Spatialising Degrowth in Southern Cities: Everyday Park-Making for (Un)commoning

• Main Authors: Anantharaman, Manisha, Sahakian, Marlyne, Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Chennai; degrowth; everyday life; Metro Manila; parks; urban commons; Place and Environment; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Sociology; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/134; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/sa-faculty-pubs/article/1133/viewcontent/anantharaman_et_al_2023_spatialising_degrowth_in_southern_cities_everyday_park_making_for_un_commoning.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Answering the call in this special issue to spatialise degrowth studies beyond the Global North, this paper examines practices of ‘park-making’ in Chennai and Metro Manila as a potential degrowth pathway. Parks in the coastal mega cities of Metro Manila and Chennai can be seen as relics of a colonia...