scholarly journals Co-Creative Urbanism The production of plural evolutionary spatialities through conflicts and complicities between public and private in the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 132-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfredo Manfredini ◽  
Anh-Dung Ta
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Central City ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Central District ◽  
The One ◽  
Local Agencies ◽  
The Impact

Under the impact of economic globalization, today cities put a high priority to improve their attractiveness and become ideal destinations for global capital and elites (William S.W. Lim, 2014). Results of these “improvements” are often severe gentrification and spectacularisation processes that compromise resilience of local communities. These have an important impact on the materiality of tradition that constitutes complex of historical, social and cultural linkages is being gradually decontextualized and commodified, severely damaging local identity, community and knowledge (William S. W. Lim, 2013). Epitomes of these disruptions of complex rooted linkages are the “creative,” post-consumerist landscapes of consumption, ubiquitously emerging in public spaces of ancient central city streets.Contrasting such tendency of producing deterritorialised places of consumption, trapping people for hours at a time in hyper-real spaces, relevant socio-spatial instances of resistance are found. This paper explores the complex spatialities of conceptions, everyday practices and actions of one of these places that preserves genuine rhythms of daily lives. The historical central district of Hanoi is chosen as case study, where local inhabitants develop idiosyncratic tactics to engage with public space, encroaching sidewalks with complex set of practices. These are places where local inhabitants everyday actualise complex sets of conceptions, practices and actions that notably exemplifies those that produce differential spaces - using the notion proposed by Henri Lefebvre. Disassociating from regulated, limited, planned and homogenized environments as occurring in present shopping malls and theme parks, the central district of Hanoi sidewalks offer chances for accidental encounters, unexpected events and support a very diverse range of local inhabitants in an extremely active and dynamic play. The sidewalks appear as a loosen space (Franck & Stevens, 2007), where unpredictable uses, intermingled spatial interconnections and complex social interrelations generate.This paper discusses the findings of a research aimed to explore (how – what – why) the interaction between the multifarious spatial activities of residents and transients, and describe the patterns of such inclusionary relations. Particularly, the study intends to demonstrate how there is a (ambivalent condition in witch) complex networks of social activities produce and are produced by a distinct set of spatialities that involve inclusive networks of local agencies. So as to achieve the target, the theoretical lenses of Lefebvre’s spatialities and Kim’s spatial ethnography are useful, on the one hand to comprehensively decode and interpret “social space” and on the other hand to clearly describe such space.

scholarly journals Lively Social Space, Well-Being Activity, and Urban Design: Findings From a Low-Cost Community-Led Public Space Intervention

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 685-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Anderson ◽  
Kai Ruggeri ◽  
Koen Steemers ◽  
Felicia Huppert
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Empirical urban design research emphasizes the support in vitality of public space use. We examine the extent to which a public space intervention promoted liveliness and three key behaviors that enhance well-being (“connect,” “be active,” and “take notice”). The exploratory study combined directly observed behaviors with self-reported, before and after community-led physical improvements to a public space in central Manchester (the United Kingdom). Observation data ( n = 22,956) and surveys (subsample = 212) were collected over two 3-week periods. The intervention brought significant and substantial increases in liveliness of the space and well-being activities. None of these activities showed increases in a control space during the same periods. The findings demonstrate the feasibility of the research methods, and the impact of improved quality of outdoor neighborhood space on liveliness and well-being activities. The local community also played a key role in conceiving of and delivering an effective and affordable intervention. The findings have implications for researchers, policy makers, and communities alike.

scholarly journals The (No-)Public Space. Reviewing the Transformation of Al-Qaed Ibrahim's Urban Image

