scholarly journals Transformative cities

Focaal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (66) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Susser ◽  
Stéphane Tonnelat
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Mass Communications ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Cultural Workers ◽  
Community Activists ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Commons

Drawing on Lefebvre and others, this article considers contemporary urban social movements with a selective review of urban research and suggestions for future ethnographic, cultural, and sociological questions. Under a generalized post-Fordist regime of capital accumulation, cultural workers and laborers, service workers, and community activists have all participated in urban movements. We consider such collective action, generated in the crucible of urban life, as a reflection of three urban commons: labor, consumption, and public services; public space (including mass communications and the virtual); and art, including all forms of creative expression. We suggest that the three urban commons outlined here are not necessarily perceived everywhere, but as they momentarily come together in cities around the world, they give us a glimpse of a city built on the social needs of a population. That is the point when cities become transformative.

scholarly journals Women of Fes

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Emilio Spadola
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Public Space ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Family Code ◽  
Mega Cities

The city of Fes, the once “bourgeois citadel” (J. Berque’s words) of Moroccoand once the world’s most populous city (1170-80), has in modernity beenunhappily bypassed for coastal trading hubs and global mega-cities. Materialand symbolic elements of Fassi power persist, however, and anthropologistRachel Newcomb’s finely researched and written ethnography identifies them in upper-middle-class women’s gender identity. In so doing, Women ofFes helps the fields of anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and Islamicstudies to illuminate the often-neglected power of class to shape gender in theMuslim Middle East and North Africa, demonstrating, not pointedly, thatclass divides women within as much as across cultures.Newcomb’s book concerns women of, not merely in, Fes, namely, a classof women of “original” Fassi families navigating the social ruins and newopportunities of daily urban life. Its disparate topics – urban rumors, women’sNGOs, reforms of the Moroccan Muslim family code (mudawanah), flexiblekinship, public space, a dépassé lounge singer – shift the book’s centerfrom class to gender and public life. Her skillful identification of class issueswithin the latter, however, gives the book a necessary coherence ...

scholarly journals FASILITAS KEBUGARAN DAN REKREASI DI SETIABUDI

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 353
Author(s):  
Ariwibowo Setiawan ◽  
Dewi Ratnaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Play Area ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Working Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Belonging

Humans are highly social beings with great desire for social belonging and interpersonal exchange in their life. Public space has become a cornerstone of public growth consisting economic, social, entertainment, and political enterprise. Therefore, the continuation of public interaction become very dependent on both public space existence and growth.  The inadequacy of public space in Setiabudi has provoked the community to create public spaces in their residential roads to socialize and do various activities. Nonetheless, using roads as public infrastructure for daily activities and socializing may resulted in inconvenience and hazardous situation. In addition, most inhabitants in Setiabudi are migrants with the incentive to work and settle which resulted in social discrepancy. If this problem is not anticipated immediately, social and environmental degradation may arise. From these issues, we can conclude that Setiabudi need some facilities to fulfill the social needs of inhabitants and migrants secondary needs to work and settle. The research method conducted is through literature studies, precedent studies. In addition, direct observation techniques were also carried out namely interviews and observations to several settlements, social and public facilities. Therefore, facilities such as flexible space, gym, kid’s play area, bar, and recreational space for food court and co-working space are essential. Along with the oasis-maker concept, Setiabudi Wellness and Recreation Facility undertake inclusivity of human, neutrality, and playfulness. AbstrakManusia sebagai makhluk sosial selalu membutuhkan interaksi sosial dengan sesamanya dalam daur hidupnya. Ruang publik telah menjadi latar bagi perkembangan kehidupan publik, baik dalam kegiatan ekonomi, sosial, hiburan, hingga politik. Berlangsungnya kehidupan publik dengan interaksi sosial menjadi salah satu faktor yang sangat bergantung pada keberadaan dan perkembangan ruang publik. Minimnya ruang publik di kawasan Setiabudi mengakibatkan masyarakat menciptakan ruang publik di jalan lingkungan permukimannya sebagai tempat untuk bersosialisasi dan beraktivitas. Kegiatan-kegiatan yang menggunakan jalan sebagai media beraktivitas dan bersosialiasi sehari-hari cenderung mengganggu serta berbahaya bagi warga. Selain itu, sebagian penghuni di kawasan Setiabudi merupakan pendatang dari luar kawasan tersebut yang ingin bekerja dan bermukim sehingga menyebabkan kesenggangan sosial antara pendatang dan penduduk Setiabudi. Tujuan proyek adalah mengurangi degradasi sosial dan lingkungan antara pendatang dan penghuni Setiabudi. Dari isu-isu  tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kawasan Setiabudi membutuhkan fasilitas-fasilitas untuk melengkapi kebutuhan sosial harian penduduk dan kebutuhan sekunder pendatang yang bekerja sekaligus bermukim di kawasan Setiabudi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah melalui studi literatur, studi preseden. Selain itu, dilakukan juga teknik pengamatan langsung yaitu wawancara dan dan observasi ke beberapa permukiman, fasilitas sosial dan umum. Oleh karena itu, mereka membutuhkan fasilitas seperti flexible space (ruang serbaguna), gym, kid’s play area, bar dan ruang rekreasi dengan fasilitas pendukung seperti food court dan co-working space. Fasilitas Kebugaran dan Rekreasi ini memiliki konsep oasis-maker yang mengutamakan inklusivitas antar sesama manusia serta bersifat netral dan memiliki kesan playful.

scholarly journals Public Space and Social Polarization. A case study of the New Wave Turkish Migrants with a comparative analysis of Berlin, İstanbul & Ankara

