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2020-03-19 https://www.journalpublicspace.org/index.php/jps

Art and Activism in Public Space - 2020 issue

2020-03-19

The next annual Art and Activism in Public Space issue will be published in November 2020. 
The issue will feature artist portfolios and peer reviewed articles from artists, international universities and art institutions that address questions around the role of art practice in public space.

Expressions of interest through abstracts (up to 200 words) are accepted up until 1 May 2020.
The editors will select max 15 proposals. Final submissions are expected no later than 1 September 2020.

This special issue is managed in collaboration with the Section Editors of RMIT University: Master of Arts (Art in Public Space).
Please email abstracts (up to 200 words) to: maggie.mccormick@rmit.edu.au and luisa.bravo@cityspacearchitecture.org, in Cc to jps@cityspacearchitecture.org.

 

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Current Issue

Vol 5 No 1 (2020): SPECIAL ISSUE: Placemaking in Arab Cities
Cover image: The Egg, Beirut. Protests (2019), day #6. Picture by Louay Kabalan
Cover image: The Egg, Beirut. Protests (2019), day #6. Picture by Louay Kabalan

Guest Editor: Mona Helmy
Managing Editor: Luisa Bravo
Published: 2020-02-08
Editorial
  • Placemaking in Arab Cities. Realities, Challenges, and Prospects
    1-4
    Mona Helmy
    View Abstract PDF
Space
  • Bridges Over the Nile
    5-20
    Amir Gohar, G. Mathias Kondolf
    View Abstract PDF
  • The Sense of Place: Components and Walkability
    21-36
    Maryam Marzbani, Jihad Awad, Mahmud Rezaei
    View Abstract PDF
  • Translation of Civic Pedagogical Tactics to Critically Produce Public Spaces in Amman
    37-50
    Amro Yaghi
    View Abstract PDF
  • reGREENeration of Historic Cairo
    51-74
    Natalia Ramírez, Alaa El Habashi
    View Abstract PDF
  • Students’ Static Activities in relation to Campus Quad Design and Layout
    75-94
    Mahbub Rashid, Bushra Obeidat
    View Abstract PDF
Society
  • Incorporating Practices of Publicness in Kuwaiti Parks
    95-110
    Weaam Alabdullah
    View Abstract PDF
  • Public Space and Social Polarization
    111-128
    Ceren Kulkul
    View Abstract PDF
  • Sustaining the Liveliness of Public Spaces in El Houma through Placemaking
    129-152
    Mohamed Yazid Khemri, Alessandro Melis, Silvio Caputo
    View Abstract PDF
Systems
  • Prospects of Placemaking Progression in Arab cities
    153-166
    Merham M. Keleg
    View Abstract PDF
  • Placemaking Interventions in Palestine as Demonstration Effects on the Ground
    167-176
    Ahmad El-Atrash
    View Abstract PDF
  • The (No-)Public Space. Reviewing the Transformation of Al-Qaed Ibrahim's Urban Image
    177-192
    Iman Hegazy
    View Abstract PDF
Viewpoint
  • How People Reclaimed Public Spaces in Beirut during the 2019 Lebanese Uprising
    193-218
    Wael Sinno
    View Abstract PDF
  • Placemaking in Lebanese Cities Hosting Displaced Communities
    219-246
    Joana Dabaj, Riccardo Luca Conti
    View Abstract PDF
  • Double P!
    247-262
    Therese Chidiac
    View Abstract PDF
  • Pedestrianization as a Strategy for Placemaking
    263-276
    Kamila Ashour, Wael Al-Shamali
    View Abstract PDF
  • Placemaking for Coexistence: Child and Community Friendly Space
    277-289
    Insaf Ben Othmane Hamrouni, Omar Wanas
    View Abstract PDF
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"Public space in cities is a common good, meant to be open, inclusive and democratic, a fundamental human right for everybody."

Dr Luisa Bravo
The Journal of Public Space, Founder and Editor in Chief
City Space Architecture, Founding Member and President
(from the statement submitted at the 26th UN-Habitat Governing Council held in Nairobi, Kenya, 8-12 May 2017)
Stand up for Public Space!  |  UN-Habitat Global Urban Lecture by Dr Luisa Bravo (click here)  |  A global campaign launched at the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, 2016 (click here)

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