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-192
Author(s):  
Iman Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The Political ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Public spaces are defined as places that should be accessible to all inhabitants without restrictions. They are spaces not only for gathering, socializing and celebrating but also for initiating discussions, protesting and demonstrating. Thus, public spaces are intangible expressions of democracy—a topic that the paper tackles its viability within the context of Alexandria, case study Al-Qaed Ibrahim square. On the one hand, Al-Qaed Ibrahim square which is named after Al-Qaed Ibrahim mosque is a sacred element in the urban fabric; whereas on the other it represents a non-religious revolutionary symbol in the Alexandrian urban public sphere. This contradiction necessitates finding an approach to study the characteristic of this square/mosque within the Alexandrian context—that is to realize the impact of the socio-political events on the image of Al-Qaed Ibrahim square, and how it has transformed into a revolutionary urban symbol and yet into a no-public space. The research revolves around the hypothesis that the political events taking place in Egypt after January 25th, 2011, have directly affected the development of urban public spaces, especially in Alexandria. Therefore methodologically, the paper reviews the development of Al-Qaed Ibrahim square throughout the Egyptian socio-political changes, with a focus on the square’s urban and emotional contextual transformations. For this reason, the study adheres to two theories: the "city elements" by Kevin Lynch and "emotionalizing the urban" by Frank Eckardt. The aim is not only to study the mentioned public space but also to figure out the changes in people’s societal behaviour and emotion toward it. Through empowering public spaces, the paper calls the different Egyptian political and civic powers to recognize each other, regardless of their religious, ethnical or political affiliations. It is a step towards replacing the ongoing political conflicts, polarization, and suppression with societal reconciliation, coexistence, and democracy.

Digital Mediation, Soft Cabs, and Spatial Labour

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Donald N. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Home Care Providers ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Critics of digitally mediated labour platforms (often called the “sharing” or “gig economy”) have focused on the character and extent of the control exerted by these platforms over both workers and customers, and in particular on the precarizing impact on the workers on whose labor the services depend. Less attention has been paid to the specifically spatial character of the forms of work targeted by mobile digital platforms. The production and maintenance of urban social space has always been dependent, to a large degree, on work that involves the crossing of spatial boundaries - particularly between public and private spaces, but also crossing spaces segregated by class, race, and gender. Delivery workers, cabdrivers, day labourers, home care providers, and similar boundary-crossers all perform spatial work: the work of moving between and connecting spaces physically, experientially, and through representation. Spatial work contributes to the production and reproduction of social space; it is also productive of three specific, though interrelated, products: physical movement from one place to another; the experience of this movement; and the articulation of these places, experiences, and movements with visions of society and of the social. Significantly, it is precisely such spatial work, and its products, which mobile digital platforms seek most urgently to transform. Drawing on several recent studies of “ridesharing” (or soft cab) labour platforms, I interrogate the impact of digital mediation on the actual practices involved in spatial work. I argue that the roll-out of digital labour platforms needs to be understood in terms of a struggle over the production of social space.

scholarly journals Between Tradition and Modernity: Determining Spatial Systems of Privacy in the Domestic Architecture of Contemporary Iraq

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Thahab ◽  
Sabah Mushatat ◽  
Mohammed Gamal Abdelmonem
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Spatial Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The notion of privacy represents a central criterion for both indoor and outdoor social spaces in most traditional Arab settlements. This paper investigates privacy and everyday life as determinants of the physical properties and patterns of the built and urban fabric and will study their impact on traditional settlements and architecture of the home in the contemporary Iraqi city. It illustrates the relationship between socio-cultural aspects of public and private realms using the notion of the social sphere as an investigative tool of the concept of social space in Iraqi houses and local communities (Mahalla). This paper reports that in spite of the impact of other factors in articulating built forms, privacy embodies the primary role under the effects of Islamic rules, principles and culture. The crucial problem is the underestimation of traditional inherited values through opening social spaces to the outside that giving unlimited accesses to the indoor social environment creating many problems with regard to privacy and communal social integration.

scholarly journals EKSPLORASI RUANG KOMUNAL DAN INFORMAL DI KEHIDUPAN KAMPUNG KOTA JAKARTA DALAM PROYEK BALAI BUDAYA KOLEKTIF DAN ANAK PASEBAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1383
Author(s):  
Olivia Nadya ◽  
Suryono Herlambang
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Urban Village ◽  
Local Character ◽  
Shared Space ◽  
Urban Villages

