Leadership – collectively oriented: Insights from trajectories of temporary urbanism

Abstract

There are ranges of development for temporary urbanism that progress along diverse trajectories. For these, collective forms of leadership are key. Dynamic forms of leadership and how they contribute to processes of temporary urbanism, however, are not yet well understood. We delineate possible trajectories of temporary initiatives and advance a framework for collective leadership built upon constellations of direction, alignment, and commitment. These inform how leadership could be collectively re-interpreted to extend beyond narrow considerations of roles, responsibilities, and leader-follower-outcome relationships. To ground new explanations for factors that enhance community capacity building through temporary uses, we draw on experiences from various case studies in Dortmund, Germany. These highlight key opportunities through which planners can enhance direction, alignment, and commitment to effective temporary use initiatives.