Saltzman Public Everyday Space

Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Barcelona
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-57796-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 155 Seiten

Reihe: Social Sciences (R0)

This book explores how everyday practices in public space (sitting, playing, walking, etc.) challenge the increase of top-down control in the global city. focuses on post-Olympic Barcelona—a time of unprecedented levels of gentrification, branding, mass tourism, and immigration. Drawing from examples observed in public spaces (streets, plazas, sidewalks, and empty lots), as well as in cultural representation (film, photography, literature), this book exposes the quiet agency of those excluded from urban decision-making but who nonetheless find ways to carve out spatial autonomy for themselves. Absent from the map or postcard, the quicksilver spatial phenomena documented in this book can make us rethink our definitions of culture, politics, inclusion, legality, architecture, urban planning, and public space. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saltzman, Megan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Public Everyday Space and Culture.- 2. Spatial Tactics.- 3. Grassroots Collectives Recover Public Space.- 4. Undocumented Immigration and Neighborhood Citizenship On and Off Film.

Über Autor(innen)

Megan Saltzman , PhD, teaches in the Department of Spanish, Latina/o/x and Latin American and Studies at Mount Holyoke College, USA and in the Five College Consortium of Massachusetts Architectural Studies Program.