorities. Not only occupying squares or plazasa standard tactic, such as in the US
Occupy Wall Street movementbut filling numerous thoroughfares, the protestors constantly draw
attention to their cause. Through human action, they are forcing others to recognize the social
and economic importance of Hong Kong and its residents. Both by calling attention to the
importance of the urban space and by remaking its functions as a space of human activity, the
protestors expand their movements impact.
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