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作者

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.38,Issue4SI,P.502-506

语言

英文

关键字

Creative democracy; quiet politics; social activism; CITY; SPACE

作者单位

[Hankins, Katherine] Georgia State Univ, Dept Geosci, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA. Hankins, K (reprint author), Georgia State Univ, Dept Geosci, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA. E-Mail: khankins@gsu.edu

摘要

John Dewey envisioned creative democracy as a process of agonistic engagement, and Bob Lake shares Dewey's optimism for the possibilities of creative democracy. In this response, I suggest that scholars should look beyond the obvious moments of democratic political engagement, whether activism in the public square or in the occupied park, to pay attention to the quiet politics of the everyday, where everyday decisionmaking by individuals and communities can gradually, episodically, change dominant hegemonic norms and understandings, proviing new understandings for social change. I highlight several examples, including the Settlement house movement from the late 19th century and intentional neighboring from the twenty-first century, that illustrate the kind of daily work that brings together different social classes and ethnicities in a situation of sharing and working toward conditions of equality and new ways of living in the world.