In Paraisópolis, a slum in São Paulo (Brazil) housing over 100.000 inhabitants, the Covid crisis seemed to have less of a death toll (0,0217%) than in other areas of the city (an average of 0,0652% as of May 2020); or at least it did at first. The sense of community in the area is strong, leading to many community initiatives and organisations to rise to the challenge of combating the pandemic with little help from the authorities. The community’s initial efficient response to the Covid crisis relied heavily on self‐reliance and self‐organization to mobilise common resources. Despite their later failure in containing the virus, the community’s response to the pandemic is exemplary of a well‐known phenomenon: how communities are able to mobilise the commons to create general welfare. The commons concept is used in this contribution to help us better understand slum governance and the power and limitations of community reliance. At the same time, we aim to refine our understanding of the commons as a contentious category rooted in agonistic relationships instead of the romanticised leftist social imaginary that views the commons as purely anti‐capitalist. Thus, we explicitly argue for a view of the commons and commoning that transcends the narrow “Leftist imaginary” of the commons as egalitarian, inclusive, anti‐capitalist, horizontal, and as expressions of sharing (and caring), and instead views the commons as embedded in everyday realities, where commoning practices emerge as practises that support the reproduction of (social) life.

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实际存在的公地：用公地来收复城市

在圣保罗（巴西）的贫民窟 Paraisópolis，居住着超过 100,000 名居民，Covid 危机造成的死亡人数（0,0217%）似乎低于该市其他地区（截至 2018 年 0,0652%） 2020 年 5 月）；或者至少一开始是这样。该地区的社区意识很强，导致许多社区倡议和组织在当局几乎没有帮助的情况下迎接抗击大流行的挑战。社区对 Covid 危机的最初有效反应在很大程度上依赖于自力更生和自组织来调动共同资源。尽管他们后来未能遏制病毒，但社区对大流行的反应是一个众所周知的现象的典范：社区如何能够动员公地来创造普遍福利。本贡献中使用了公地概念，以帮助我们更好地理解贫民窟治理以及社区依赖的力量和局限性。同时，我们的目标是完善我们对公地的理解，将其视为植根于竞争关系的有争议的类别，而不是浪漫化的左翼社会想象，将公地视为纯粹的反资本主义。因此，我们明确主张一种超越狭隘的“左派想象”的公地和公地观点，将公地视为平等主义、包容性、反资本主义、横向和分享（和关怀）的表达，而是将公地视为嵌入日常现实中，共同实践作为支持（社会）生活再生产的实践出现。同时，我们的目标是完善我们对公地的理解，将其视为植根于竞争关系的有争议的类别，而不是浪漫化的左翼社会想象，将公地视为纯粹的反资本主义。因此，我们明确主张一种超越狭隘的“左派想象”的公地和公地观点，将公地视为平等主义、包容性、反资本主义、横向和分享（和关怀）的表达，而是将公地视为嵌入日常现实中，共同实践作为支持（社会）生活再生产的实践出现。同时，我们的目标是完善我们对公地的理解，将其视为植根于竞争关系的有争议的类别，而不是浪漫化的左翼社会想象，将公地视为纯粹的反资本主义。因此，我们明确主张一种超越狭隘的“左派想象”的公地和公地观点，将公地视为平等主义、包容性、反资本主义、横向和分享（和关怀）的表达，而是将公地视为嵌入日常现实中，共同实践作为支持（社会）生活再生产的实践出现。