Public space, civic dignity and urban resistance in the age of shrinking democracy

dc.contributor.authorKnierbein, Sabineen
dc.contributor.authorHou, Jeffreyen
dc.contributor.authorGabauer, Angelikaen
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-09T12:14:10Zen
dc.date.available2020-10-09T12:14:10Zen
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.descriptionTransactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2020): Planning for Dignity; page 46-58en
dc.description.abstractNeoliberal urban restructuring constitutes an underlying challenge facing cities and communities around the world. Public space, as a medium of political engagement and social interactions, may represent a vehicle for resistance against patterns of shrinking democracy. In its capacity as a place for active democracy, public spaces – the lived spaces of contemporary societies – deserve greater care, attention, and critical reflection. As movements evolve to confront new challenges, explore new opportunities, negotiate with new actors and circumstances, and utilise new technologies and platforms, our understanding of the agency of democracy – supported through an understanding of civic dignity – must also advance. This paper aims at examining the role of public space in reclaiming and reinstating democracy. By drawing on empirical findings from cities worldwide, explored through the lens of multiple disciplines, it argues that the study of urban protest might show directions for a new, dignified politics of public space. It asks how this study may enable planners and designers to contribute to the spatial emergence of human and civic dignity.en
dc.identifierhttps://transactions-journal.aesop-planning.eu/index.php/TrAESOP/article/view/39en
dc.identifier.doi10.24306/TrAESOP.2020.01.005en
dc.identifier.issn2566-2147en
dc.identifier.pageNumber46-58en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/883en
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2020.01.005en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAESOPen
dc.rightsopenaccessen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en
dc.sourceTransactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2020): Planning for Dignity; 46-58en
dc.subjectPost-political conditionen
dc.subjectglobal restructuringen
dc.subjecturban resistanceen
dc.subjectcivic dignityen
dc.subjectdemocratic agencyen
dc.titlePublic space, civic dignity and urban resistance in the age of shrinking democracyen
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
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