Queering urban commons
(Re)negotiating Space, Time, Labor, and Power in Marginal Urbanities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6063735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leandra Maria Choffat |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-508 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographica Helvetica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7312 • E-ISSN: 2194-8798 |
| Publisher | Copernicus GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.5194/gh-80-501-2025 |
| OpenAlex | W4416937786 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Urban land and housing have become increasingly unaffordable and inaccessible for many in Switzerland – especially for people negatively affected by structures of discrimination. Urban commons have long been discussed as a means to address these challenges and as possible spaces of resistance amidst capitalist relations. However, prevailing power relations within the commons are rarely addressed in these debates, including within the fields of geography and urban studies. Using participatory observations in Swiss marginal urban commons, this brief intervention examines how attending to queer perspectives and practices of organizing space, time, and labor can provide a critical lens for exploring negotiations of intersectional power dynamics within commoning. This approach also contributes to broadening discussions on the potential of commoning to foster resistance against capitalist urban relations in Switzerland and beyond
Commoning as a postcapitalist politics 1
The Sense of Brown
Commoning for inclusion? commons, exclusion, property and socio-natural becomings
Toward a postcapitalist feminist political ecology’ approach to the commons and commoning
Placing photovoice under erasure
The urban commons
Working with Strangers in Saturated Space
The Mixed Potential of Salvage Commoning
Hacking suburban social infrastructure
A Queer New York
Reflections on a cis discipline
Making space for a radical trans imagination
Crafting and maintaining socio-ecological commons
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |