Essays about: "Henri Lefebvre"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words Henri Lefebvre.

  1. 16. "...or else, they lie around" Time, space and the everyday in post-independence Dublin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hedvig Ördén Johansson; [2014]
    Keywords : heidegger; lefebvre; space; time; irish politics; dublin; the everyday; dwelling; bhabha; urban politics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the essay is to understand the time and space of the everyday through a critical hermeneutical approach. Specifically, the analysis focuses on post-independence Dublin. Three theoretical conceptualisations of the everyday are discussed. READ MORE

  3. 17. Cybernetic Social Space : A Theoretical Comparison of Mediating Spaces in Digital Culture

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för teknik och estetik

    Author : Benjamin Antman; [2014]
    Keywords : Production of space; Social space; Cybernetic space; digital; real; politics; art; ubiquitous computing;

    Abstract : This essay does a theoretical comparison of the intricate social production in digital and real spaces, proposing a model for the non-technical exploration of the social production of spaces relating to human digital technology. The ‘social space’ proposed by Henri Lefebvre (1974) - responsible for producing material space - and the holistic model of ‘cybernetic space’ proposed by Ananda Mitra and Rae Lynn Schwartz (2001) - responsible for supporting the production of real and digital spaces - are argued as collaboratively producing cybernetic social spaces, serving as the definition of a unified model for the production of spaces in contemporary society. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Construction of Space: Spatial Considerations for the Contemporary Debate on Property Rights and the Informal Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Jordan Perrault; [2012]
    Keywords : social institution; appropriation; Lefebvre; Social Space; Informal Economy; Property Rights; de Soto; Development; Representations of space; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Property rights systems and their relationship to the informal spaces are a contested and highly relevant part of contemporary development discourse. This study explores the reproduction of the concept of the informal in urban space. READ MORE

  5. 19. Public Parks and the Right to the City

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Malin Björklund; Gustaf Nyman; [2012]
    Keywords : right to the city; public; parks; brazil; manaus; mfs; amazonas; urban planning ;

    Abstract : This master thesis, entitled, “Public Parks and the Right to the City” aims to study the relationship between the concept of the right to the city and public space through studying five public parks in the city of Manaus, Amazonas. In the international public debates on urban poverty and social difficulties, the term “(the) Right to the City”, is used as a cry for action and in Brazil, the term serves a special role as being a part of the national planning legislation called, City Statute. READ MORE

  6. 20. Counterspaces : On power in slum upgrading from a Thirdspace perspective. A case study from Kambi Moto.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rosshagen Erik; [2007]
    Keywords : Thirdspace; Edward Soja; Henri Lefebvre; Informal settlement; Slum; Slum upgrading; Nairobi; Kenya; Shack Slum Dwellers International SDI ; Pamoja Trust; Muungano wa Wanavijiji;

    Abstract : The study takes its point of departure in the urgent problem of slums that follow on the rapid urbanisation worldwide. Focusing on the small informal settlement of Kambi Moto in Nairobi, Kenya, the study tries to answer the question of how power can be worked out in slum upgrading – a way to change the physical environment of a slum without demolishing and rebuilding the whole settlement. READ MORE