Micropolitics of public space: On the contested limits of citizenship as a locational practice
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Di Masso, Andrés
Abstract / Description
This article provides a social-psychological account of how public space dynamics may be consequential for the daily construction of citizenship. The article is organised around three interrelated ideas that are illustrated by a case study. First, it is argued that certain social-psychological processes that are typically involved in the construction of citizenship can be re-conceptualised as place-based processes that are located in public space. This interest in the ‘locational’ construction of citizenship implies focusing on membership, belonging, status, rights, entitlements and recognition as emplaced practices rather than as dislocated entities. The second idea relates to the troubled nature of citizenship as a place-related psychological category whose boundaries are hotly contested whenever disputes about controversial behaviour in public spaces surface. Accordingly, ‘the citizen’ is constantly re-shaped as everyday place-discourses and territorial practices in the public domain unfold in problematic ways. Finally, it is argued that such ‘locational’ constructions and enactments of citizenship in public space are usually framed by broader ideological dilemmas that are relevant to the maintenance and change of a given socio-political order. The ultimate purpose of the article is to demonstrate the potential for public space to become a possible site for grounding a social psychology of citizenship.
Keyword(s)
micropolitics public space locational citizenship right to the city social psychology ideology micropolítica espacio público ciudadanía “locacional” derecho a la ciudad psicología social ideologíaPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-10-26
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
3
Issue
2
Page numbers
63–83
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Di Masso, A. (2015). Micropolitics of public space: On the contested limits of citizenship as a locational practice. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(2), 63–83. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i2.322
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Di Masso, Andrés
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Date of first publication2015-10-26
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Abstract / DescriptionThis article provides a social-psychological account of how public space dynamics may be consequential for the daily construction of citizenship. The article is organised around three interrelated ideas that are illustrated by a case study. First, it is argued that certain social-psychological processes that are typically involved in the construction of citizenship can be re-conceptualised as place-based processes that are located in public space. This interest in the ‘locational’ construction of citizenship implies focusing on membership, belonging, status, rights, entitlements and recognition as emplaced practices rather than as dislocated entities. The second idea relates to the troubled nature of citizenship as a place-related psychological category whose boundaries are hotly contested whenever disputes about controversial behaviour in public spaces surface. Accordingly, ‘the citizen’ is constantly re-shaped as everyday place-discourses and territorial practices in the public domain unfold in problematic ways. Finally, it is argued that such ‘locational’ constructions and enactments of citizenship in public space are usually framed by broader ideological dilemmas that are relevant to the maintenance and change of a given socio-political order. The ultimate purpose of the article is to demonstrate the potential for public space to become a possible site for grounding a social psychology of citizenship.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationDi Masso, A. (2015). Micropolitics of public space: On the contested limits of citizenship as a locational practice. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(2), 63–83. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i2.322en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1375
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1672
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i2.322
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Keyword(s)micropoliticsen_US
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Keyword(s)public spaceen_US
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Keyword(s)locational citizenshipen_US
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Keyword(s)right to the cityen_US
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Keyword(s)social psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)ideologyen_US
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Keyword(s)micropolíticaes_ES
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Keyword(s)espacio públicoes_ES
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Keyword(s)ciudadanía “locacional”es_ES
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Keyword(s)derecho a la ciudades_ES
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Keyword(s)psicología sociales_ES
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Keyword(s)ideologíaes_ES
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMicropolitics of public space: On the contested limits of citizenship as a locational practiceen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers63–83
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Volume3
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Visible tag(s)Version of Record