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Alternative urban spaces have emerged in response to the great challenges that urban actors are currently confronted with. This book aims to spark an international dialogue about the production of alternative urban spaces, through a threefold exploration of alternative spaces of work, dwelling, and public life.
List of contents
1 Conceptualising the production of alternative urban spaces PART 1 Alternative urban spaces of work, exchange, and consumption 2 The production of rurbal space: alternative food provisioning in Denmark 3 Framing alternative urban spaces in unstable contexts: a view from Beirut 4 New workspaces in Milan and Berlin: coworking spaces between defensive strategies and transformative potential 5 Deus ex machina: makerspaces in Milan and their transformative potential PART 2 Alternative urban spaces of dwelling 6 Producing refugee spaces: disruptive spatial practice and the everyday in Cairo 7 The struggle for the right to housing in Spain 8 The production of slums: old Fadama as an alternative space of urban dwelling 9 In-between the planned grid: kothi sexuality, domesticity, and urban interstitiality in Chandigarh, India PART 3 Alternative urban spaces of public life 10 Reclaiming democratic (public) spaces through music: the case of Viaduto Santa Tereza in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 11 Alternative spaces emerging from the Gezi protests: from resistance to alternatives 12 Citizen-led micro-regeneration: case studies of civic crowdfunding in London and Milan 13 An international dialogue on the production of alternative urban spaces
About the author
Jens Kaae Fisker is a postdoctoral researcher in the Danish Centre for Rural Research at the University of Southern Denmark. Working at the intersection of rural and urban studies, his research is rooted in political geography with a particular emphasis on the spatial dimensions of contentious politics and the material and political pursuit of post-capitalist futures.
Letizia Chiappini is a PhD candidate in urban studies at the University of Milano-Bicocca and in the Geographies of Globalization group at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests revolve around urban transformations and the generation of societal change under late capitalism. In particular, she attends to the relations between urban policy making and hyped phenomena such as the sharing economy and the maker movement.
Lee Pugalis is chair of urban studies at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney, and a visiting professor at Leeds Beckett University. He is an international urban scholar, whose research traverses local and regional economic development, urban regeneration, and strategic planning. He has a particular interest in metropolitan governance and urban entrepreneurship.
Antonella Bruzzese is Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Milano in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies. Her research interests cover urban design and urban transformation strategies. She is particularly interested in the spatial implications of urban policies and their relationships with participatory processes, communication strategies, and temporary interventions.
Summary
Alternative urban spaces have emerged in response to the great challenges that urban actors are currently confronted with. This book aims to spark an international dialogue about the production of alternative urban spaces, through a threefold exploration of alternative spaces of work, dwelling, and public life.