As a combination of Kota (formal city) and Kampung (traditional village), the ‘taste’ of Jakarta can be found in urban villages where many residents formed strong communities. The community produces a new typology that will continue to change and develop according to the adaptability of its citizens. By viewing shared space or commons as an important element of living in cities, urban village development should focus on this commons, in which has a meaning on the use of space, civil society culture, and infrastructure as a process of aligning various urban daily life paths. Urban villages are an example where the practice of shared space is found in daily life. With a narrative architectural exploration method approach based on the scenarios of people's daily lives, the spaces that are formed will become a 'second home' for local residents and also a Third Place’ for its users. The 'Paseban Collective Culture and Children Hall’ Project provides a designated public space, for residents of Kampung Kramat Sawah and Kramat Lontar in Paseban Village, Senen District, based on community participation in socio-cultural-recreational aspects which can also provide non-formal education and productive economic livelihood for its citizens through community empowerment. So that urban villages are  not only as a social production space for habitats, but are also economically productive, according to its local character.  Keywords: Community Empowerment; Community Hall; Informal Social Space; Third Space; Urban Village AbstrakSebagai perpaduan antara Kota (kota formal) dan Kampung (desa tradisional), ‘rasa’ kota Jakarta dapat ditemukan di kampung-kampung kota dimana banyak penduduk membentuk komunitas yang kuat. Komunitas tersebut menghasilkan sebuah tipologi baru yang akan terus berubah dan berkembang sesuai adaptivitas warganya. Dengan memandang ruang komunitas bersama sebagai elemen penting berkehidupan di kota, perkembangan kampung kota seharusnya berfokus pada ruang bersama ini, yang memiliki makna pada: penggunaan ruang, budaya masyarakat sipil, dan prasarana sebagai proses menyelaraskan berbagai jalan hidup sehari-hari perkotaan. Kampung kota menjadi contoh dimana praktik ruang bersama ini banyak ditemukan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.  Dengan pendekatan metode eksplorasi arsitektur naratif yang berdasarkan skenario kehidupan sehari-hari para warga, ruang-ruang yang terbentuk akan menjadi ‘rumah kedua’ bagi warga lokal dan juga menjadi Ruang Ketiga bagi para penggunanya. Proyek 'Balai Budaya Kolektif dan Anak Paseban' memberikan ruang bersama publik terancang, bagi warga Kampung Kramat Sawah dan Kramat Lontar di Kelurahan Paseban, Kecamatan Senen, berdasarkan partisipasi komunitas dalam aspek sosial-budaya-rekreasional yang juga dapat memberikan edukasi non-formal dan penghidupan ekonomi produktif bagi warganya melalui pemberdayaan komunitas. Sehingga dapat diraihnya kampung yang selain sebagai ruang produksi sosial habitat, tetapi juga produktif secara ekonomi, sesuai dengan karakter kelokalannya.

scholarly journals From religious to secular place-making: How does the secular matter for religious place construction in the local?

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Lea Berg
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Dynamic Mode ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Evangelical Churches ◽  
The One ◽  
Emic Perspective ◽  
Religious Actors ◽  
Depth Interviews

The literature on religious place-making has largely prioritized an emic perspective of religious actors often reducing the secular aspect of such place-making to a mere ‘emptying out’ of religion from public space. Based on ethnographic observations and in-depth interviews with political and religious representatives in Montreuil, one of the flagship towns of the ‘red belt’ of municipalities around Paris, this article looks at secular aspects of religious place construction. The discussion focusses on two practices of secular place-making: defining of religion ‘worthy’ of place and shifting the boundary between public and private space. Comparing the municipality’s interactions with Muslim groups on the one hand, and evangelical churches on the other, I show that politics and sensibilities of the secular towards the religious vary for different religious groups over time. Locality can thus be understood as dynamic mode of secularism, enabling a constant placing and re-placing of religion.

scholarly journals Social Mix, A Living Together Through Public Space: Case Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Afri Amira ◽  
Benrachi Bouba
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Mix ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Space Case ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Impact

This article proposes the study of social mix evolution of through the public space. To that end, attention is focused on the “Frères Fisli” neighbourhood in Azzaba city as a case study. A social space, which, is considered as an adequate place, that promotes social mix and living together between Algerian inhabitants of different types of habitat that exist. The main objective of this article is to quantify the impact of public spaces to achieve the goal of social mix and its management, in order to promote living together. In order to carry out our survey, the study uses two survey tools: the mind map and the questionnaire. The choice of these two tools is not fortuitous. It has been studied in order to carefully check whether the constraints for the public space development are dependent on the evolution of inhabitants ‘social relations.   Received: 21 September 2021 / Accepted: 15 November 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022

