Versammlung der Mikropolitiken

In Marseille, a McDonald’s branch has been occupied and is being run on a self-organized basis; in Hamburg, an old barracks has been transformed into a space for art, culture, and commerce, and a former restroom kiosk is now a self-organized neighborhood center. In Berlin, a hut built overnight has become a political gathering place; in Málaga, the “invisible house” serves as a cultural center. Solidarity initiatives, self-organized meeting places, artistic interventions, utopian festivals, and social architectures are sprouting from the cracks in the fabric of cities.
Micropolitical practices address local relationships, needs, and interests, create social and spatial realities, and in this way subvert entrenched political processes. The contributors to this book report, discuss, and reflect on what it means to collectively pierce the city. Thus, this book focuses on those micropolitical modes of action and being that, in many places, rely on the agency of everyday relationships and thereby radically transform the city from its cracks.
With contributions by: Kike España, Ingo Böttcher and Barbara Niklas, Petra Barz and Liz Rech, Jesko Fezer, Jeanne van Heeswijk, L’après M and Thies Warnke, Sandy Kaltenborn, Fran Edgerley and Aska Welford, Christoph Schäfer, Lisa Zander, and Marius Töpfer.