On South Bank
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 materi…
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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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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Ashgate Publishing
- Place of Publication:Milton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (302 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781409440031, 1409440036
- oclc:on1027200680
- Dewey Decimal:307.7609421
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 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 Accommodation of Disorder; 5 Play and Public Space: Theorising Ludic Practices at South Bank; 6 â#x80;#x98;The Stamp of the Definitiveâ#x80;#x99;: From â#x80;#x98;Loose Spaceâ#x80;#x99; to â#x80;#x98;Public Realmâ#x80;#x99; at South Bank; 7 Conclusion: Time to Stand Back? The Reinvented Southbank Centre; Bibliography; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index.
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