Common ground? : readings and reflections on public space / [edited by] Anthony M. Orum, Zachary P. Neal.
"Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | Metropolis and modern life.
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| Summary: | "Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal explore how public space can be a facilitator of civil order, a site for power and resistance, and a stage for art, theatre, and performance. They bring together these frequently unconnected models for understanding public space, collecting classic and contemporary readings that illustrate each, and synthesizing them in a series of original essays. Throughout, they offer questions to provoke discussion, and conclude with thoughts on how these models can be combined by future scholars of public space to yield more comprehensive understanding of how public space works."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415996899 9780415996891 0415997275 9780415997270 |