Özgür Ortamlar, Yaratıcı İnsanlar: İstanbul’da Yaratıcı Şehir Politikasının Yönetimsellik Perspektifinden İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu makale, son yıllarda dünya çapında popüler hale gelen yaratıcı şehir politikasını İstanbul açısından soruşturmaktadır. Şehirlerin, ekonomik büyüme, küresel rekabet gücü ve toplumsal kalkınma için insanların, fikirlerin ve etkileşimlerin serbest dolaşımını teşvik eden yaratıcı ortamlar olması beklenir. Foucault ve yönetimsellik çalışmalarından yararlanan bu makale, ilk olarak, yaratıcı şehir politikasının, kentsel mekânı yapılandırarak bireylerin yaratıcı kapasitelerini harekete geçirmeyi amaçlayan bir neoliberal siyasal rasyonalite olduğunu ileri sürmektedir. Neoliberalizm devletin yönetimsizleşmesini ve yönetim süreçlerine devlet-dışı aktörlerin aktif katılımını içerir. İkinci olarak, bu makale, İstanbul'daki sokak soylulaştırma, endüstriyel mirası yeniden-işlevlendirme ve ortak-çalışma alanlarından örnekler kullanarak, kentsel mekânda yaratıcılık, özgürlük ve ekonomik büyümenin nasıl kesiştiğini ve yaratıcı şehir etrafında siyasal partiler, devlet kurumları, yerel otoriteler, sivil toplum kuruluşları, küçük ölçekli kültür girişimcileri ve yaratıcı profesyonellerden oluşan geniş bir koalisyonun nasıl oluştuğunu incelemektedir. Sonuç olarak, yaratıcı şehir politikası, resmi politika belgelerinin yanı sıra devlet ve devlet dışı aktörlerin heterojen koalisyonunun mekânsal stratejilerini içeren bir yönetimsellik biçimidir.

Keywords

• Yaratıcı İstanbul
• yönetimsellik
• neoliberal siyasal rasyonalite
• soylulaştırma
• ortak-çalışma alanları

Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality

Abstract

This paper analyzes the creative city policy for Istanbul, which has recently become a popular throughout the world. Cities are expected to be creative milieus that foster free circulation of people, ideas, and interactions for economic growth, global competitiveness, and social development. Drawing on Foucault and governmentality studies, this paper first argues that the creative city policy is a neoliberal political rationality that seeks to stimulate individuals’ creative capacities through structuring urban space. Neoliberalism includes the de-governmentalization of state and the active participation of non-state actors in the governing processes. Second, using examples from street gentrification, industrial heritage re-functioning, and co-working spaces in Istanbul, this paper dissects how creativity, freedom, and economic growth intersect in urban space and how a broad coalition of political parties, state agencies, local authorities, non-governmental organizations, small-scale cultural entrepreneurs, and creative professionals have been formed around the creative city. As a result, creative city policy is a form of governmentality that includes official documents as well as spatial strategies of a heterogeneous coalition of state and non-state actors.

Keywords

• Creative Istanbul
• Governmentality
• Neoliberal political rationality
• Gentrification
• Co-working spaces

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