GGRB05H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Imagined Community, White Privilege, Food Security
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Egypt protest on mubarak low wages, civil rights etc. Army forced mubarak out of officer led to military then morsi morsi was ousted more violence. Tahrir square like beijing protests in tiananmen square became symbols of democracy and repression. Study of the urban realm (how available city spaces are to ordinary residents) is important while studying changes like globalization, state repression and citizen rights. Alternative urban spaces and politics: economic and political spaces of the city that actively oppose or replace dominant economic systems and mainstreams uses of urban space can be described as alternative. Often, urban politics overlook the voices of ordinary people. Much of urban protest is about what lefebvre referred to as the droit a la ville (right to the city) Captures relationship between producing urban space and the struggle for political identity and economic survival for the working class/homeless.
