ABSTRACT

The constitutionalisation of cities is analysed as a process through which urban residents operate as constitutionalising forces within their cities through lived experiences, practices and engagement, and cities try to impose themselves as constitutionalising forces within a rapidly transforming global society. This article explores the tensions generated by the constitutionalisation of cities. It focuses on identifying their character, assessing current economic and socio-cultural processes within cities and articulating a vision of the cityscape. Finally, it applies the idea of chronotopes, as developed in literary studies, to the study of cities. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to understand the constitutionalisation of cities, so far as they seek to break into a global society dominated by states and financial capital. It suggests a vision in which acts of urban citizenship may become emancipatory.

摘要

城市宪法化被分析为一个过程，在这个过程中，城市居民通过生活经验、实践和参与在城市中作为宪法化力量运作，城市试图将自己强加为快速变革的全球社会中的宪法化力量。本文探讨了城市宪法化所产生的紧张局势。它侧重于识别城市的特征，评估城市中当前的经济和社会文化进程，并阐明城市景观的愿景。最后，它应用了chronotopes的思想，随着文学研究的发展，对城市的研究。这种多学科方法使我们能够理解城市的宪法化，因为它们试图打入由国家和金融资本主导的全球社会。它提出了一种愿景，在这种愿景中，城市公民的行为可能会变得解放。