Les arènes espagnoles sous le franquisme : un espace de « contre-pouvoir » ? by Justine Guitard

“…Little research has been conducted on the potential of the bullring to be turned into a subversive means of expression. As a public space, the bullring was an arena that the dictatorship attempted to instrumentalize, but that gradually escaped the control of the authorities. …”
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Oživlá historie Ratenic. Orální historie jako nástroj komunitního zkoumání lokální historie by Michal Louč

“…Then the article presents the project outcomes on the three selected topics – the historical changes of landscape and public space, the working life and finally the life during the Second World War. …”
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La symbolique des lieux urbains en France lors des attentats de janvier 2015 by Charles-Edouard Houllier-Guibert

“…These pictures allowed a transformation of public space into a symbolic area with an identifying monument. …”
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Les arbres de Tunis peuvent-ils devenir un patrimoine urbain ? Pour qui ? Pourquoi ? by Myriam Bennour Azooz

“…Nevertheless, the tree helps also to forge the identity of the urban public space by marking their life. The perception of the tree becomes a complex mix of practicality, traditions, religious beliefs and personal experiences.…”
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Ouvrir ou fermer les bouches d’incendie ? by Solène David, Jean-Pierre Revéret, Agathe Euzen

“…These spontaneous practices, which have been publicized since then, consist in opening fire hydrants and bring forth to high water geysers in the public space. The ephemeral and illicit use of this fire defense equipment, which is connected to the drinking water supply network, is at the very heart of a complex background. …”
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Luttes contre le sida et luttes LGBT au Maroc. Notes exploratoires sur les enjeux d’une imbrication by Marien Gouyon, Sandrine Musso

“…Based on the analysis of the social uses of the category “MSM” in aids prevention, this article underlines the forms of subjectivities and citizenship that emerge from a crisscrossing of underprivileged struggles in public space.…”
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The right to be forgotten in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war by S. O. Popova

“…It is noted that the Court of the European Union recognized the possibility of a person acquiring the right to be forgotten only when there is no interest in information about a specific person in the public space, and also when such a person does not play a special, significant and important social role. …”
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Cinéma et urbanité à Tunis sous le protectorat français by Morgan Corriou

“…The expansion of the cinema generated new flows of moviegoers throughout the city and helped Tunisians to reclaim the public space. In the post-war years, the movie theaters of the “European” center became a place of conviviality for an educated youth whose urban identity would be rooted there.…”
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War, Trade and Desire: Urban Design and the Counter Public Spheres of Bangkok by Brian McGrath

“…This paper analyses an emergent public sphere in Bangkok in order to reveal the gap between ideals of public space as representation of power, nationhood, and modernity, versus its social production in everyday political struggles. …”
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L’espace urbain algérois à l’épreuve de ses graffiti by Karim Ouaras

“…By unpacking the complex relationship between graffiti artists and political, socio-spatial, and socio-cultural norms in Algiers, this article shows that graffiti is more than just the vandalism of public space, rather it is one of many road maps to understanding the complex socio-cultural and political meaning of everyday life in Algiers. …”
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L’appropriation par les habitants des dispositifs de végétalisation urbaine participative à Lyon : quelles inégalités socio-spatiales ? by Amélie Deschamps

“…Yet, to put together an application in order to be allowed to make public space greener takes time and requires some administrative ease. …”
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Les communs urbains à l’épreuve du terrain : le cas des lieux de fabrication numérique by Flavie Ferchaud

“…However, they are also indeterminate and experimental, opening up the concept of public space and bringing new avenues of reflection on the question of urban commons.…”
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Renaturing historical centres. The role of private space in Milan's green infrastrucutres by Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Maria Stella Lux

“…Today, Urban Green Infrastructure strategies exclude historic centres, where density, preservation constraints, and morphological complexities make it infeasible to apply standardized greening processes focused exclusively on public space. This study aims to provide an assessment of the solutions that are most compatible with historical areas and a methodology to develop green strategies that respect the cultural peculiarities of each context, reconciling the objectives of regeneration with those of cultural heritage enhancement. …”
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VANDAL BEHAVIOUR OF ADOLESCENTS AS A LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM by O. V. Gurova

“…Vandals damage monuments of cultural heritage, historic sights and other types of public space. A theoretical aspect of vandalism is registered in jurisprudence, which is guided principally by regulatory approach to the solution of questions of the violation of laws and recognised rules of human coexistence. …”
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UNPARK. The second life of an infrastructure in a high-density urban environment by Paolo Carli, Patrizia Scrugli

“…The UNPark research project moves within the boundaries of urban mining, applying the idea of ‘wasted architecture’ to be salvaged and repurposed for urban infrastructures, thus ‘reclaiming public space’ where it was not previously possible. The underlying assumption is that there is latent potential hidden in infrastructures, waiting to be discovered and developed through upcycling operations which add new and creative uses to their original functions – uses that are closer to citizens’ actual needs and capable of having a positive impact on urban dynamics. …”
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Une nouvelle forme de renoncement ? by Cristina Figueiredo

“…Or is it rather a complaint directed at those chose to them, a paradoxical way of expressing, through the confined body, the impossibility of involvement in public space where they cannot find their place? It is as if, by placing himself outside the world like an initiate or hermit, the person were seeking a way out of his suffering, by avoiding confronting it. …”
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Designing intercultural space. A multi-scalar approach in the Albergheria neighbourhood in Palermo by Federico Wulff Barreiro, Renzo Lecardane, Paola La Scala

“…Enhancing these changes, and designing intercultural spaces for local communities, is a complex and urgent spatial challenge, that should be addressed by a multi-scalar approach aiming to integrate urban, architectural and public spaces. This paper illustrates a research-action resulting from a collective work developed on key urban spaces of the Albergheria neighbourhood of Palermo, where a design-led research based on a multi-scalar regeneration approach (urban, architectural and public space) can reframe the role of architecture and spatial practices as agents of social, intercultural inclusion and spatial reactivation at different scales.…”
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Des cultures politiques situées à un environnementalisme ordinaire commun dans les jardins partagés by Victoria Sachsé

“…In Rome, the garden is characterised by a dynamic of appropriation of public space through a situation of partial conflict with local institutions, which reveals itself to be a form of expression of the right to the city, whereas in Strasbourg the installation dynamic discovers a form of an alliance between the association and the institutions through the realisation of a shared permaculture garden. …”
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Percepções de justiça e competências políticas em Nova Iguaçu (RJ) by Jussara Freire

“…The continuous use of emotions as resources in their public claims over the past two decades points to a unique form of political involvement, a resource that is related to their difficulty of being heard in the public space.…”
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Histoires et pratiques dissonantes dans un ghetto en devenir. Anthropologie contemporaine du cas de Venise by Antonella Di Trani

“…This question leads to dissonant uses of the past and conflicts of visibility and representation within the public space of an emerging ghetto.…”
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