Practices of collective action and solidarity: reconfigurations of the public space in crisis-ridden Athens, Greece

摘要: The multifaceted crisis that has hit Greece in the past years had severe consequences on people’s everyday lives. In an attempt to cope with, and also resist dramatic changes lifestyles, incomes welfare, several initiatives have sprung up all over country at many different scales, with diverse targets, varying actors outcomes. Many people abandoned their privacy participate public actions of solidarity, often involve new or alternative uses urban space. It seems practices solidarity claims around material spaces are becoming important “laboratory” for shaping a sphere. paper aimed reflect ways which such arise develop; how types rights forms doing politics enacted situations deprivation; finally reconfigure We draw from relevant examples Athens, order discuss acts coping resistance extent concept social innovation may provide fruitful insights into our discussion.