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On South Bank : the production of public space / Alasdair J.H. Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Re-materialising cultural geographyPublisher: Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781409440048
  • 1409440044
  • 9781472404091
  • 1472404092
  • 1322012245
  • 9781322012247
  • 1317085841
  • 9781317085843
  • 1317085833
  • 9781317085836
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On South Bank : the production of public space.DDC classification:
  • 307.7609421 23
LOC classification:
  • T133 .J646 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Public Space as a Research Setting -- 3. Boundary Effects: Morphology and Activity at South Bank -- 4. South Bank as Theme Park? Public Space and the Practical Accomodation of Disorder -- 5. Play and Public Space: Theorising Ludic Practices at South Bank -- 6. 'The Stamp of the Definitive': From 'Loose Space' to 'Public Realm' at South Bank -- 7. Conclusion: Time to Stand Back? The Reinvented Southbank Centre.
Summary: Through an in-depth ethnographic examination of London's 'South Bank', this book explores the value widely presupposed on urban public space. Based on subjective accounts of the value of public space, as well as observations of how the South Bank is used and 'practised' on a daily basis, it argues that this value is not so much inherent to physical public space itself as it is derived through the everyday use and production of that space. Public space is valued not only for its essential material characteristics but also for the productive potential that these characteristics, if properly mana.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Introduction -- 2. Public Space as a Research Setting -- 3. Boundary Effects: Morphology and Activity at South Bank -- 4. South Bank as Theme Park? Public Space and the Practical Accomodation of Disorder -- 5. Play and Public Space: Theorising Ludic Practices at South Bank -- 6. 'The Stamp of the Definitive': From 'Loose Space' to 'Public Realm' at South Bank -- 7. Conclusion: Time to Stand Back? The Reinvented Southbank Centre.

Through an in-depth ethnographic examination of London's 'South Bank', this book explores the value widely presupposed on urban public space. Based on subjective accounts of the value of public space, as well as observations of how the South Bank is used and 'practised' on a daily basis, it argues that this value is not so much inherent to physical public space itself as it is derived through the everyday use and production of that space. Public space is valued not only for its essential material characteristics but also for the productive potential that these characteristics, if properly mana.

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