Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events
Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space in Latin America
Published on 17. January 2008
264 pages
978-1-134-32624-2 (ISBN)
Description
Clara Irazabal and her contributors explore the urban history of some of Latin America's great cities through studies of their public spaces and what has taken place there. The avenues and plazas of Mexico City, Havana, Santo Domingo, Caracas, Bogotai, Sa?o Paulo, Lima, Santiago, and Buenos Aires have been the backdrop for extraordinary, history-making events. While some argue that public spaces are a prerequisite for the expression, representation and reinforcement of democracy, they can equally be used in the pursuit of totalitarianism. Indeed, public spaces, in both the past and present, have been the site for the contestation by ordinary people of various stances on democracy and citizenship. By exploring the use and meaning of public spaces in Latin American cities, this book sheds light on contemporary definitions of citizenship and democracy in the Americas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
15 Line drawings, black and white; 53 Halftones, black and white
File size
4,69 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-32624-2 (9781134326242)
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Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events
Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space in Latin America
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Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events
Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space in Latin America
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1st Edition
Routledge
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Person
Clara Irazabal is the Latin Lab Director and Associate Professor of Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, New York City.
Content
Prologue: Ordinary Places, Extraordinary Events 1. Introduction: Citizenship, Democracy and Urban Space In Latin America Part 1: Cities, Democracies and Powers: The Politics of Spatial Appropriations and Social Representations 2. Political Appropriations of Public Space: Extraordinary Events in the Zocalo of Mexico City 3. Reinventing the Void: The Museum of Art of Sao Paulo and the Reshaping of Public Life along Avenida Paulista 4. Permanence of a Memorable Urban Space as a Place for Extraordinary Events: The Plaza of the Central Station in Santiago de Chile 5. Lima's Historic Center: Old Places Shaping New Social Arrangements 6. The Plaza De Bolivar In Bogota: Place of Singularity, Multiplicity of Events Part 2: Place, Citizenships and Nationhoods: Singularity of Place, Multiplicity of Projects 7. Space, Revolution, and Resistance: Ordinary Places and Extraordinary Events in Caracas 8. The Struggle for Urban Territories: Human Rights Activists in Buenos Aires 9. Events in the Metropolis: Public Space, Celebration, Citizenship, and Resistance in Rio de Janeiro 10. Iconic Voids and Social Identity in a Polycentric City: Havana from the 19th to the 21st Century 11. Unresolved Public Expressions of Anti-Trujillismo in Santo Domingo
