the myth of participation, or how participation will deliver the right to the city
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THE MYTH OF PARTICIPATION
UURBANISM
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THE DOWNSIDE OF PARTICIPATION
CRITICS OF PARTICIPATION SAY IT’S…
‣ EXPENSIVE
‣ TIME CONSUMING
‣ INEFFECTIVE
‣ LIP-SERVICE
‣ FOR OLD RETIRED MEN
‣ DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT
‣ “NOBODY CARES ABOUT PARTICIPATION: WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS IS EFFICIENCY”
‣ IT IS A TOOL FOR MANIPULATION: IT IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS TOOL FOR THE POWER HOLDERS (ARNSTEIN, 1969)
‣ IT IS A DEVICE FROM THE RIGHT TO JUSTIFY THE END OF THE WELFARE STATE
‣ IT IS A DEVICE FROM THE LEFT TO JUSTIFY THE PROPAGATION OF ITS IDEOLOGY
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THE UPSIDE
A-CRITICS OF PARTICIPATION SAY, IT’S
‣ THE SOLUTION FOR ALL OUR PROBLEMS
‣ ANYTHING TOP DOWN IS NECESSARILY BAD, SO EVERYTHING BOTTOM UP IS NECESSARILY GOOD
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WHO HAS POWER WHEN IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE?Arnstein, S. (1969). "A Ladder of Citizen Participation." JAIP 35(4): 216-224.
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THE ILLUSION OF CONTROLArnstein, S. (1969). "A Ladder of Citizen Participation." JAIP 35(4): 216-224.
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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IS (OR COULD BE) THE REDISTRIBUTION OF POWER THAT ENABLES (DISADVANTAGED) CITIZENS TO BE DELIBERATELY INCLUDED IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.Arnstein, S. (1969). "A Ladder of Citizen Participation." JAIP 35(4): 216-224.
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PARTICIPATION IS A KEY ELEMENT TO ACHIEVE SPATIAL JUSTICE
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SPATIAL JUSTICE
TERRITORIAL OR SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, GOODS AND OPPORTUNITIES
EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS HAPPENING IN SPACE
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TWO MAIN ‘TYPES’ OF JUSTICE
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DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
PROCEDURAL JUSTICE
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Distributive Justice
Fairallocationofresourcesandservicesthroughouttheurbanterritory.Inotherwords,resources,servicesandopportunitiesmustbefairly“distributed”byplanningurbanspace.
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Justiceorinjusticecanfoundintheplanningprocessesthemselves.Justiceisinthe“procedures”.
Procedural Justice
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SPATIAL JUSTICE IS INTIMATELY RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
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RIGHT TO THE CITY
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Plato’s The
Republic:the just
man inhabiting
the just city
Copy of Silanion - Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow) 2009, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7831217
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By A.Savin (Wikimedia Commons · WikiPhotoSpace) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27948211
Polis is the space of shared decision-making,
otherwise known as ‘politics’.
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Aristotle: “man is a political animal”We can only achieve the good life by living as citizens in organised societies. In doing so we become fully human (as opposed to animals in a state of nature).
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THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF POLITICS
City:thesharedpoliticalandphysicalspace,wheredecisionsmustbetakenbycitizenstogether. http://timelines.latimes.com/occupy-wall-street-movement/
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HANNAH ARENDT
Activecitizenship=Civicengagementandcollectivedeliberationaboutallmattersaffectingthepoliticalcommunity.
Creativecommons:BenNorthernFlickr.Somerightsreserved.
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THE ‘POLITICAL COMMUNITY’ IS THE SPACE OF
THE CITY
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The political space of the city: the ‘social contract’ that
establishes rights and duties and where government is legitimised
by the consent of the citizens.
https://02varvara.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/19-october-2011-occupy-wall-street-becomes-“occupy-the-world”-why-is-the-us-corporate-media-silent/00-01l-occupy-wall-street-19-10-11-vancouver-bc-canada/
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THE RIGHT TO THE CITY=ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
*right to take part in the affairs of the city *to make decisions about one’s own living environment *realize one’s full potential as a human being
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THE RIGHT TO THE CITY IS THE RIGHT TO ACTIVELY SHAPE THE CITY TO ONE’S NEEDS AND DESIRES, THUS EXERCISING ONE’S FULL CITIZENSHIP
ByRobertCrc-Subversivefestivalmedia,FAL,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27132002
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THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
…isfarmorethantheindividuallibertytoaccessurbanresources:itisarighttochangeourselvesbychangingthecity.Itis,moreover,acommonratherthananindividualrightsincethistransformationinevitablydependsupontheexerciseofacollectivepowertoreshapetheprocessesofurbanisation.Thefreedomtomakeandremakeourcitiesandourselvesis,Iwanttoargue,oneofthemostpreciousyetmost
neglectedofourhumanrights(Harvey,2008)
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Participation through electoral systems
Author:StaffSgt.ChristopherAllison.Publicdomain
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Disparity of power
CIVIL SOCIETY
PUBLIC SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR
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…designing and planning the built environment are
profoundly political activities in which power relationships must be continually
exposed and power must be distributed.
Active citizenship is not granted, but rather conquered through struggle.
PhotobyArlette.ArletteReloadedonFlickrandInstagram.Reproducedherewithspecialpermission.
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SO, WHAT IS THE CONNECTION?
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PARTICIPATION ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP RIGHT TO THE CITY SPATIAL JUSTICE
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WAIT! ARE YOU SAYING PARTICIPATION WILL DELIVER THE RIGHT TO THE CITY?
IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE! HOWEVER, IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
IMPLIES PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT
TO ACHIEVE THE RIGHT TO THE CITY.
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SO, IN DEFENCE OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION…
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WILL ALLOW YOU TO GATHER INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE
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WILL INCORPORATE COMPLEXITY IN DECISION MAKING
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WILL BYPASS THE MANY COGNITIVE BIASES WE SUFFER FROM
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IS MORE LIKELY TO DELIVER ‘JUST’ OUTCOMES (BECAUSE OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER)
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WILL DELIVER STRONGER COMMUNITIES AND DEMOCRACY-AWARE CITIZENS
WILL STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY IN THE LONG RUN
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HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DELIVER THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
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BUT WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
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REDUCTION OF DEMOCRATIC SPACE
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THE DISCREDIT OF DEMOCRACY
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THE FALL OF PUBLIC SPACE
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF GATED COMMUNITIES IN THE US. THEY HAVE BECOME MORE POPULAR NOT ONLY FOR CELEBRITIES BUT FOR MIDDLE-CLASS HOMEOWNERS FEARFUL FOR THEIR SAFETY. PHOTOGRAPH: SIPA PRESS/REX
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THE PROFOUND CULTURAL ABYSS BETWEEN CITIES, SUBURBS AND RURAL AREAS
CLINTON WON ALMOST 90 PERCENT OF URBAN CORES, WHILE TRUMP WON THE VAST MAJORITY – BETWEEN 75 AND 90 PERCENT – OF SUBURBS, SMALL CITIES AND RURAL AREAS. THOUGH THESE LATTER GEOGRAPHIES ARE MORE SPARSELY POPULATED, THEY WERE HOME TO THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS THIS ELECTION.
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HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/GRAPHICS/POLITICS/2016-ELECTION/HOW-ELECTION-MAPS-LIE/
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THE RURAL X URBAN DIVIDE
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