Jane Hutton, Reciprocal Landscapes : Stories of Material Movements by Jean Souviron

“…Published in 2019 by Jane Hutton, Reciprocal Landscapes traces through five chapters the social and environmental history of five materials implemented in the public space of New York between 1860 and 2009. Guano, steel, granite, plane tree and tropical wood are the successive subjects of an investigation, which aims at reweaving the interactions between the landscapes from where they come from, the people who shape them and the policies that govern their circulation.…”
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Komunikator ustny jako performer właściwie ułożony i właściwie licencjonowany w przestrzeni publicznej by Stanisław Puppel

“…The present essay expresses the view that a human communicating agent who performs orally in the public space must be properly communicatively aligned and properly licensed in order to achieve communicative success. …”
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Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990) by Juan Pablo Silva-Escobar

“…To this end, two photographs will be analyzed in which we see the relatives of the detained-disappeared of the Pinochet dictatorship demanding justice, the appearance and reparation of their loved ones in the public space. I argue that these images not only contribute to the legibility of this painful history, but they also help understand the way in which Pinochet's dictatorship was configured as necropolitics, that is, as a form of government that decides who may live and who must die.…”
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Sur la «  désobéissance poétique  » by Tobias Etienne-Greenwood

“…Quickly, this collective took a leading role in the "Mendozaguazo" by spreading the struggle on social networks but also by intervening in the public space in actions sometimes described as "poetic disobedience". …”
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L’espace public by Marie-Gabrielle Suraud

“…From the empirical case constituted by the regional debate organized after the explosion of the AZF chemical plant in Toulouse on September 21, 2001, this study takes on the question of the evolution of democratic practices by concentrating on the analysis of the relationship between modes of civic participation in the mechanisms of consultation and of the structuration of autonomous public space in civil society. Although these two fields of analysis are usually treated separately, this research aims, on the contrary, to put the question of the articulation between institutional spaces of debate and autonomous space of civil society at the heart of the reflection.…”
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Street Quality Measurement and Accessibility Analysis Based on Streetscape Data: The Case of Mingcheng District in Xi’an City by Wenting Zhang, Jiajing Chen, Yixin Tian

“…As the predominant component of public space in urban areas, streets serve as a fundamental framework of a city’s spatial form. …”
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Les disparus politiques en Uruguay, entre l’histoire et la mémoire by Eugenia Allier Montaño

“…Discussions on violence during the years 1960-1980 in South America have for some time been a central issue in the public space of many South American countries. Uruguay, having gone through a strongly repressive civic-military regime between 1973 and 1985, was no exception. …”
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La diaspora tamoule en France : entre visibilité et politisation by Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud

“…These events highlight a visibility that aims at recognition in the French public space. This recognition goes with a need for identification in the interaction. …”
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Les sciences et la nature sexuée du psychisme au tournant du xxie siècle by Odile Fillod

“…The idea that contemporary biomedical sciences testify to the existence of natural processes of sex differentiation of the human psyche is regularly expressed in public space. How can that be? Is it simply because scientific research has established the existence of such processes and continues to progress in understanding? …”
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Stalled!: Transforming Public Restrooms by Joel Sanders

“…Joel Sanders interrogates the intersections of architecture, public space, gender and sexuality with his project for public restrooms Stalled!. …”
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Web 2.0 et la politique au féminin en Roumanie postcommuniste by Daniela Roventa-Frumusani, Alexandra Irimescu

“…Starting from the hypothesis of a legitimacy deficit for women in the post-communist Romanian public space, the authors seek to determine whether, since the fall of communism (1990) and with the emergence of new campaign tools (social networks), women politicians opt to “do politics differently” or, on the contrary, adopt the same approaches and strategies as their male counterparts (play the “boys’ game”). …”
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L’histoire par les lieux : odonymes et monuments comme documents historiques pour les Antilles françaises et la Guyane ? by Jean Moomou

“…The proposed study aims to show how odonyms and monuments in the public space can be seen as materials to approach the history of the West Indies and Guyana; to underline the limits of such a device which doesn’t allow the elaboration of a general theory. …”
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Soudobá historie, osobní vzpomínání a politika dějin by Jan Randák

“…Using the example of the online collection of personal memories Memory of a Nation, the text shows, in fact, marketing strategies of memory initiatives engaging in a public space. …”
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L’islam dans l’école : une frontière invisible ? by Samia Langar

“…These gestures on the doorstep of the school symbolically mark lines of passage that are also dividing lines: between school space and public space, between regimes of visibility, between particularism and universalism, between inclusion and exclusion. …”
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La communication géolocalisée : interactions sociales et mise en visibilité de soi sur le réseau Foursquare by Christelle Crumière

“…Supported by some elements of a qualitative analysis devoted to the use of Foursquare, this presentation analyses the notions of privacy and the permeability between intimacy and public space.…”
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Banalización de la violencia y usos políticos del culto a los « mártires » y « caídos » de la « Cruzada » en el primer franquismo by Jesús Alonso Carballés

“…This article analyses the memory devoted to the “martyrs” and “fallen soldiers” of the Spanish Civil War in the public space, based on the George L. Mosse’s “Myth of the war experience” category. …”
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A Sense of Place Through Land Art by Amanda Gabriel, Elisabeth von Essen, Beatrice Guardini, Sara Kjellgren, Claire Peterson, Christopher Staundinger

“…This article investigates the potential of land art as a transformative tool for promoting inclusivity and fostering a sense of belonging in public spaces. Drawing on environmental psychology and participatory urban research, the study explores the cognitive and emotional processes involved in place-making and space (re)appropriation. …”
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La definición gráfica de la prensa española del siglo XIX: caricatura y análisis visual by Rebeca Viguera Ruiz

“…Starting from the relevance of the caricature as an iconographic resource in the 1800s, as well as the importance that the press gained in the public space and in the Spanish political reality of the moment, the focus of attention is placed on the image as a further historiographical tool. for historical studies and research.…”
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Unia Europejska wobec problemu antysemityzmu. Wybrane inicjatywy/ The European Union and the Problem of Antisemitism. Selected Initiatives by Magdalena Kawa

“…The problem of anti-Semitism, despite many initiatives to counteract it, is still present in the public space of many countries. Recognition of the danger of its occurrence is extremely important and relevant. …”
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La mise en culture des « jardins de luxe » parisiens pendant la Terreur (1793-1795) by Clara Delannoy

“…A new resource to be developed, the “luxury gardens” underwent numerous upheavals linked both to the symbolism of the Ancien Régime that they embodied and to the new nuances brought to the notion of public space by the French Revolution.…”
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