Full Description
This volume is about the plurality and complexity of modern urban public spaces. The authors move far beyond the nostalgia of traditional streets, squares and gardens to mobilize contemporary sociological knowledge based on the mediated relations between spatial morphology and everyday life in cities across several continents. Contributions analyse diverse social realities and social interventions within the context of urban public spaces, linking to the broader discussion of urban public policies in European cities and beyond. Sometimes these interventions lead to exclusionary processes; other times they are the object of conflicts and resistances.
When we speak about the (re)constructions, the uses and counter-uses of urban public spaces, we are always in the core of the political (city: polis) domain as those places are not fixed and do not have unique representations or immutable configurations - they are networks of relationships and social practices with antagonistic views and flexible uses.
Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Urban Space And Public Places - Ray Hutchison and João Teixeira Lopes
PART II: URBAN IMAGES, URBANISM, AND PUBLIC SPACES
Public Spaces: Interactions, Appropriations, And Conflicts - Luciana Teixeira de Andrade and Luís Vicente Baptista
Is the city unnecessary? New life spaces of young city inhabitants - Marta Smagacz-Poziemska
Sidewalk Encounters: Card Playing And Neighborhood Use In A Lisbon Suburb - João Pedro Nunes
Sala Borsa: Plural Presences And Innovative Public Spaces - Luca Daconto and Gabriele Manella
Transformation Of Public Space In Zagreb Since 2000 - Jelena Zlatar GamberoÏzic' and And elina SvircÏic' Gotovac
PART III: CULTURE, ARTS, AND PUBLIC SPACES
Artists' Studios In Urban Areas: A Comparative Study Between Paris And London - Dominique Billier
Typifying The Thematic Cities: Study Of The Events Organized In Public Spaces In The Cities Of Oporto, Vila Nova De Gaia And Barcelona - Fernando Manuel Rocha da Cruz
Shaping A Territory: Case Study The Moorish Quarter In Lisbon (Mouraria) - Madalena Corte-Real
The Spatial Analysis Of Gezi Movement In Turkey - ÇaÆgri Eryilmaz
Contested Cityscapes: Politics Of Vertical Construction In Paris And Vienna - Andrea Glauser
Heritage, Place, And Neighborhood: Itineraries As Public Space Contention In Ring-Road Districts Of Madrid - Pedro Limón López and Sergio Claudio González García
PART IV: THE (RE) STRUCTURATION OF PUBLIC SPACES
Researching Social Stratification In Large Urban Zones Today - Juan José Villalón Ogáyar
Rethinking Public Spaces In Waterfront Areas: Notes From Lisbon - Patrícia Pereira
The Earthquake And The Shanty: Post- Disaster Social Order In A Sicilian Town (1908 2013) - Domenica Farinella and Pietro Saitta
From Exclusion To Participation: Social Mediation In Public Housing - Micol Bronzini and Carla Moretti
Sociological Intervention As A Reaction To The Crisis Of The City: Public Consultation In Warsaw - PrzemysÆaw Sadura and Dorota Olko
