Dis/entangling riots as terrains of struggle: Legitimacy, territoriality, civility

Ince, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5279-0997 2025. Dis/entangling riots as terrains of struggle: Legitimacy, territoriality, civility. Dialogues in Human Geography 10.1177/20438206251335333

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Abstract

In this short commentary I draw out three intersecting threads from Dunlap and Kass’ article Rioting as legitimate abolitionist practice. First, I consider the contested nature of legitimacy, and how this unfolds during and following riots. Second, thinking about the territorial dimensions of rioting opens up timely questions about the extent to which riots are inherently antisystemic, and how the social and spatial are brought together in riot situations. Third, I suggest that riots bring to light deeper forms of citizenship and civic virtue that both exceed and are anathema to dominant state-centred orderings of societies. In concluding, I reiterate the importance of understanding and appreciating the political significance of riots for imagining and building alternative futures.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	2043-8206
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	31 March 2025
Date of Acceptance:	28 March 2025
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2025 14:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177285

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