„SZARA PRZESTRZEŃ”. CHARAKTERYSTYKA POSTKOLONIALNEGO I URBANISTYCZNEGO DYSKURSU KRYTYCZNEGO ORENA YIFTACHELA
“GRAY SPACE”. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTCOLONIAL AND URBAN CRITICAL DISCOURSE OF OREN YIFTACHEL

Summary/Abstract: This article provides the crucial tools and methods of critical urban theory introduced by Oren Yiftachel, Israeli lecturer and activist in Department of Geography at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva. The author analyzes the phenomena of “gray spaces”, also termed as “urban informality” which is directly connected to the inferior citizenship’s condition of indigenous Bedouins and can be also linked to other populations in global South-East cities. Drawing to the colonial and (neo)Marxist language and relations, the paper invokes the concepts of “creeping apartheid”, hegemony, articulation and antagonism. The article argues for rethink- ing of the subalterns in terms of passive and unconcious groups. Regarding to the thought of Oren Yiftachel, the marginalized populations may articulate their antagonistic strategy by many urban, cultural and political practices, e.g. “sumood” or memory building.

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