Making city-bases
Homeless places, poverty management, and urban change in Pilsen, Czechia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petr Vašát (0000-0002-2705-8363, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1252-1269 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02723638.2020.1826752 |
| OpenAlex | W3092086736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 49 |
The article explores how homeless people make places in the public space, while revealing some of the overlooked effects these places may have on the wider city. The article relies on extensive ethnographic research and media coverage analysis of a place called Eskalátory (the Escalators) in Pilsen, a second-order city in Czechia. Eskalátory is part of an underpass with a four-lane road, a tramway, and four outdoor escalators, altogether, forming a specific urban assemblage. The paper describes three specific assemblage enactments of poverty management, homeless placemaking, and socio-materiality, and argues the place played a crucial role in urban change involving the surrounding area. Therefore, it conceptualizes Eskalátory as a “city-base”, an assemblage produced by actors human and non-human that contributes to urban outcome
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Assemblage (archaeology · Ethnography · Geography · Materiality (auditing · Placemaking · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Urban design · Anthropology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Architecture
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |