Rethinking the Right to the City: Which City? What Kind of a Right?

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https://doi.org/10.47613/reflektif.2022.58

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Lefebvre, urban appropriation, homelessness, spatial ethics, ethics in everyday urban life, the right to the city

Abstract

This article aims to revisit Lefebvre’s notion of the right to the city in a broader framework and discuss it as a material, social, and emotional component of everyday spatial experiences of vulnerable and precarious individuals like the homeless. Without focusing on lived experiences and needs of different groups, the concept of the right to the city will fall short of providing a meaningful urban appropriation for all inhabitants as envisaged by Lefebvre and contributing to the creation of a more ethical socio-spatial reality. Within this context, homelessness stands out as an example that enables a discussion of how a moral and ethical everyday life can be made possible for everyone in the urban space.

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2022-01-31

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Arslan, S. (2022). Rethinking the Right to the City: Which City? What Kind of a Right?. REFLEKTIF Journal of Social Sciences, 3(1), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.47613/reflektif.2022.58

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): February

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