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

Cilt: 80 Sayı: 1 13 Mart 2025
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Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality

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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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Kentsel Politika

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

18 Ocak 2024

Yayımlanma Tarihi

13 Mart 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

12 Aralık 2022

Kabul Tarihi

4 Nisan 2023

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 80 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Hayal, O. (2025). Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 80(1), 91-112. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.1218068
AMA
1.Hayal O. Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality. SBF Dergisi. 2025;80(1):91-112. doi:10.33630/ausbf.1218068
Chicago
Hayal, Orhan. 2025. “Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 80 (1): 91-112. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.1218068.
EndNote
Hayal O (01 Mart 2025) Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 80 1 91–112.
IEEE
[1]O. Hayal, “Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality”, SBF Dergisi, c. 80, sy 1, ss. 91–112, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.33630/ausbf.1218068.
ISNAD
Hayal, Orhan. “Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 80/1 (01 Mart 2025): 91-112. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.1218068.
JAMA
1.Hayal O. Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality. SBF Dergisi. 2025;80:91–112.
MLA
Hayal, Orhan. “Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, c. 80, sy 1, Mart 2025, ss. 91-112, doi:10.33630/ausbf.1218068.
Vancouver
1.Orhan Hayal. Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality. SBF Dergisi. 01 Mart 2025;80(1):91-112. doi:10.33630/ausbf.1218068

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