Rites of way : the politics and poetics of public space / Mark Kingwell and Patrick Turmel, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kingwell, Mark, 1963-

Turmel, Patrick, 1976-

Series:

Studies in international governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces.

Public spaces--Political aspects.

Public spaces--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent and multidimensional concept that too often escapes scrutiny. The essays in Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space open up multiple dimensions of the concept from architectural, political, philosophical, and technological points of view. There is some historical

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Rites of Way, Paths of Desire; PART I; PART II; PART III; PART IV; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612534485

9781282534483

1282534483

9781554581672

1554581672

OCLC:

647922153