ABSTRACT
In the context of neoliberal and post-democratic urbanization, urban commons are seen as a promising way to emancipate citizens from hegemonic neoliberal structures. Urban commons are interpreted as relational processes, as socio-spatial and sociopolitical practices of actors collectively producing, maintaining, distributing and/or consuming certain urban resource. Commons do not simply exist and are naturally given, but are made by actors often with the main aim to satisfy basic needs beyond the state and the market. However, urban commoning has to deal with the challenges of being co-opted by neoliberal policies and of becoming hegemonic and post-democratic themselves.
