Between territorialism and feminism: towards new practices of care for life worlds

Abstract

Among the diverse and intricate social practices that shape a new urban mosaic, woven on dynamics escaping any precise and definitive definition, new patterns of city use are established and consolidated based on the 'vital infrastructure of care', which retrieves the value of a connective tissue transversal to new forms of urbanity, and in which women's activity and experience play a central role at every latitude. Many theories and practices bring together territorialist and feminist reflections. To date, however, these two horizons have often followed parallel routes and rarely met. It would be desirable to open a common path, albeit still with uncertain and non-definitive steps. The article explores some possible research trails that could represent interesting opportunities for cross-fertilisation of knowledge.