Essays about: "social production of space"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 117 essays containing the words social production of space.

  1. 1. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Melissa Lennartsson; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Vulnerable areas; urban policy; place-making; advanced urban marginality; safety security nexus; neoliberalism; Gothenburg;

    Abstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE

  2. 2. Fences are like Ghosts are like Monuments : ephemeral social agreements under the neoliberal rule

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Author : Herkules Jansson; [2024]
    Keywords : territoriality; nationalism; fencing; bordering; monumentality; nationalist symbolism; nation building myths; memory production; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg; territorialitet; nationalism; staket; gränsdragning; monumentalitet; nationalistisk symbolism; nationsbyggande myter; minnesproduktion; Berzelii park; Raoul Wallenberg;

    Abstract : This essay delves into the intricate dynamics of Berzelii Park, focusing on the interaction between the mesh fence constructed in 2016 and the Raoul Wallenberg monuments. It examines the fence as a nationalist monument, revealing its transformative impact on the communal space and highlighting its role in shaping memories, identity, and ideological conflicts within the urban landscape. READ MORE

  3. 3. “Breaths of Joburg” – One Play, Multiple Perceptions : A Johannesburg Literary Site-Specific Theatre Pilot Project

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Kerstin Tschernigg; [2023]
    Keywords : Communication; Communication for Development; South Africa; Johannesburg; Breaths of Joburg; Participatory Theatre; Perception Study;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the perception of the city of Johannesburg through a participatory theatre pilot project titled “Breaths of Joburg”. It looks at how different stakeholders, such as the performance director, professional and student actors, as well as the writers who inspired the texts used as a basis for the theatre, the live audience as well as the social media audience perceived Johannesburg and whether their perceptions changed after experiencing the play. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Role of Art as a Strategy for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Bogotá, Colombia : A narrative investigation of Colombian artists and victims

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Valentina Flechas Guzmán; [2023]
    Keywords : Art; Reconciliation; Peacebuilding; Colombia; Truth; Peace; Mercy; Justice; Arte; Reconciliación; Construcción de Paz; Colombia; Verdad; Paz; Misericordia; Justicia;

    Abstract : Due to processes of change, there has been an increase in reconciliation initiatives around Colombia directed at promoting spaces for human interaction and social reconstruction to be encourage. This repertoire of strategies nurture collective memory, individual trauma healing and communities’ transformation, and become a place for peacebuilding to take place. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Making of "White Spaces" : The construction, disruption, and maintenance of stability in bipolar realities in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Larsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Medical anthropology; mental illness; bipolar disorder; treatment; mental health; anthropology of becoming; knowledge production; knowledge sharing; agency; power; knowledge-power; social anthropology; cultural anthropology;

    Abstract : Bipolar disorder is a condition rarely approached in anthropological research, and even less so through the eyes of people living with the disorder. Therefore, to focus on understanding the experience of the state in-between episodes, here referred to as a “white space”, is rare and in need of further examination. READ MORE