Densities of care

Chen, Hung-Ying

doi:10.1080/02723638.2020.1850045

Densities of care

Chen, Hung-Ying

Authors

Hung-Ying Chen

Abstract

Densities of care, weaving together public moods, physical forms, and deliberative actions, shape a critical synergy in the 2019–20 Anti-Extradition Bill (Anti-ELAB) movement. This essay unpacks urban density through a radical sense of ‘care’ - the solidarity ethics and actions that create, bond, and repair political crowds. Drawing on three forms of ‘densities of care’ – mobility, atmosphere, and sound – in the social movement, this essay offers a nuanced account of political crowds, challenging the traditional understandings of the crowd as a form of unruly density. By reticulating ‘density’ – the very physical quantifier – with ‘care’ – the affective engagement, the notion of ‘densities of care’ contributes to explicating the solidarity basis with an urban geographical understanding. In so doing, it reveals the ways that the seemingly dispersive, unorganized crowds in orchestration with the hyper-dense built environment that bolstering relational ethics for curing and navigating possibilities at every moment.

Citation

Chen, H. (2020). Densities of care. Urban Geography, 41(10), 1302-1309. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1850045

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 9, 2020
Online Publication Date	Dec 30, 2020
Publication Date	2020
Deposit Date	Nov 28, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Dec 30, 2021
Journal	Urban Geography
Print ISSN	0272-3638
Electronic ISSN	1938-2847
Publisher	Bellweather Publishing
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	41
Issue	10
Pages	1302-1309
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1850045

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Urban Geography on December 30 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02723638.2020.1850045.