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The Work of a Few Trees: Gezi, Politics and Space
In June 2013, Istanbul and many cities across Turkey became stages of massive demonstrations and occupations, which were sparked by a conflict over Gezi Park in central Istanbul. For many, the ‘park issue' was simply the last straw, and it led to unprecedented revolt, reflecting a huge number of grievances against...
Theorizing the Politicizing City
This introductory symposium article develops a framework for an urban political reading and a theorization of urban uprisings. We argue that there is a need to foreground the notion of the urban political as central to the theoretical and practical demands of urban research today. First, we revisit critical urban...
Toward The Networked City? Translating Technological ideals and Planning Models in Water and Sanitation Systems in Dar es Salaam
One of the most influential ideals for constructing and managing cities and infrastructures worldwide is that of the ‘networked city'. This ideal refers to the technological design and morphology of cities integrated and ordered by infrastructure networks and to a specific model in the operation, use...
JANUARY ISSUE
Featured image shows a detail of the façade of Atatürk Cultural Center in Taksim Square, Istanbul, covered with posters and banners during the days of Gezi Uprising, June 9, 2013 (detail from photo © Sinan Erensü)
Featured image shows a detail of street art commemorating Michael Brown, a black teenager killed by a white police officer, triggering an uprising in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 (Photo © Mustafa Dikeç, June 2015; photo reproduced in Dikeç, 2017 Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded, Yale University Press)
Featured image shows a broken water pipe in Manzese, Dar es Salaam, 29th July 2016 (photo © Rémi de Bercegol)