05: Artistic Practices: Commoning Urban Spaces

In the context of major economic crises, ecological catastrophes and pervasive technological innovations, the commons have resurfaced as a key concept in the discussions of alternative economies, new social movements and the transformation of public space. The seminar investigates where and how the creative insights and energies developed in and around the commons debate can contribute to challenge prevalent concepts of public space which tend to believe naively that the state and market work in opposition.