This article argues that during and after Hurricane Harvey, Houstonians used the hashtag #houstonstrong as a way of creating a public. This public functioned much in the ways defined by scholars as a means to forward collective action outside the confines of the state. Although it formed adjacent to state mandates, this public never agitated against state practices. Instead, #houstonstrong became not only a way to organize civilian and privatized rescue during the storm but also a point of pride for Houstonians and businesses across Houston. Therefore, I argue that even though #houstonstrong functioned as a traditional public in many ways, its adherence to neoliberal logics makes it a complex form of publicity that challenges the binary between traditional and neoliberal definitions of public behavior.

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“ #houstonstrong”：抵抗和复兴新自由主义的公众

本文认为，在哈维飓风期间及之后，休斯顿人将#houstonstrong这个井号用作创建公众的一种方式。公众的运作方式很像学者所定义的那样，是在国家范围之外推进集体行动的一种手段。尽管它与国家授权相邻，但公众从不反对国家实践。相反，＃houstonstrong不仅成为在暴风雨中组织平民和私有救援的一种方式，而且成为休斯顿人和整个休斯顿企业的骄傲。因此，我认为，尽管#houstonstrong在许多方面作为传统公众发挥了作用，但它对新自由主义逻辑的坚持使它成为一种复杂的公开形式，对传统和新自由主义公众行为定义之间的二元性提出了挑战。