Alternative Spaces/Transformative Places: Democratizing Unruliness in an Age of Austerity

ISBN-13: 9781433157561 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Joshua D. Atkinson; Clayton Rosati

Opis

This book addresses the rise of unruly spaces in society, as well as communicative strategies that citizens and activists may use to democratize them. The authors explore different strategies for the democratization of such spaces in urban environments, and the potential and problems of each.

Spis treści

List of Figures - Foreword: Crisis, Austerity, & the Pleasures of Cruelty - Unruly Spaces, Cityscape & Communicative Cities - The Enclave at Wildcat Hollow - The Hidden Geographies of Flint - BART, Cairo & Spaces of Exception - Memory Revival in Mannheim - Memory Modification at the DDR Museum - Diffused Intertextual Production - Standpoint Performance Within the Intertext - Creative Narrative Appropriation - Concluding Remarks - Index

O autorze

Joshua D. Atkinson and Clayton Rosati are associate professors in the School of Media & Communication at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Atkinson's research examines alternative media and social activism, while Rosati's endeavors examine the human geographies of urban development, media industries, and anti-poverty advocacy.