Conclusion

In this conclusion, I discuss the emergence and limits of two competing models for affective urbanism; one that is based on the experience economy in which experiences are created for consumption practices, and one based on the notion of the city as a communityCommunity, in which experiences are co-created by communities through bottom-up processes. With this in mind, I reflect on how affective urbanismAffective urbanism (*) can become a tool to make cities into places that are both economically and socially resilient. I contend that the way to achieve this is for urbanists to further engage with urban curatingUrban curating, that is, the cultivation of collaboration in any intervention in urban space, and the social relations that compose them, which involves the rearrangement of material and immaterial sensory elements. Drawing upon the notion of the affective right to the city, I discuss how urban curating is fundamental for the materialization of the right to atmosphere, rhythm, and worldmaking, which in turn are crucial foundations for the fulfilment of the right to the city as an oeuvre.