Contemporary Agoras. Design, Democracy, and Alternative Practices of Public Space.
Loco| N° d'inventaire | 22903 |
| Format | 14 x 21 |
| Détails | 183 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782843140259 |
From the Occupy and Maidan movements in historic city squares around the world to the occupation of roundabouts by the Yellow Vests in France, from the reception of migrants in Calais to the fight against substandard housing in Marseille, the same democratic aspiration takes place in public space: to make demands for political, social, and economic recognition and equality heard and seen. But this democracy in action is not experienced solely in the mode of insurrection: it is a daily struggle against the confiscation of the city by private, commercial, and financial interests, and against its sterilization in the name of security. Democracy is a practice at work in the making of the city, at all scales and even in its margins, when spaces are surveyed and invested in unexpected ways. Artists, designers, architects, urban planners, geographers, sociologists, philosophers, the authors brought together in this collective work thus defend this common conviction: far from being in crisis, contemporary public space, on the contrary, demonstrates great vitality.
From the Occupy and Maidan movements in historic city squares around the world to the occupation of roundabouts by the Yellow Vests in France, from the reception of migrants in Calais to the fight against substandard housing in Marseille, the same democratic aspiration takes place in public space: to make demands for political, social, and economic recognition and equality heard and seen. But this democracy in action is not experienced solely in the mode of insurrection: it is a daily struggle against the confiscation of the city by private, commercial, and financial interests, and against its sterilization in the name of security. Democracy is a practice at work in the making of the city, at all scales and even in its margins, when spaces are surveyed and invested in unexpected ways. Artists, designers, architects, urban planners, geographers, sociologists, philosophers, the authors brought together in this collective work thus defend this common conviction: far from being in crisis, contemporary public space, on the contrary, demonstrates great vitality.