From the fortress city to the revolutionary "capital": The exceptional situation and police governance in Nafplio (1824-1826)
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From the fortress city to the revolutionary "capital": The exceptional situation and police governance in Nafplio (1824-1826)
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15 June 2022
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In the new hierarchy of space created by the Greek Revolution, Nafplio acquired a central position, overthrowing the administrative primacy of Tripoli that was in force before the revolution. By law (as early as January 1823) seat of the Provisional Administration, Nafplio was in the vortex of the conflicts of the first civil war, to become from June 1824, when its fortress is handed over to the government, the political centre of the territory under revolt.
The presentation explores the role of the police in shaping the city as a host environment for its new political functions. Emphasising the measures taken to address the pressing problems of public order and overpopulation, the presentation shows that in the dense period of two years, the state of emergency and suffocatingly full Nafplio was a laboratory where government governance practices that combined the traditional ideal of the “pure community” with the modern imperative of the disciplined society.
(Edited and translated abstract from organiser’s website)
The presentation explores the role of the police in shaping the city as a host environment for its new political functions. Emphasising the measures taken to address the pressing problems of public order and overpopulation, the presentation shows that in the dense period of two years, the state of emergency and suffocatingly full Nafplio was a laboratory where government governance practices that combined the traditional ideal of the “pure community” with the modern imperative of the disciplined society.
(Edited and translated abstract from organiser’s website)
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