On dis/possessive collectivism: Comments on Ananya Roy’s 2016 Geoforum Lecture

This paper critically examines the concepts of “dis/possessive collectivism,” “the politics of emplacement,” and “city's end” developed in Ananya Roy’s 2016 Geoforum Lecture. It does so by reflecting on global anti-eviction struggles, as well as theories of performative politics and racial capi...

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Published in:Geoforum 2017-03, Vol.80, p.A12-A14
Main Author: Ghertner, D. Asher
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banishment
Capitalism
Collectivism
Ethics
Eviction
Evictions
Injury
Low income groups
Politics
Property
Race
Racial capitalism
Roy, Ananya
Squatting
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Summary:This paper critically examines the concepts of “dis/possessive collectivism,” “the politics of emplacement,” and “city's end” developed in Ananya Roy’s 2016 Geoforum Lecture. It does so by reflecting on global anti-eviction struggles, as well as theories of performative politics and racial capitalism, in order to develop—in line with the ethic of learning Roy articulates in her paper—how poor people's movements develop living critiques of property and liberal standards of propriety.
ISSN:0016-7185
1872-9398
DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.02.004