Navigating Landscapes of Care: The Changing Role of the State in a Public Park in Post-Crisis Athens
My doctoral research explores how the Greek state, in collaboration with private institutions, enacts and withdraws care through the governance of public green spaces. Focusing on Pedion tou Areos, one of Athens’ most contested public parks, I look at how this care is negotiated among state agencies, private organizations, and the park’s visitors in the context of post-austerity and neoliberal politics. My research contributes to debates on care and state transformation by treating the management of public space and nature as a political and moral care practice.