Call for Papers Issue 16 (December 2026)

City, Commerce, and Consumption: Advances and Setbacks in the Post–Health Crisis Period

 

 

Dossier editors

Dr. Bárbara Teresa Romano || Dr. Claudio Smalley Soares Pereira || Dr. José Gasca

 

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Over the past fifty years, numerous social transformations have reshaped the forms and content of various social spaces. Cities, in particular, have undergone substantial changes in their urban structures, the relationship between public and private spaces, and the diverse uses of urban space and time. Urban life has been configured in direct relation to the globalization of the economy, culture, and geopolitical change.

 

In addition to transformations associated with economic restructuring, production, labor, and their spatial implications, consumption has acquired particular relevance in light of the changes that occurred throughout this period. Classic works by Jean Baudrillard, Guy Debord, and others shed light on social change and on the role of consumption in the global socio-spatial restructuring process.

 

This situation—already marked by regional and global crises over time—was abruptly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted its profound urban impact. The notion of complete urbanization theorized by Henri Lefebvre and expanded by subsequent scholars through the concept of planetary urbanization also consolidated a broad spectrum of socio-spatial factors that globalized the pandemic, increased its reach and mortality, and reshaped the lives of millions. Within this context, consumption, the city, and commerce were also redefined.

 

To contribute to a broad and comprehensive understanding of the relationships between consumption, the city, and commerce in the post–health crisis period, Tlalli. Revista de Investigación en Geografía, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, invites the academic and research community to submit contributions that may fall within the following topics:

 

• Recent changes in commercial and consumer spaces, both in consolidated urban areas and in expanding suburban territories
• Effects of digitalization: how e-commerce, platforms, and new digital services are transforming the organization and use of urban space
• New configurations of public space and circuits linked to cultural, recreational, and tourism-related consumption
• Real-estate valorization dynamics associated with urban renewal and the new consumption environments that accompany it, as well as the resulting gentrification processes
• The formation and redefinition of centralities driven by the agglomeration of commercial areas and the densification of consumption spaces
• Studies related to diverse commercial formats: markets, shopping centers, fairs, open-air commercial corridors, and other spaces of exchange
• Territory-based resistance movements and experiences of social innovation that emerged or were strengthened after the pandemic
• Theoretical and methodological reflections that offer new perspectives on the interrelationships between city, commerce, and consumption

 

All submissions must adhere to the general requirements and editorial guidelines established by the journal and be submitted through the editorial manager available on this website. Although submissions are considered year-round, the deadline for inclusion in this issue is June 1, 2026. The publication of issue 16 of the journal is scheduled for December 2026. Any questions regarding this call for papers may be sent to the journal’s email address: revista.tlalli@filos.unam.mx.