Radical placemaking is a verb

How might the practice of radical placemaking make new lifeworlds possible? In this commentary, I respond to Kass and Dunlap's argument that procedural abolitionism bears responsibility for counterinsurgency in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd rebellion. While I appreciate the urgency of critically examining strategies for abolition, I come to different conclusions than the authors’ divide between procedural, insurrectionary, and autonomous strategies for abolition. Instead, I point to radical placemaking as enacting a solidarity that allows for a prefigurative politics to emerge beyond the boundaries of ideological difference, demonstrating the importance of solidarity in worldmaking.

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Dialogues in Human Geography
Published
2025-06-09
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206251345548
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2
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Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
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Radical placemaking is a verb

Megan Ybarra
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Dialogues in Human Geography
Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
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Radical placemaking is a verb

Megan Ybarra
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Abstract

How might the practice of radical placemaking make new lifeworlds possible? In this commentary, I respond to Kass and Dunlap's argument that procedural abolitionism bears responsibility for counterinsurgency in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd rebellion. While I appreciate the urgency of critically examining strategies for abolition, I come to different conclusions than the authors’ divide between procedural, insurrectionary, and autonomous strategies for abolition. Instead, I point to radical placemaking as enacting a solidarity that allows for a prefigurative politics to emerge beyond the boundaries of ideological difference, demonstrating the importance of solidarity in worldmaking.

Dialogues in Human Geography
University of California San Diego (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
11.18
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