A renewed right to urban life: A twenty-first century engagement with Lefebvre's initial "cry"

Pugalis, L; Giddings, B

A renewed right to urban life: A twenty-first century engagement with Lefebvre's initial "cry"

Pugalis, L

Giddings, B

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Architectural Theory Review, 2011, 16 (3), pp. 278 - 295
Issue Date:: 2011-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pugalis, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8987-6356	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Giddings, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Architectural Theory Review, 2011, 16 (3), pp. 278 - 295	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1326-4826	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41727
dc.description.abstract	This paper is concerned with how space is socially produced and the struggles this process entails. Critically engaging with readings of Henri Lefebvre's spatial notion of the right to the city we contemplate its radical potency to reconstitute a renewed right to urban life. We argue that the right to the city has substantial contemporary import, extending to spatial practitioners such as architects. This conclusion is reached by exploring the neoliberal imperative to conquer space, grappling with the issue of social justice as a means to decipher who (re)produces the city and in what ways. Highly visible strategies are contrasted with some less visible counter-practices, by developing a conceptual framework that emphasises ACCESSING, BEING and PARTICIPATING in the city. We contend that "little victories" offer location-specific insights into alternative methods of production, and pose some unsettling questions for architects. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Architectural Theory Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/13264826.2011.623785	en_US
dc.title	A renewed right to urban life: A twenty-first century engagement with Lefebvre's initial "cry"	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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Abstract:

This paper is concerned with how space is socially produced and the struggles this process entails. Critically engaging with readings of Henri Lefebvre's spatial notion of the right to the city we contemplate its radical potency to reconstitute a renewed right to urban life. We argue that the right to the city has substantial contemporary import, extending to spatial practitioners such as architects. This conclusion is reached by exploring the neoliberal imperative to conquer space, grappling with the issue of social justice as a means to decipher who (re)produces the city and in what ways. Highly visible strategies are contrasted with some less visible counter-practices, by developing a conceptual framework that emphasises ACCESSING, BEING and PARTICIPATING in the city. We contend that "little victories" offer location-specific insights into alternative methods of production, and pose some unsettling questions for architects. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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