Commoner subjectivities emerge historically through practice rather than being fixed identities.

Evidence

The framework uses the Foucauldian concept of subjectivities, denoting something that is historically constituted through practice, and changes in different contexts (Kelly, 2013). The framework sees subjectivity and subject formation as central to the process of commoning, in line with the critical tradition of commoning theorists who emphasise the relational nature of commoning (De Angelis, 2017; Velicu and G. García-López, 2018; Nightingale 2019), albeit without undermining the importance of commons as resource. — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning, 47

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Clarifies Foucauldian subjectivities as historically constituted through practice, central to the framework’s theory of how people become commoners.
  • corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 47
  • XREF: connects to: Commoning should be analysed through internal and external dynamics among subjectivities, visions and practices. — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 6; Becoming a commoner, visions, and social practices shape each other cyclically — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 38; Subjectivity forms through practice, not prior to it. — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 85 (+5 more)

Broader Connections