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Against a de-politicized DIY urbanism: Food Not Bombs and the struggle over public space

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Cultivated by non-professionals, do-it-yourself (DIY) interventions in urban space are gaining serious credibility in the professional design fields. But as these professionals take up the flag of small-scale and social justice-inspired action in design handbooks and art exhibits, what happens to the struggles that informed the tactics? This article presents the DIY urban tactics of Food Not Bombs as a counter case study that problematizes the recent professional attention given to DIY, tactical or spontaneous urbanism. Forged in a struggle against the structural violence of capitalism, and based in the use of public space for community meals, Food Not Bombs challenges de-politicized notions of tactical or DIY urbanism.

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  • David Spataro, 2016. "Against a de-politicized DIY urbanism: Food Not Bombs and the struggle over public space," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 185-201, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:9:y:2016:i:2:p:185-201
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2015.1056208
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