This article is the result of ethnographic research exploring the relationships between social movements for the commons and local institutions in Naples. Proposed as an effective counter-narrative that opposes the clientelistic and corrupt management of public resources, the approach introduced by the Neapolitan commons network has become a model on a national scale and beyond. My aim is to describe the social and cultural factors underlying commoning practices and policies for the commons in a context that expresses specific conceptions of the political. I will dwell, in particular, on the experience of L’Asilo, the first community of commons activists who obtained recognition from the local administration for the ‘civic use’ of a public building that they had occupied in the historic centre of Naples.
Questo articolo è il frutto di una ricerca etnografica dedicata alle relazioni tra i movimenti sociali per i beni comuni e le istituzioni locali a Napoli. Nata in opposizione alle forme clientelari e corrotte di gestione dell’arte e della cultura, la rete dei beni comuni napoletani è divenuta un modello su scala nazionale e vanta connessioni con diversi movimenti europei. L’articolo si sofferma sui processi sociali e culturali che sottendono le pratiche di commoning e le politiche per i commons in un contesto che esprime specifiche concezioni del politico. Mi concentrerò, in particolare, sull’esperienza de L’Asilo, la prima comunità auto-gestita che ha ottenuto da un’amministrazione comunale l’ ‘uso civico’ di un edificio pubblico del centro storico che i suoi stessi attivisti avevano precedentemente occupato.
The Neapolitan way to the commons. Poetics of irony and creative use of the law in the case of l'Asilo
Antonio Vesco
2021-01-01
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This article is the result of ethnographic research exploring the relationships between social movements for the commons and local institutions in Naples. Proposed as an effective counter-narrative that opposes the clientelistic and corrupt management of public resources, the approach introduced by the Neapolitan commons network has become a model on a national scale and beyond. My aim is to describe the social and cultural factors underlying commoning practices and policies for the commons in a context that expresses specific conceptions of the political. I will dwell, in particular, on the experience of L’Asilo, the first community of commons activists who obtained recognition from the local administration for the ‘civic use’ of a public building that they had occupied in the historic centre of Naples.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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