Interposing spaces of citizenship into spaces of consumption that pre-suppose working to consume and the act of consumption *are* citizenship.
Activist democracy as Morley's 'matter out of place .
Dr Jon Cloke
Lecturer/Research Associate
Geography Department
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
Office: 01509 228193
Mob: 07984 813681
________________________________________
From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kelvin [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 November 2011 10:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Occupy (London) The politics of geography?
Space" is the theme that runs through much of what the protesters say. Their first agreed principle is that the current system is unsustainable, undemocratic and unjust, and they want to create the space to think of alternatives. First that means taking key symbolic public space – this is the politics of geography – to use it for conviviality, living, learning and participation. That's no easy task in a city designed to facilitate only three activities – working, transport and shopping – with as little human interaction as possible. Metal fencing is springing up around even small public spaces in the City of London to preclude new camps. The protesters' aim is to open up space, physically and socially, for people to connect and thereby open up space in people's imaginations.
Madeleine Bunting
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/30/occupy-london-nursery-mind
Dr Kelvin Mason
Senior Lecturer & Distance Learning Tutor
Graduate School of the Environment
Centre for Alternative Technology
Unit 7 Dyfi Eco Parc
Machynlleth
Powys SY20 8AX
Tel: 01654 703065 ext 25
Skype kelvin.mason1
Community organizing is a key element of a radical new politics... Through participation in such efforts we can become more socially responsible and more skilled at democratically discussing and deciding important social questions (Bookchin & Foreman, 1991).
|