Dimitris Fasfalis

The city dispossessed of its commons

Dimitris Fasfalis / June 10, 2020 / 9 min readSyndicated

The city as a way of dwelling in the world has not always existed—quite the contrary. In fact, most of the long history of our species has taken place outside of any urban setting. The global triumph of the city in our time, paradoxically, hides its disappearance as a common space of exchange and relationships inhabited by those who freely, and autonomously, appropriate it.

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