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作者

Mette Hotker;Wendy Steele;Marco Amati

来源

CITIES,Vol.100,Issue1,Article 102642

语言

英文

关键字

Care;Gambling;Social justice;Community activism;Australia

作者单位

Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia;Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia

摘要

‘Care’ is a keyword for cities and citizens in the 21st century. This paper draws on Emma Power's (2019) notion of ‘caring-with’ as an ethical and analytical guide for caring action and relational community capacity-building around gambling at the local scale. The focus of analysis is the approval of electronic gaming machines or EGMs colloquially known as ‘the Pokies’, with particular reference to the Australian context and the experience of Castlemaine - a small town in the south-eastern state of Victoria whose citizens successfully appealed an application for further gambling development. The paper highlights how caring-with re-frames community responses to gambling as an assemblage of localized care practices and relations. This includes, but is not limited to, working to develop a culture of care, challenging systemic injustices, and proactive rather than reactive practices of collective care.