The spatialities of contentious politics

Leitner, Helga; Sheppard, Eric; Sziarto, Kristin

doi:10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00293.x

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“…For example, it is important to consider the ways in which cities and regions can be categorized as a 'problem' by the state and those seeking to direct resources to different geographical areas. It is also important not to lose sight of the ways in which 'contentious politics ' (LEITNER et al, 2008) are being played out across the globe. One instance of this in recent years has seen the distinguishing of territorially articulated spaces by those campaigning for devolved government and cultural rights.…”

Section: Towards 'New Localities': the New Regionalism And Relationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Localities

Jones¹,

Woods²

2012

Regional Studies

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JONES M. and WOODS M. New localities, Regional Studies. During the mid-to-late 1980s, 'locality' was the spatial metaphor to describe and explain the shifting world of regional studies. The paper argues that the resulting 'localities debate' threw this baby out with the bathwater and rather than invent new concepts to capture socio-spatial relations in the twenty-first century, the paper urges a 'return to locality' to enlighten regional studies. The paper offers three new readings of locality, which when taken together constitute the basis for thinking about regions, society and space through the lens of 'new localities'. It further suggests that for locality to have analytical value it must also have both an imagined and a material coherence, and it puts a 'new locality' framework to work in research on devolved regional economic and social geographies. New localitiesLocality Region Relationality Devolution WalesDe nouvelles localités, Regional Studies. Du milieu à la fin des années 1980, la notion de 'localité' constituait la métaphore pour décrire et expliquer l'évolution des études régionales. L'article affirme que 'le débat sur la notion de localité', qui en a résulté, a jeté ce bébé avec l'eau de bain et, plutôt que d'inventer de nouveaux concepts afin de capter les relations socio-géographiques du vingt-et-unième siècle, l'article prône en faveur d'un 'retour à la notion de localité' pour améliorer les études régionales. Cet article fournit trois nouvelles appréciations de la notion de 'localité' lesquelles, prises ensemble, constituent le bien-fondé des opinions sur les régions, la société et l'espace dans l'optique des 'nouvelles localités'. De plus, on propose que la notion de localité doit avoir une cohérence à la fois imaginaire et réelle pour justifier une valeur analytique, et on met en branle un cadre de 'nouvelle localité' dans la recherche au sujet des géographies économiques et sociales régionales dévolues. De mediados a finales de los ochenta, la 'localidad' era la metáfora espacial preferida para describir y explicar el mundo cambiante de los estudios regionales. En este artículo sostenemos que el 'debate de localidades' resultante acabó tirando el grano con la paja; en vez de inventar nuevos conceptos para captar las relaciones socioespaciales en el siglo XXI, aquí instamos a 'volver a la localidad' para esclarecer los estudios regionales. En este artículo ofrecemos tres nuevas lecturas de localidad que juntas constituyen la base para reflexionar sobre las regiones, la sociedad y el espacio a través del objetivo de las 'nuevas localidades'. Además sugerimos que para que el concepto de localidad ofrezca un valor analítico, también

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Section: Towards 'New Localities': the New Regionalism And Relationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Localities

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Woods²

2012

Regional Studies

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“…Leitner et al (2008) take issue with Tarrow and other social movement researchers who give too much primacy to the role of the nation-state and international institutions. Instead they view contentious politics in terms of its counter-hegemonic underpinnings involving differently positioned participants who join together to promote "alternative imaginaries."…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They favour an approach which recognises multiple spatialities connecting places, scales, networks, and mobilities, and which examines the ways in which these spatialities are co-implicated in contentious politics. Leitner et al (2008) draw attention to the ways in which power differentials shape the contours of transnational advocacy. As they argue (ibid, 159): "To the extent that contentious politics interacts with the state, the strategies available will be shaped by state-constructed scalar configurations and the different conditions of possibility within local places."…”

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Locating the global governance of HIV and AIDS: Exploring the geographies of transnational advocacy networks

Marx¹,

Halcli

Barnett

2012

Health & Place

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Over the last two decades, HIV and AIDS have been framed as a "global problem". In the process, transnational advocacy networks have emerged as important actors, and particular places are recognised as key nodes in global HIV and AIDS governance. Using the example of London, UK, this paper examines how these networks are involved in local articulations of global governance and reveals that "global" processes are inflected by the locations through which networks are routed. The example suggests the need for further analysis of the geographies through which HIV and AIDS is reconfiguring power relations at a variety of spatial scales.

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“…Affinity politics therefore allows a greater degree of flexibility and enables activists to find affinity with other groups who may share similar (yet not necessarily identical) beliefs. 6 Likewise, geographers have been quick to highlight many of these spatial complexities (see Cumbers et al, 2008;Leitner et al, 2008;Routledge, 2003 Internal group dynamics are seen to be important for autonomous groups, and there is an attempt to understand how interpersonal relations may mirror existing social patterns of domination. Decisions in these spaces are made through consensus in order to make sure that everyone has a voice and noone feels out of place.…”

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The emotions least relevant to politics? Queering autonomous activism

Wilkinson

2009

Emotion, Space and Society

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a b s t r a c tStudies of emotion and activism have often attempted to uncover 'the emotions most relevant to politics ' (Goodwin et al., 2001). This suggests that only certain feelings are productive for activism, while other emotions have less relevance for activist theory and practice. In this paper I ask if the notion of politically 'relevant' emotions helps perpetuate a distinction between what is considered political and what is not. This paper builds upon a case study in which I interviewed self-identified queer-activists about their experiences of autonomous activism. These interviews reveal how the everyday emotions surrounding the 'personal' politics of sexuality/intimacy are often seen as either less important, a distraction from, or entirely irrelevant to 'real' political issues. Ultimately, I want to challenge attempts to neatly separate our intimate lives from the public sphere of activism. I argue that it can never just be a matter of politics and emotion, but also the politics of emotion (Ahmed, 2004). Therefore we should not just assume that emotions matter for resistance -without first realizing the importance of resisting these hierarchies of emotion.

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The spatialities of contentious politics

Cited by 470 publications

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