Abstract

espanolEl concepto lefebvriano del derecho a la ciudad es una denuncia de las realidades de exclusion y alienacion en la sociedad urbana, y una exigencia para la justicia social a traves de la participacion en el espacio publico urbano y su apropiacion. Al aplicar este concepto al contexto contemporaneo del grafiti en Bogota, Colombia, la intencion del articulo es demostrar como un analisis alineado con la idea de una geopolitica de lo cotidiano expone las practicas politicas y cotidianas de los habitantes urbanos. El derecho a la ciudad no es algo que simplemente exigen los grafiteros, es un derecho negociado con el gobierno local, contribuyendo a la legitimacion de la practica creativa. Sin embargo, los grafiteros tambien enfrentan la reproduccion de exclusion en la vida cotidiana y los limites del derecho a la ciudad se revelan en una jerarquia estetica, que a su vez reproduce una jerarquia social. EnglishThe Lefebvrean concept of the right to the city denounces the realities of exclusion and alienation in urban society and demands social justice through the participation in, and appropriation of, urban space. Applying this concept to the contemporary context of graffiti in Bogota, this article aims to show how an analysis in line with an everyday geopolitics offers an insight into the everyday political practices performed by urban inhabitants. The right to do graffiti in the city is not simply demanded by graffiti artists but negotiated with the local government in Bogota, and this negotiation has both stemmed from, and contributed to, a legitimisation of this creative practice. However, graffiti artists also face the reproduction of processes of exclusion in everyday life and the limits of the right to the city are revealed through an aesthetic hierarchy that reproduces a social hierarchy.

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