Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Spaces of Multiplicity in Cusco, Peru

Cosmopolitanism has recently been revived as a concept through which to explore increasing global interactions. While many theoretical advances have been made, these conversations focus on urban centers in the global North and remain caught up in binary concepts such as the global/local. In our arti...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of urban and regional research 2012-05, Vol.36 (3), p.539-553
Hauptverfasser: LAWHON, MARY, CHION, MIRIAM
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Cosmopolitanism has recently been revived as a concept through which to explore increasing global interactions. While many theoretical advances have been made, these conversations focus on urban centers in the global North and remain caught up in binary concepts such as the global/local. In our article, we start with an empirical set of social processes and spatial practices in Cusco, a global South city with extensive international connections. To this we add theoretical concepts of rooted cosmopolitanism and multiplicity of space to move beyond the global/local dichotomy. We then formulate our theorization of the production of cosmopolitan places and propose a revised conceptualization of rooted cosmopolitanism. The multiple stories of Cusco allowed us to recognize the production of rooted cosmopolitan places through three interrelated processes: openness to diversity and difference, valuing of own aesthetics based on personal preferences and local traditions, and territorial commitment to shared space and its people. We provide examples of these processes, and posit the need for them to occur simultaneously, to show the potential for a rooted cosmopolitanism. Our intention is not to establish a set of criteria for development but to contribute to conversations on understanding, evaluating and negotiating diverse flows in place. Résumé Dernièrement, le cosmopolitisme a réapparu en tant que concept permettant d'explorer les interactions mondiales croissantes. De nombreux progrès théoriques ont été réalisés, mais les débats se focalisent sur les centres urbains des pays du Nord, restant prisonniers de notions binaires tels que mondial/local. Cet article présente d'abord un ensemble empirique de processus sociaux et de pratiques spatiales propres à Cuzco, ville mondiale du Sud dotée de vastes connexions internationales. Viennent s'ajouter les concepts théoriques de cosmopolitisme enraciné et de multiplicité de l'espace pour échapper à la dichotomie du mondial/local. Ce travail aboutit à une théorisation de la production de lieux cosmopolites et reformule la conceptualisation du cosmopolitisme enraciné. En partant des multiples récits sur Cuzco, il est possible de reconnaître la production de lieux cosmopolites enracinés grâce à trois processus liés: l'ouverture à la diversité et à la différence; la valorisation d'une esthétique propre basée sur des préférences personnelles et des traditions locales; un engagement territorial à l'égard de l'espace partagé et
ISSN:0309-1317
1468-2427
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01079.x