Title The Production of Alternative Urban Spaces : an International Dialogue

Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (259 pages) Series Regions and Cities Ser Regions and Cities Ser Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of maps; List of contributors; 1. Conceptualising the production of alternative urban spaces; Introduction; What is an alternative urban space and how is it produced?; A three-act dialogue; References; PART 1: Alternative urban spaces of work, exchange, and consumption; 2. The production of rurbal space: alternative food provisioning in Denmark; Introduction; The Danish territory of food provision; The case of alternative food provisioning in Copenhagen Discussion and conclusionReferences; 3. Framing alternative urban spaces in unstable contexts: a view from Beirut; Introduction; Urban spaces in unstable contexts; Framing urban spaces for change; The Lebanese context; Framing Souq El Tayeb's alternative spaces; Challenges to positive change; The re-signified spaces and transformative potentials; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 4. New workspaces in Milan and Berlin: coworking spaces between defensive strategies and transformative potential; Introduction; Coworking spaces in the knowledge economy Coworking spaces and urban economiesCoworking spaces and urban space: location matters; Coworking spaces and political emergence; Conclusions: under which conditions can coworking spaces be considered alternative urban spaces?; References; 5. Deus ex machina: makerspaces in Milan and their transformative potential; Introduction; Makerspaces and the dreams of a coming revolution; Makerspaces in Milan; Dreams of revolution in the cold light of the empirical; Conclusion; Notes; References; Sitography; PART 2: Alternative urban spaces of dwelling 6. Producing refugee spaces: disruptive spatial practice and the everyday in CairoIntroduction; Theorising the production of refugee spaces; Critical urban ethnographies of refugee spaces; Socio-spatial polarisation and uneven development in 6th of October City; The double marginality of Syrians in Beyt al-'Ayla; Hyperlocal practices as disruptive interventions; Defiance and diversion in the production of refugee urban space; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. The struggle for the right to housing in Spain; Introduction; Mobilising for housing rights; Theoretical framework An antagonist's right to housingConclusion; Note; References; 8. The production of slums: old Fadama as an alternative space of urban dwelling; Introduction; Urban dwelling on the blind side of the state; The production of Old Fadama as an alternative urban space; Concluding discussion; References; 9. In-between the planned grid: kothi se xuality, domesticity, and urban interstitiality in Chandigarh, India; Introduction; Urban interstices: intersection of sexuality, domesticity, and urban interstitiality; Kothi identity; Methodology; Kajheri: an urban interstice in Chandigarh Summary Alternative urban spaces across civic, private, and public spheres emerge in response to the great challenges that urban actors are currently confronted with. Labour markets are changing rapidly, the availability of affordable housing is under intensifying pressure, and public spaces have become battlegrounds of urban politics. This edited collection brings together contributors in order to spark an international dialogue about the production of alternative urban spaces through a threefold exploration of alternative spaces of work, dwelling, and public life. Seeking out and examining existing alternative urban spaces, the authors identify the elements that provide opportunities to create radically different futures for the world's urban spaces. This volume is the culmination of an international search for alternative practices to dominant modes of capitalist urbanisation, bringing together interdisciplinary, empirically grounded chapters from hot spots in disparate cities around the world. Offering a multidisciplinary perspective, The Production of Alternative Urban Spaces will be of great interest to academics working across the fields of urban sociology, human geography, anthropology, political science, and urban planning. It will also be indispensable to any postgraduate students engaged in urban and regional studies Notes Life in Kajheri village Print version record Subject Public spaces -- Design Public spaces -- Social aspects City planning -- Social aspects Sustainable urban development -- Cross-cultural studies City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Cross-cultural studies BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development. City planning -- Environmental aspects City planning -- Social aspects Public spaces -- Social aspects Sustainable urban development Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book Author Chiappini, Letizia Pugalis, Lee Bruzzese, Antonella ISBN 9781351596657 1351596659 9781351596640 1351596640 9781351596633 1351596632 9781315103952 1315103958

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