ABSTRACT
In cities throughout East Asia, street vending and various forms of spatial appropriations constitute a significant part of the everyday practice of placemaking. In the face of long-standing control of urban spaces by local municipalities for political and ideological purpose, these practices suggest a form of everyday insurgencies, or counter-hegemonic practices, particularly by marginalized citizens. Through recent cases in Hong Kong, Seoul and Taipei and a framework of rupturing, accreting and bridging, this chapter explore the linkages between everyday counter-hegemonic spatial practices and their emancipatory potential in producing transformative outcomes in urban governance.
