Master's Urban Theory Provocation Portfolio (2022-23)

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Radical Politics Moreover, some specific point within the nodes feels like an entrance to the area. People must pass through that points and get into a new area. Although there was no demarcation of entrances, it is the people who make their choices with radical politics, which is a process for fundamentally transforming the city by introducing new interventions such as new ways of sensing and thinking about the city, new ways of organizing the city aesthetically, etc. A radical intervention means fundamentally transforming current power relations; some kind of 'revolution' refers to what people do for a noticeable change. Politics also refer to freedom that is different from liberation and expresses a positive meaning: a state or thing that spontaneously begins a succession. However, the radical aesthetic does not consider moral, religious, or social criteria, but rather considers the underlying truth and impacts on the individual and collective way of being (Rancière, 2009).

Freedom of Choice From observing the nodal activities, people want to exercise their freedom. Freedom of choice indicates where and how to enter the Cathays Park Area. They don’t bother about the formal entrances or demarcation. They choose to come and enter freely as a group and enjoy their freedom as a collective total. As Amin (2006) mentioned, a good city celebrates the social and cultural aspects of urban life that create hopes and rewards. Like the other form, such as jazz and Tupperware parties’ mass political meetings and open-air cinema, the freedom of the people to enter a new area or site can also be considered urban enchantment. Sites like these contribute significantly to the urban public culture. They are a crucial filter for judging urban life on a collective social level, as strangers can engage freely and become visible to each other (Sennett 1998, Rogers and Powers 2000).


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