Technology used as a weapon to fight informality: the success of the SCOP

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Fidel Edgard Amesquita ◽  
Oswaldo Morales
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Special Unit ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Learning outcomes The learning outcomes are as follows: to understand the problem of informality and how it develops, taking advantage of the control flaws of public and private institutions and its growth by the legitimacy of society; to analyze the role of the regulatory body in its fight against informality from the area of its influence, which is the energy sector; to analyze the economic and social impact of a solution like the one proposed in the case; to analyze the impact at the level of public policies of solutions such as the one proposed in the case; and to review the strategy of the hand of technology that can achieve the development of original solutions to fight against informality. Case overview/synopsis The case study was written on the basis of a real success story that explains the development of a technological solution that allowed the Supervisory Agency of Energy and Mining of Peru to effectively deal with informality in the commercialization of fuels, which became a reference in the region. The story begins by recreating the system that existed for the commercialization of fuels and how the shortcomings of this system itself encouraged the appearance of informal merchants who benefited from the situation. It also explains how the regulatory authority decides to deal with this problem by creating a special unit that confronts this issue and how, after some failures, an original strategy was able to be designed with the help of technology to control informality. Complexity academic level Business schools, where different aspects can be analyzed, such as the strategy used in the supply chain of informal or formal commerce. It is also recommended for use in master’s programs in specific sectors, such as public management or energy management. Finally, it can also be used in entrepreneurship, given that informal entrepreneurship is considered as a new line of research in this field. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 11: Strategy.

The Suburban Ghetto: The Legacy of Herbert Gans in Understanding the Experience of Poverty in Recently Impoverished American Suburbs

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra K. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Inner Cities ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Suburban Poverty ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
The Impact

Reports based on data collected from the 2000 U.S. Census reveal a dramatic transformation in the landscape of poverty and inequality in the United States in the 1990s. U.S. central city areas have witnessed considerable decreases in rates of poverty while, at the same time, suburbs have experienced significant increases in rates of poverty. Indeed, the outcome of this shift has resulted in demographic trends, quality of life issues, economic and social outcomes, and signs of physical deterioration that we often associate with deteriorating inner cities now being found in a number of American suburbs. Beyond basic demographic information, however, little is known about daily life in these areas. This paper explores the conceptual, analytical, and methodological contributions of Herbert Gans, specifically, his ethnographic study of the suburban community Levittown, for the study of these changes. The paper reviews the literature on suburban poverty in order to identify the ways in which Gans's work contributes to future suburban scholarship as students of the suburb grapple with trying to understand and examine this transformation and the impact that this suburban change has had on the daily lives of the poor living in these recently turned poor suburbs.

scholarly journals Recalibration in counting and accounting practices: Dealing with algorithmic output in public and private

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205395171985875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Dudhwala ◽  
Lotta Björklund Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Normal Number ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Accounting Software ◽  
The One ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations

Algorithms are increasingly affecting us in our daily lives. They seem to be everywhere, yet they are seldom seen by the humans dealing with the consequences that result from them. Yet, in recent theorisations, there is a risk that the algorithm is being given too much prominence. This article addresses the interaction between algorithmic outputs and the humans engaging with them by drawing on studies of two distinct empirical fields – self-quantification and audit controls of taxpayers. We explore recalibration as a way to understand the practices and processes involved when, on the one hand, decisions are made based on results from algorithmic calculations in counting and accounting software, and on the other hand, when decisions are made based on human experience/knowledge. In particular, we are concerned with moments when an algorithmic output differs from expectations of ‘normalcy’ and ‘normativity’ in any given situation. This could be a ‘normal’ relation between sales and VAT deductions for a business, or a ‘normal’ number of steps one takes in a day, or ‘normative’ as it is according to the book, following guidelines and recommendations from other sources. In these moments, we argue that a process of recalibration occurs – an effortful moment where, rather than treat the algorithmic output as given, individuals’ tacit knowledge, experiences and intuition are brought into play to address the deviation from the normal and normative.

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