Singing and Sounding the Sacred – the Function of Religious Songs and Hymns in the Public Sphere by Elsabé C. Kloppers

“… Hymns are commonly sung in the public space of worship. They often also function in other public as well as private spheres. …”
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Les logiques sociales de l’iconographie contestataire : le cas du quartier d’El Príncipe à Ceuta by Alicia Fernández García

“…In the manner of Mexican muralists who claimed a social and ideological function to creation, Ceuta’s public space, and notably its public walls, serve a community social expression whose purposes are multiple. …”
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MIGRANTS, MUSLIMS AND REFUGEES IN THE SECULAR AND MULTICULTURAL EUROPE: A PROJECTION TO THE AXIS OF RESPONSIBILITY-INDISPENSABILITY by Hasan Hüseyin Aygül

“…Especially,as the existence of Islam, which has been coded as the “other” for hundreds ofyears, is established and as the encounters with the Muslim “subject” in thesecular public space increase, there occur some conflicts, ruptures andtransformations.In European public opinion Islam is seen as afundamentalist religion, so is claimed that it does not fit to secularism,modernity or democracy. …”
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Outros olhares para outras Américas: cultura visual e fotografia na América Latina pós-tradicional by Sérgio Luiz Pereira da Silva

“…We argue that social action of the look sharpens its own centrality in the dimensions of the public sphere, in which the change of this form of representation is one way to increase the autonomy of the image in the public space, and to notice it each time more decontextualized in relation to its referent.…”
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Divided Memory: Dealing with the Past in the East German Town of Eisenhüttenstadt after the Upheaval of 1989–90 by Stanislav Serhiienko

“…By analyzing discussion and representation of the town’s past in the public space through the year 2010, this study investigates how a town like Eisenhüttenstadt, which has no pre-socialist history, dealt with its past as East Germany transitioned away from state socialism. …”
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The Idea of Civil Society in the Enlightenment Age by E. S. Karsanova, O. S. Volgin

“…The authors emphasise two necessary conditions for civil society: the existence of a public space and a social activism culture that protects personal autonomy. …”
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Public Art: a Review. Social and Political Practices by Styliani Bolonaki

“…The article reconsiders the role of public art as a socio-political agent, taking into account the timeless self-defining and self-regulating autonomy of visual arts, which claims the right to set specific norms of cultural inclusion and exclusion in the public space, reducing thus the multiculturalism of urban life to the restrictive framework of a one-dimensional culture. …”
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Une « éthique du paysage » est-elle souhaitable ? by Anne Sgard

“… “The landscape is indissolubly, as any public space, a political and sensitive question” writes J.M. …”
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Integrated readings for the urban green roof. Expressive codes and forms of nature by Alberto Bologna, Adriana Ghersi, Stefano Melli

“… The quality of public space requires new study paradigms: interconnected pieces of a broader urban green system can guarantee ecosystem services and liveability to spaces full of cultural meaning and social attraction. …”
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Cultura ciudadana. Renegotiating the Boundary between State and Society by Stacey L. Hunt

“…It does so by inundating public space with educational spectacles, symbols, and slogans that circumscribe public debate and instruct citizen’s behavior. …”
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« Qu’est-ce qu’il y a de pire que cette injustice et cette oppression, oh homme ? » Mouvement féminin, presse et stratégies d’émancipation, Soudan 1950-1956 by Elena Vezzadini

“…To be considered as respectable, women had to be invisible in the public space, her name could not be uttered or even read, and the sound of her voice had not to be heard. …”
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Youtubeurs et politiques : vers une peopolisation numérique ? Focus sur le « concours d’anecdotes » du président Macron by Pierre Camille-Delahaye

“…The event appears to be representative of the current changes in political communication in France and their impact on the French public space.…”
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L’enfant des villes. Considérations sur la place du jeu et la créativité de l’architecte face à l’émergence de la ville garantie by Marc Breviglieri

“…In their drive to guarantee reasonable, informed use of the city, such policies eliminate many of the loopholes through which play may break out into the public space, thus depriving children of the opportunity to learn to live with others, potentialize remarkable abilities and, perhaps, discover a place of unique delight.…”
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Gavrilo Princip and street art: An example of ideological transformation by Lazarević-Radak Sanja

“…In order to understand the use of his biography in popular culture and in the public space, the analysis included murals in which Princip is represented as: 1. …”
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Légitimer la participation des femmes à l’effort de guerre en zone nationale pendant la guerre d’Espagne : vers la notion de « guerre totale » by Marie-Aline Barrachina

“…But the forces that supported the antirepublican uprising had a conception of the state and society strictly divided between private and public spaces, this being exclusively for men. So it was necessary to get rid of these principles to adjust to war reality, without interfering too obviously in the national and catholic order. …”
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How It’s Made: Behind the scenes of Public Art production at Public Art Agency Sweden by Irene Ruzzier

“…Production processes of art in public space may often seem unclear and contorted, thus discouraging its inclusion in urban development and design projects. …”
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When home and work are not enough. The challenge of international migrants’ agency in the Italian Alps by Andrea Membretti, Fabio Lucchini, Monica Gilli, Mia Scotti

“…Difficulties in accessing public space and public sphere, scarce social recognition, low status, housing isolation (as is the case of those who live in small mountain villages), professional ghettoisation: these are factors that, even in presence of an acceptable working and housing inclusion, make it difficult for international migrants to exercise their rights, to have their skills recognised, and, ultimately, to develop an agency genuinely linked to their capabilities. …”
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Un parcours collectif autour du militantisme politique en Argentine : de la mémoire des « combattants révolutionnaires » aux discours sur la victimisation by Paula Sombra

“…Despite known debate on the theme of memory in the Argentine public space, the FAP have always remained silent while its members – almost all of them currently pursuing their political commitment – often show few distance with their past as activists. …”
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Szwejk, piwo i knedliki – stereotypy o Czechach w polskiej przestrzeni publicznej (na wybranych przykładach) by Joanna Korbut

“…This article focuses on the issue of Czech stereotypes in the Polish public space. Attention was drawn to the meaning and functions of stereotypes as a frame of references, which allow for the assessment, ordering reality and integration of the social groups. …”
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Understanding Ambiguity in Knowledge, Value and Institutional Structure: A Case Study of Chinese Open Network Community by Yao Jin

“…We choose The Changtze River Cloud com- munity on TikTok as the survey unit to analyze the public space management satisfaction ratio. Through theoretical discussion and case study, specific countermeasures are proposed, such as broadening the channels of expression, constructing cultural diversity in virtual space, and establishing clear specification standardization. …”
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