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-128
Author(s):  
Ceren Kulkul
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Social Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Polarization

Public space is by no means a place for complete unity or harmony. It is always open to contradiction and struggle. It is a space in which dwellers of the city find various ways to cope with living with one another. This could be in the form of negotiation, or confrontation. Or, it could be where they avoid others, where they maintain distance. Yet, there is always the expectation of all parties, to have one’s own place in that struggle. Turkey has experienced increased social polarization in recent years, and this is reflected in its public spaces. With the ‘us’ versus ‘them’ mentality in politics being also found in everyday urban life, the gap between different lifestyles has greatened, hostility among people has intensified and urban space became a battlefield rather than a ground for commons. Hate and intolerance began to define what is public. In the meantime, a great number of high-skilled, young individuals, particularly from İstanbul and Ankara, began to leave the country to carve out a better future; and, one of the popular destinations was Berlin, Germany. This paper addresses this group of young migrants to make a comparative analysis on the definitions of public space and to rethink the social production of urban space. With thirty interviews and two focus groups, it aims to consider the reflections of social polarization on public space.

scholarly journals Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Brain
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Commons ◽  
Urban Places

This article outlines a framework for connecting design-oriented research on accommodating and encouraging social interaction in public space with investigation of broader questions regarding civic engagement, social justice and democratic governance. How can we define the “kind of problem a city is” (Jacobs, 1961), simultaneously attending to the social processes at stake in urban places, the spatial ordering of urban form and the construction of the forms of agency that enable us to make better places on purpose? How can empirical research be connected more systematically to theories of democratic governance, with clear implications for urban design, urban and regional planning as professional practice? This framework connects three distinct theoretical moves: (1) understanding the sociological implications of public space as an urban commons, (2) connecting the making of public space to research on social capital and collective efficacy, and (3) understanding recent tendencies in the discipline of urban design in terms of the social construction of a “program of action” (Latour, 1992) at the heart of the professional practices relevant to the built environment.

The Social Impact of Suffering: Physical Pain Thwarts Social Needs

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Riva ◽  
James H. Wirth ◽  
Kipling D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
The Social

Challenges for income generation methods in monopoly companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Ali Zurapov
Keyword(s):  
Market Competition ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Fundamental Goal ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Commercial Organization

In conditions of market competition, the fundamental goal of any commercial organization is to obtain the greatest profit, which directly depends on the amount of income received and expenses incurred. Current paper discuses  about main source of development of the material and technical base of the enterprise, replenishment of its own working capital, ensuring the social needs of the companies. Main objectivity is income factor in the stability of the existence and progress of the monopoly companies. In this regard, the management of the income of the organization is currently quite an urgent task for every giant entrepreneur. The article reveals the essence, purpose, objectives and measures in the field of enterprise revenue management. On the example of a particular enterprise, a dynamic and structural analysis of its revenues is carried out.

Sharing Seoul: Appropriating Alleys as Communal Space through Localized Sharing Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Im Sik Cho ◽  
Blaž Križnik
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Communal Life ◽  
Relationship Networks ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Communal Space

Sharing practices are an important part of urban life. This article examines the appropriation of alleys as communal space to understand how sharing practices are embedded in localities, how communal space is constituted and maintained, and how this sustains communal life. In this way, the article aims to understand the spatial dimension of sharing practices, and the role of communal space in strengthening social relationship networks and urban sustainability. Seowon Maeul and Samdeok Maeul in Seoul are compared in terms of their urban regeneration approaches, community engagement in planning, street improvement, and the consequences that the transformation had on the appropriation of alleys as communal space. The research findings show that community engagement in planning is as important as the provision of public space if streets are to be appropriated as communal space. Community engagement has changed residents' perception and use of alleys as a shared resource in the neighbourhood by improving their capacity to act collectively and collaborate with other stakeholders in addressing problems and opportunities in cities.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louçã Francisco ◽  
Ash Michael
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
First Century ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
Global Restructuring ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Political Decision Making ◽  
Mode Of Production

This book investigates two questions, how did finance become hegemonic in the capitalist system; and what are the social consequences of the rise of finance? We do not dwell on other topics, such as the evolution of the mode of production or the development of class conflict over the longer run. Our theme is not the genesis, history, dynamics, or contradictions of capitalism but, instead, we address the rise of financialization beginning in the last quarter of the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first century. Therefore, we investigate the transnationalization of the circuits and processes of capital accumulation that originated the expansion and financialization of the mechanisms of production, social reproduction, and hegemony, including the ideology, the functioning of the states, and the political decision making. We do not discuss the prevailing neoliberalism as an ideology, although we pay attention to the creation and diffusion of ideas, since we sketch an overview of the process of global restructuring of production and finance leading to the prevalence of the shadow economy....

Early Debates

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Llano
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Domestic Space ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Conduct Manuals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
The Social ◽  
Undeserving Poor

This chapter provides an account of how organilleros elicited public anger because their activity did not fit into any of the social aid categories that had been in place since the late eighteenth century. Social aid in Spain relied on a clear-cut distinction between deserving and undeserving poor in order to rationalize the distribution of limited resources and reduce mendicancy on the streets. Organilleros could not, strictly speaking, be considered idle, since they played music, but their activity required no specific skills and was regarded with suspicion as a surrogate form of begging. The in-betweenness of the organillero caused further anger as it challenged attempts to establish a neat distinction between public and private spaces. On one hand, organillo music penetrated the domestic space, which conduct manuals of the nineteenth century configured as female; on the other, it brought women into the public space, which those manuals configured as male.

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