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Living Politics in the City
Public space and performativity from the perspective of architecture In recent decades, architecture has been seen as a field of practice that contributes greatly to the performativity of public space. In spite of the explosion of virtual communities through social media and the limitations imposed by pandemics, architecture today still holds an active role in (literally) building our societies. Bearing in mind its acute politicisation in past years, Living Politics in the City looks at public space from the perspective of architecture and its effective contribution, not as a prop but as an actual catalyst for embodying politics. The essays gathered here span five continents, activating vari...
Ibss: Economics: 1995
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Subject to Display
An exploration of the visual culture of “race” through the work of five contemporary artists who came to prominence during the 1990s. Over the past two decades, artists James Luna, Fred Wilson, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Pepón Osorio, and Renée Green have had a profound impact on the meaning and practice of installation art in the United States. In Subject to Display, Jennifer González offers the first sustained analysis of their contribution, linking the history and legacy of race discourse to innovations in contemporary art. Race, writes González, is a social discourse that has a visual history. The collection and display of bodies, images, and artifacts in museums and elsewhere is a prima...
Universal Singular
A critical introduction to the design of public spaces The way public spaces are designed reflects the period in which they were created. However, in our globalized world of experience and images the desire for uniqueness tends to achieve the opposite: increasingly, designers of open spaces resort to the same devices and thereby distance themselves from the urban context. The author analyzes ten outstanding contemporary designs of public spaces in Europe in terms of their function in the urban context and what materials are used for their implementation. In interviews with the designers she retraces the changes of the concepts during the design stage of the projects, underpinning her findings with numerous sketches. In addition, her research focuses on how the projects were received in the community. Learning from designers of outstanding public spaces in Europe Numerous unpublished design sketches A clear guide to urban design Also available in a French edition
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Metropolitan Democracies
Originally published in 2005. Citizen involvement - and the concept of partnership - in urban governance has long been a major issue in the transformation of local democracy. The move from delegated to participative forms of local government has, in principle, profound consequences for governance at the scale of cities. However, it is clear that partnership and participation are interpreted in many different ways, according to the traditions of government in different countries. This volume brings together the experiences of three countries in which very different approaches to participation are evident: Canada, France and the United Kingdom. By comparing and reflecting on these countries' approaches and the resulting changes in governance, it provides an in-depth analysis of the intentions and effects of involving citizens in policy making. It also highlights innovative new forms of partnership which are emerging within metropolitan areas at a local level.
User, observer, programmer et fabriquer l'espace public
Les connaissances portant sur la pratique d'aménagement des espaces publics se focalisent souvent soit sur celle des habitants soit sur les pratiques de programmation formelle et technique. En mettant en relation ces divers éléments, cet ouvrage collectif veut contribuer à l'amélioration des connaissances sur la programmation et l'usage des espaces publics. La valorisation scientifique de la pratique d'aménagement originale de Lyon permet d'aborder l'embrayage de ces diverses connaissances et de comprendre comment il oriente la fabrication des espaces publics : place faite aux habitants, modes de programmation et de décision, formalisations architecturales et techniques. Le recours au...
Démocraties métropolitaines
Qui gouverne les villes? Quel est le degré d'autonomie des villes? Comment la globalisation et la recomposition des rapports sociaux dans les métropoles affectent-elles l'exercice de la démocratie et redéfinissent-elles la citoyenneté? Les auteurs proposent, en termes analytiques et empiriques, de découvrir la portée réelle du renouveau de la démocratie participative et délibérative et les dynamiques communes aux métropoles britanniques, canadiennes et françaises.
