The Reconfiguration of Urban Movements and Politics in Lisbon

2020 ◽  
pp. 167-179
Author(s):  
João Seixas ◽  
António Brito Guterres
Keyword(s):  
Urban Movements

Reclaiming the City as Commons. Learning from Latin American Housing Movements

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-153
Author(s):  
Stavros Stavrides
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Urban Living ◽  
City Life ◽  
Urban Condition ◽  
Collective Creativity ◽  
Urban Movements ◽  
The City

This paper explores a renewed problematization of contemporary metropolises' dynamics in the light of speci fic efforts to reclaim the city as commons. Building on Lefebvre's theorizations of the city's virtuality and comparing it to contemporary approaches to the urban condition that emphasize the potentialities of contemporary city-life, it suggests that urban commoning is unleashing the power of collective creativity and collaboration. Struggles to appropriate the city as a crucial milieu for sharing transforms parts of city and produces new patterns of urban living. Examples from Latin American urban movements focused on establishing emancipatory housing conditions are used to illustrate the transformative capabilities of urban commoning.

Concepts, Contexts and Comparison in the Study of Urban Movements: A Reply to M Castells

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
C G Pickvance
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Effective Alternative ◽  
Urban Movements

This reply to Castells's comment focuses on three central issues: the most appropriate concepts and typologies for understanding urban movements, the best way of characterizing the influence of the context in which movements develop, and the utility of comparative analysis. With a few exceptions, it is shown that in each case Castells's comment reflects misunderstandings and theoretical confusions, and docs not set out an effective alternative to the approach in the original paper.

Profil ideowy miejskiego aktywizmu w Polsce

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (325) ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Wojciech Krzysztonek
Keyword(s):  
Right To The City ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Urban Activism ◽  
History Of ◽  
Urban Movements ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
The City

The paper concerns the ideological profile of urban movements in Poland. In the first part, the author definesthe concept of urban movement based on the related literature and outlines the history of the urban matterin Poland. Then, attempts are made to reconstruct the ideological profile of urban activism. This is done onthe basis of an analysis that includes the main ideas to which urban activists refer (right to the city, idea ofparticular narratives, city-view) as well as the urban theses that include the postulations developed by theCongress of Urban Movements being the effect of consolidation activities in the Polish urban movements’environment. In conclusion, the key groups of postulations formulated by activists in Polish cities are analysedthrough the perspective of the views contained in the main contemporary political doctrines.

scholarly journals Exploring the heterogeneity of human urban movements using geo-tagged tweets

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 2475-2496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ding Ma ◽  
Toshihiro Osaragi ◽  
Takuya Oki ◽  
Bin Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Movements

Chile: New Urban Movements and the Transition to Democracy

1987 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Ignacio Leiva ◽  
James Petras
Keyword(s):  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Urban Movements

scholarly journals Urban movements in neoliberal Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Urban Movements

scholarly journals The power of the cities and the power in the cities: a multiscale perspective from Portugal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alberto Rio Fernandes ◽  
Filipe Teles ◽  
Pedro Chamusca ◽  
João Seixas
Keyword(s):  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
European Countries ◽  
General Context ◽  
Civic Associations ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Complex Spaces ◽  
Urban Movements ◽  
Urban Complex

Cities –or the urban complex spaces that they are becoming– are vital in society’s future, particularly in a general context of globalization. In this setting, power fragmentation and government to governance transitions, which are indisputable and significant phenomena, go hand in hand with urban movements that are becoming increasingly relevant, both through their direct action, and as a consequence of democratic responsibility. In Portugal, however, urban movements and civic associations in general seem rather discreet in their activities, dimension and role. In fact, there is no strong evidence that the 2008–2014 crisis has brought any dramatic change in these aspects. In this article we aim to shed some light on plausible explanations for this apparent inertia. Signs of change, in a context of increased governance and new urban dynamics do exist but do not seem to follow the trend that is thriving in several cities on other European countries. In face of new opportunities for a multiscalar approach to politics, planning and action, after centuries of a (still) dominant hierarchical and sectorial approach, we examine the context of the power of the cities and in the cities in Portugal.

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