Brass’Art in Molenbeek

An urban experiment in community relations

Bibliographic Data

ID16897499
AuthorsNadia Fadil (0000-0002-3230-424X, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels, corresponding author), Maryam Kolly (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels)
TranslatorsJane Corrigan
Year2019
Publication date2019-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrussels Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2031-0293 • E-ISSN: 2031-0293
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/brussels.4031
OpenAlexW2990353958
LanguageEN
References cited21

This paper takes the case of the Brass'Art cultural café located on the municipal square of Molenbeek, as a starting point for a study aimed at understanding the construction of a common urban space with a pluralistic purpose. Based on an ethnographic study between May 2017 and January 2018, this article aims to show how the presence of alcohol in this space mobilises and concentrates diverse and even contradictory repertoires – of a discursive, ethical and emotional nature – behind the creation of public space. The Brass'Art case study reflects at the micro and local level the implications of the coexistence of agents with different religious sensitivities and orientations. According to a pragmatic methodology, this paper tries to demonstrate that the fine tuning of the balance of power between the majority and the minority takes place not so much through conscious negotiations or strategies of “civic indifference”, but through practical adjustments in keeping with the principle of community relations

Aesthetics · Architectural engineering · Art · Epistemology · Ethnography · Negotiation · Point (geometry · Power (physics · Public space · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Urban space · Anthropology · Computer Science · Engineering · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Study and Philosophy of Religion

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