Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i2.2018 |
Resumo: | 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. |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanismdesign-oriented research; urban commons; public space; social capitalThis 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.Cogitatio2019-06-30info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i2.2018oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2018Urban Planning; Vol 4, No 2 (2019): Public Space in the New Urban Agenda: Research into Implementation; 169-1822183-7635reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/2018https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i2.2018https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/2018/2018Copyright (c) 2019 David Brainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBrain, David2022-12-20T10:59:30Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2018Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:42.184327Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism Brain, David design-oriented research; urban commons; public space; social capital |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Reconstituting the Urban Commons: Public Space, Social Capital and the Project of Urbanism |
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Brain, David |
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Brain, David |
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Brain, David |
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design-oriented research; urban commons; public space; social capital |
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design-oriented research; urban commons; public space; social capital |
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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. |
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