Common space : the city as commons /
Stavros Stavrides ; cover designed by Dougal Burgess ; series editor Massimo De Angelis.
- First published in 2016.
- xiv, 303 pages ; 22 cm.
"For Eugenia and Zoe"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index (pages 295-303).
Part One Commoning space. Part Two Inhabited common spaces. Part Three Envisaged common spaces.
Space is both a product and a prerequisite of social relations, it has the potential to block and encourage certain forms of encounter. In Common Space, activist and architect Stavros Stavrides calls for us to conceive of space-as-commons; to firstly think beyond the notions of public and private space and then to understand common space not only as space that is governed by all and remains open to all, but that explicitly expresses, encourages and exemplifies new forms of social relations and of life in common. Through a fascinating, global examination of social housing, self-built urban settlements, street trade and art, occupied space, liberated space and graffiti, Stavrides carefully shows how spaces for commoning are created. Moreover, he explores the connections between processes of spatial transformation and the formation of politicised subjects to reveal the hidden emancipatory potential of contemporary, metropolitan life. https://www.amazon.com.tr/Common-Space-City-as-Commons/dp/1783603275