A New Index for Public Space

After Distancing
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-55583-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

A New Index for Public Space: After Distancing offers readers a re-evaluation of the notion of publicness as a lens to unpack the complexity of urban space. A ‘new index’ is proposed to reconstitute the promises and the predicaments of public space to better prepare for the contemporary challenges of post-pandemic, conflict-ridden society. Part I provides a theoretical introduction to the idea of public space and publicness, laying out the book’s rationale; Part II offers a new index of terms, including affects, alignments, atmosphere, conviviality, diagrams, documenting, flow, and more; and Part III applies the proposed lexicon with a ‘random walk’ approach, inviting the reader to use the lens of nonlinear evolutionary dynamics as a means for envisioning the future of publicness. This book is the outcome of a conversation across disciplines—specifically, urban design and social theory—revolving around the recognition that public space is inherently fragile, messy, conflicted, and evolving. This book will be of interest to urban planners, architects, and urban designers, as well as human geographers, sociologists, political theorists, and those working in community development.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brighenti, Andrea Mubi

Hatuka, Tali

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I - Introduction

1. Thinking through Indexes  

Part II - The Index

2. Affects 

3. Alignments 

4. Atmosphere 

5. Conviviality 

6. Diagrams 

7. Documentation 

8. Elements 

9. Flow 

10. Memories 

11. Refuge 

12. Statements 

13. Syncs  

Part III - Conclusion

14. Walking through Indexes: On Expanding Publicness Research

Über Autor(innen)

Tali Hatuka is an architect, urban planner, and professor who founded and directs the Laboratory of Contemporary Urban Design, School of Social and Policy Studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Andrea Mubi Brighenti is a social theorist and a professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Trento, in Italy.