Revisiting urban public space through the lens of the 2020 global lockdown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Luger (0000-0002-0250-7011, Northumbria University, corresponding author), Loretta Lees (0000-0001-5834-8155, University of Leicester) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 797-809 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-11 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02723638.2022.2073084 |
| OpenAlex | W4280520362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
The new decade’s tumultuous nature triggered renewed reflection on urban public space. As Covid-19 lockdowns and social distancing measures were implemented in cities around the globe, and protests on city streets from Black Lives Matter and their global supporters erupted, the world’s attention was refocused on urban public spaces. These were spaces to which access was now curtailed: we were newly and differently fearful in them, anger boiled over in them; and amidst limited access, we yearned for them. The pandemic has taken many lives, including that of the urban public space theorist Michael Sorkin, whose decades of work argued for the need for truly accessible, democratic, urban public space; and mourned what he felt was its slow demise. Pushed by these triggers, this special issue re/visits urban public space through the lens of the 2020 lockdowns (closures) and the possibilities (openings) that seemed to emerge; in so doing we bring together a collection of global urban snapshots and critical reflections from/in cities around the world – all variations on a theme [Sorkin, M. (1992). Variations on a theme park: The new American city and the end of public space. Macmillan]
Demise · Democracy · Globe · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public space · Sociology · Theme (computing · Law · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Planning and Governance
Everyday Utopias
Planetary urbanization
Regulate, replicate, and resist – the conjunctural geographies of platform urbanism
Re-producing public space
The urban commons
The High Line and the ideal of democratic public space
No common cause? The spaces of urban collective identity
Planetary urbanisation
Platform methods
Introduction
Theme park follies
Osmosis across defensible space
Global city and precarious work of migrants in China
Simulating the “city of joy”
Longing for everyday life. Experiencing Covid-19 social isolation in a Latin American city
Activist performances on edge
What is ours to do?” Connection during a pandemic’s time of shelter-in-place
Black insurgent aesthetics and the public imaginary
The end of history and the last man
Black matters are spatial matters
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |