Reconceptualizing spatial capital to unlock spatial justice
the A.U.R.A. framework
Abhijeet Chandel (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Rachel Lee (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Caroline Newton (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Dick van Gameren (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
A fundamental challenge in urban scholarship is bridging theories of spatial justice with material reality. This paper critiques static concepts of ‘spatial capital’ for obscuring the dynamic social production of spatial advantage. We reconceptualize spatial capital as a dynamic capacity and introduce the A.U.R.A. framework–a heuristic enacted through the practices of Access, Utilise, Resist, and Adapt. Synthesizing insights from Bourdieu, Lefebvre, and intersectionality, A.U.R.A. offers a rigorous methodology for diagnosing injustice and a foundation for transforming the conditions that reproduce spatial inequality in cities.
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