Commons, counterpublics and dissident urban space. Issue 8 (7th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeVerteuil, Geoffrey; Kiener, Johannes
• Is Part Of: Geography compass. Volume 16:Issue 8(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-08-07
• Subjects: commons -- counterpublics -- dissident space -- surplus populations; Geography -- Periodicals; Geography -- Research -- Periodicals; 910.5
• DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12654
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1749-8198

Abstract

Abstract: We put into conversation two conceptual approaches for understanding the dissident nature of urban space: the commons and the counterpublics. This novel conceptual conversation asks the following questions ‐ what is the interplay between them? Do they complement, build on, contradict, or ignore each other? What is urban about their particular interplays? These hypothetical matters are framed by a consideration of the fate of populations deemed surplus in urban space. Our conceptual conversation enables a new and productive way of understanding dissident urban spaces.