Squatting and Urban Commons: Creating Alternatives to Neoliberalism

Here we introduce the special issue of Partecipazione e Conflitto concerning the theme "Squatting and Urban Commons: Creating Alternatives to Neoliberalism". In particular, we present the context and origins of this edition, the rationale behind these theoretical and empirical concerns, and the main contents of the gathered articles.

[1]  D. Polanska,et al.  In Search of Urban Commons Through Squatting : The Role of Knowledge Sharing in the Creation and Organization of Everyday Utopian Spaces in Sweden , 2020 .

[2]  Miguel A. Martínez.  Urban Commons from an Anti-Capitalist Approach , 2020 .

[3]  H. Pruijt.  City-Level Action in a City-Wide Urban Commons. Amsterdam, 1977-1983 , 2020 .

[4]  Marco Antonio Rodríguez,et al.  Squatted and Self-Managed Social Centres in Mexico City: Four Case Studies from 1978-2020 , 2020 .

[5]  Greta Rauleac.  Navigating the Limits of Capitalism to Resist Urban Marginality: The Case of the Casa Madiba Network , 2020 .

[6]  L. Calafati.  Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe , 2020 .

[7]  G. Santos.  Squatting, Commons and Conflict: A Discussion of Squatting's Challenges to the Commons , 2020 .

[8]  Lukáš Kotyk.  Governing without Governed and Governors: An Attempt to Establish a Non-Hierarchical Organizational Repertoire , 2020 .

[9]  Ann Ighe.  Empty Space, Open Space. Claiming, Reaching and Remembering Common Ground in Urban Squats. Haga in the 1980's , 2020 .

[10]  H. Silver.  Carving out the commons: Tenant organizing and housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C., by Amanda Huron , 2020, Journal of Urban Affairs.

[11]  SqEK,et al.  SqEK – Squatting Everywhere Kollective , 2019, Radical Housing Journal.

[12]  Nate Ela.  Reclaiming the Commons , 2018 .

[13]  C. D. Feliciantonio,et al.  Spaces of the Expelled as Spaces of the Urban Commons? Analysing the Re-emergence of Squatting Initiatives in Rome , 2017 .

[14]  M. M. López,et al.  The Squatters' Movement in Europe: Commons and Autonomy as Alternatives to Capitalism , 2014 .

[15]  P. Louro.  Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution , 2013 .

[16]  Jonathan Rose,et al.  The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All , 2011 .

[17]  P. Chatterton.  Seeking the urban common: Furthering the debate on spatial justice , 2010 .

[18]  Silvia Federici,et al.  Commons against and beyond capitalism , 2014 .