Lessening the Obduracy of Networked Urbanity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Dotson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Building Codes ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Third Places ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Subsidy ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Publicly Supported ◽  
The Way

This chapter outlines the constellation of economic, political, and cultural barriers to more communitarian urban spaces. The momentum of suburbia is shown to have as much to do with entrenched zoning rules and building codes, the mispricing of development charges and utility fees, and the lack of appropriate expertise among architects and planners as the sheer mass of already existing built form. Moving to more communitarian urban spaces will require ending the public subsidy of sprawl, changing the way mortgages are approved, ending the automatic provision of free parking, better supporting a range of more democratic urban development practices, among other changes. Finally, neighbourhood amenities, including third places, could be publicly supported and collectively governed.

Plans, Code Enforcement, and Damage Reduction: Evidence from the Northridge Earthquake

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond J. Burby ◽  
Steven P. French ◽  
Arthur C. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Building Codes ◽  
Northridge Earthquake ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
The Public ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Damage Reduction ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Using Data

The State of California requires local governments to pay attention to seismic safety in formulating general plans for urban development and in permitting and inspecting new construction and remodeled existing structures. The Northridge earthquake provided an opportunity to determine whether these provisions, which have been mandatory for more than two decades, actually result in lower property damages. Using data on the number of structures damaged in the Northridge event, we show that, for suburban jurisdictions, damages were lower when local governments formulated broader goals for seismic safety, developed policies to make the public more aware of seismic risks, and expended more resources on enforcing the seismic provisions of building codes. Thus, seismic safety mandates on local governments can lead to lower property damages, and these benefits are enhanced when local governments expend more effort on their implementation.

scholarly journals O Fascínio do Cinema na Arte Pública: entre a Ficção e a Realidade

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Pedro Regatão
Keyword(s):  
Public Art ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Interventions ◽  
The Way

Public art is one of the most relevant artistic manifestations in urban spaces, by the way it interacts with the public and relates to the surrounding environment. Today it is possible to observe a set of artistic interventions that are inspired, directly or indirectly, in the cinema, giving special importance to its aesthetic and cultural dimension. This text intends to analyze and to reflect critically on a set of works of public art dedicated to the cinematographic art and its main protagonists. From the commemorative sculpture that deals with the history of the seventh art, to the sculptural installation that celebrates a character or an actor.

Memory, Heritage and the Demolition of the Potsdam Garnisonkirche, 1968*

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-310
Author(s):  
Marcus Colla
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Many ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
The Church ◽  
Socialist Unity ◽  
The Way

Abstract In 1968, the ruling Socialist Unity Party demolished Potsdam’s Garnisonkirche (Garrison Church). This article analyses the way in which the demolition of the Garnisonkirche opened up a spectrum of reflections on the meaning of the Prussian and Nazi pasts in the GDR and the ways it ought to be mediated through the urban landscape. Using petitions sent by everyday citizens to the local political authorities as well as debates within the SED itself, this article demonstrates how the public discussion about the demolition of the church navigated the many problems posed by Potsdam’s ‘burdened’ past in its urban spaces. While a number of individuals believed that this history could be transcended through the construction of a ‘new’ Potsdam, others believed that effectively handling the recent past required a direct confrontation with its architectural symbols.

Second Life of Third Places

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190
Author(s):  
Linda Berezowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Social World ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Third Places ◽  
Neutral Space ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Way

One of the main characteristics of Oldenburg’s concept of Third Places is the condition of being a neutral space, friendly to everyone regardless of social status, age or gender. The concept, in its intended course, enables social activities that go beyond easily available cognitive prescriptions. Consequently, Third Places seem to play an important role in the process of formation of communities. They can be perceived as „places in between”; on the borderline of domestic intimacy and the imposed sterility of the workplace. There is an atmosphere of „freedom from” socialization and „freedom to” engage in relations with „familiar strangers” (Milgram, 1977). This essay aims to demonstrate the possibility of existence the virtual third places and present the argument that the way in which such social spaces develop and operate is a key factor in the implementation and functioning of virtual urban spaces. Self-determined social world Second Life will serve as an example.

