Urban Public Space

Urban public space continues to be the focus of debate regarding its conceptualisation and how it is designed, (re)produced and managed. In this book nine authors with social science and artistic backgrounds discuss how these processes shape the life of modern cities, and where the social sciences should move for a better understanding of them.

Autorentext

Oleg Pachenkov is senior researcher at the Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR, St. Petersburg, Russia), and director of the Centre for Applied Research (CeAR) at European University in St. Petersburg. His main fields of interest are urban studies and interdisciplinary projects, bringing together social scientists with architects, designers, urban planners and artists working with the urban environment, street art and public art.

Inhalt
Contents: Oleg Pachenkov/Lilia Voronkova: Urban Public Space in the Age of Mobility and Aestheticization, and the Necessity of an Interdisciplinary Approach Giulio Mattioli: Sharing Space with Strangers in Moving Public Places: Social Mixing and Secessionism in Mobility Tobias Scheidegger: Architectural Visualizations as Promoters of Urban Aestheticization. A Visual Culture Approach Clara Fohrbeck: Public Art Spaces: The Dilemma of Economic Growth and Social Inclusion in an Aesthetised Urban Context. A Case Study of Initiative «Intermediae», Matadero Madrid, Spain Laura Panait: Tracing Art in Urban Public Space: the Resistive Aesthetics of Cultural Actors in Post-Communist Romania Celia Ghyka: Contemporary Art: Between Action and Work. The Cases of Krzysztof Wodiczcko and Jenny Holzer Jekaterina Lavrinec/Oksana Zaporozhets: Shaping Spaces of Shared Experience: Creative Practices and Temporal Communities.