The paper investigates the relation between spatial justice and recognition. With this respect, it focuses on rhetorics of recognition, namely discourses, narratives and slogans put in place by actors who produce a territorial identity in order to be recognized in their peculiar and different characters. The case-study employed is the Riace model, a worldwide known example of refugees and asylum seekers hosting and welcoming practice in Italy. Fieldnotes, public statements and newspaper articles were used to investigate both narratives through which Riace’s identity was produced and how this identity shaped Riace’s rhetorics of recognition within the context of a conflict between the local administration and the national government. The paper shows how claims for recognition may drive towards negative outputs. Specifically, in the case of Riace, claims for diversity re-affirmed path-dependency and conditions of marginalization as a result of a depersonalised place-based approach and logics of exception. Finally, the paper suggests that researchers should avoid considering diversity as a value per se in order to address spatial justice issues. Moreover, it suggests that rhetorics of recognition may help both in case of conflicting rationalities and to formulate situated ethical judgments.

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主持空间正义：Riace 模型和承认修辞

本文研究了空间正义与识别之间的关系。在这方面，它侧重于承认的修辞，即由产生领土身份的演员所采用的话语、叙述和口号，以便以其独特和不同的性格得到承认。所采用的案例研究是 Riace 模式，这是全球知名的难民和寻求庇护者在意大利收容和欢迎实践的例子。田野笔记、公开声明和报纸文章被用来调查赖斯的身份产生的叙事以及这种身份如何在地方行政和国家政府之间的冲突背景下塑造了赖斯的承认修辞。该论文展示了获得认可的声明可能会导致负面产出。具体来说，在Riace的情况下，由于去个性化的基于地点的方法和例外逻辑，对多样性的主张再次肯定了路径依赖和边缘化条件。最后，本文建议研究人员应避免将多样性本身视为一种价值，以解决空间正义问题。此外，它表明承认的修辞可能有助于在理性冲突的情况下以及制定情境伦理判断。