STREAM 1: Concepts for critical urbanisms - beyond the new global urban question
Cities across the globe have always been contested spaces. Neoliberalism gets variegated, austerity urbanism travels through policy mobility dispossessing people and social groups, whilst grassroots project their right to the city aiming at social justice.
Theorisations about dispossession, social and spatial injustice and the right to the city might only be a starting point for the debate that we endeavour to develop.
Contributions should focus on one or several of these questions:
- How can we move beyond and deepen debates in urban theory?
- In what ways can our theoretical lexicon be updated in order to address the current political movement?
- How can theoretical discussions inform practice, providing meaningful knowledge for urban struggles and transformations?
