Who decides and who provides? The anarchistic housing practices of John Turner as realizations of Henri Lefebvre's autogestive space

Bower, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-4076 2016. Who decides and who provides? The anarchistic housing practices of John Turner as realizations of Henri Lefebvre's autogestive space. Alternatives 41 (2) , pp. 83-97. 10.1177/0304375416684856

Preview

PDF - Accepted Post-Print Version Download (327kB) | Preview

Abstract

This paper re-frames the work of participatory development architect John Turner in 1960s Peru as a practical realisation of the political potential of autogestive space advocated in Henri Lefebvre’s post-Marxist discourse. An analysis of the anarchistic politics that underpin Turner’s participatory development reveals a critical intersection of autogestion and informal space, and subsequently a questioning of the socio-spatial resonances of anarchist practices and Marxist theories. This analysis is exemplified by the critical re-framing of Lefebvre’s much cited proposition of ‘The (Social) Production of (Social) Space’ against Turner’s anarchist questioning of ‘Who Decides and Who Provides?’

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	SAGE Publications (UK and US)
ISSN:	0304-3754
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 November 2017
Date of Acceptance:	18 November 2016
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2024 04:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/106625

Citation Data

Cited 4 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item