Urban commons and commoning in Amsterdam east the role of liquid communities and the local government

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI
Author/s Peer Smets, Firoez Azarhoosh
Publishing Year 2019 Issue 2019/1
Language English Pages 19 P. 91-109 File size 244 KB
DOI 10.3280/SP2019-001005
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Urban commons offer new opportunities for looking into citizens’ participation and the role of communities in co-creation. Often the focus is on public and private sector organizations, and the role of citizen collectives are underestimated or even neglected. But such communities can play a role in co-creation aimed at developing solutions for contemporary problems. To illustrate the creation of urban commons and the process of commoning, we used a case study of the Indische neighbourhood in Amsterdam East. This study shows how older structures are disembedded and how new embeddedness offers possibilities for co-creation of urban commons such as the self-management of a neighbourhood centre. Moreover, this study shows that even though neoliberal solutions are often seen as the only possibility, there are many alternatives (Tama) available.

Keywords: Urban Commons; Government; Governance; Communities; Indische neighbourhood

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Peer Smets, Firoez Azarhoosh, Urban commons and commoning in Amsterdam east the role of liquid communities and the local government in "SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI" 1/2019, pp 91-109, DOI: 10.3280/SP2019-001005