Transformation of Tribal Hinterlands into Urban Spaces in India’s Fifth and Sixth Schedule Areas: Emerging Issues and Contestations

Social Change ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-378
Author(s):  
Aashish Xaxa
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Mining Projects ◽  
Tribal Land ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Tribal Areas ◽  
The Way

Extensive literature exists on the way tribal land has been acquired for industrial, irrigation, power and mining projects. However, there is limited research on the procurement of land in the context of urban development which has been spreading in tribal areas. This article explores the modalities and mechanisms through which land is being procured in the context of urban development, specifically with reference to the emerging capital townships of Greater Ranchi and the New Shillong Township which fall in the Fifth and Sixth Schedule areas of the Indian Constitution. Using a comparative perspective, this study examines the implications of such development on affected people especially in the context of their constitutional and legal rights, entitlements, their modes of governance and the way they have been articulating and addressing these issues.

Second Life of Third Places

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190
Author(s):  
Linda Berezowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Social World ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Third Places ◽  
Neutral Space ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Way

One of the main characteristics of Oldenburg’s concept of Third Places is the condition of being a neutral space, friendly to everyone regardless of social status, age or gender. The concept, in its intended course, enables social activities that go beyond easily available cognitive prescriptions. Consequently, Third Places seem to play an important role in the process of formation of communities. They can be perceived as „places in between”; on the borderline of domestic intimacy and the imposed sterility of the workplace. There is an atmosphere of „freedom from” socialization and „freedom to” engage in relations with „familiar strangers” (Milgram, 1977). This essay aims to demonstrate the possibility of existence the virtual third places and present the argument that the way in which such social spaces develop and operate is a key factor in the implementation and functioning of virtual urban spaces. Self-determined social world Second Life will serve as an example.

Heritage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Shaikh ◽  
Stefano Bonino
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expressions ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Online Video ◽  
The South ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Public ◽  
Video Footage ◽  
Community Heritage ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
The Way

The Colourful Heritage Project (CHP) is the first community heritage focused charitable initiative in Scotland aiming to preserve and to celebrate the contributions of early South Asian and Muslim migrants to Scotland. It has successfully collated a considerable number of oral stories to create an online video archive, providing first-hand accounts of the personal journeys and emotions of the arrival of the earliest generation of these migrants in Scotland and highlighting the inspiring lessons that can be learnt from them. The CHP’s aims are first to capture these stories, second to celebrate the community’s achievements, and third to inspire present and future South Asian, Muslim and Scottish generations. It is a community-led charitable project that has been actively documenting a collection of inspirational stories and personal accounts, uniquely told by the protagonists themselves, describing at first hand their stories and adventures. These range all the way from the time of partition itself to resettling in Pakistan, and then to their final accounts of arriving in Scotland. The video footage enables the public to see their facial expressions, feel their emotions and hear their voices, creating poignant memories of these great men and women, and helping to gain a better understanding of the South Asian and Muslim community’s earliest days in Scotland.

The End of History Museums: What's Plan B??

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cary Carson
Keyword(s):  
Historic Sites ◽  
The Public ◽  
End Of History ◽  
House Museums ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Museums ◽  
Plan B ◽  
The End Of History ◽  
The Way

Abstract Are historic sites and house museums destined to go the way of Oldsmobiles and floppy disks?? Visitation has trended downwards for thirty years. Theories abound, but no one really knows why. To launch a discussion of the problem in the pages of The Public Historian, Cary Carson cautions against the pessimistic view that the past is simply passéé. Instead he offers a ““Plan B”” that takes account of the new way that learners today organize information to make history meaningful.

Rewritten or Reused? Originality, Intertextuality, and Reuse in the Writings of a Buddhist Visionary in Contemporary Tibet

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 203-231
Author(s):  
Antonio Terrone
Keyword(s):  
Public Domain ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Way

The study of Buddhist texts can inform us of the way scriptures were composed, as well as illuminate the reasons behind their production. This study examines the phenomenon of borrowing and reusing portions of texts without attributing them to their ‘legitimate authors’ within the Buddhist world of contemporary Tibet. It shows that not only is such a practice not at all infrequent and is often socially accepted, but that it is used in this case as a platform to advance specific claims and promote an explicit agenda. Therefore, rather than considering these as instances of plagiarism, this essay looks at the practice of copying and borrowing as an exercise in intertextuality, intended as the faithful retransmission of ancient truths, and as an indication of the public domain of texts in Tibet.

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