Appropriation of public spaces in transition. Vienna summer school in urban studies 2014.

Abstract

Urban public spaces are constantly changing and highly contested territories. The fields of action that have to be considered when analysing urban public spaces range from the impact of global trends like neoliberalism on new urban policies, to everyday appropriations at the local level. The relationship between macro trends and micro scale actions manifests itself in ongoing transition processes, located in urban public spaces which are both spaces of differences and arenas of interaction. The book includes: Challenging the Public-Private Dichotomy: Trams and Cafés in Vienna (S. 12-13); Challenge to reimagine! Uncovering hidden Public Spaces (S. 14-17); Time and Space = Places and Occasion (S. 18-21); The City as a Battleground of Memories (S. 22-23); Public Space as a Participatory Laboratory (S. 24-27); Bodily Intervention (S.28-31).