Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…Their images are burdened with stereotypes and they themselves – as begging participants in public space – have become inconvenient for the majority of the society, hence excluded and marginalized. …”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Parallel Universes? Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For (1983-2008) and Diane DiMassa’s Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist (1991-1996) by Hélène Tison

“…Cartoonists Alison Bechdel and Diane DiMassa, writing in a socially and culturally heteronormative context, give life to a fantasy: worlds that, instead of excluding dykes from public space, are entirely organized around lesbian characters. …”
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Politiser le regard sur les marges. Le cas du mouvement « sur la voie 96 » d’Imider by Soraya El Kahlaoui, Koenraad Bogaert

“…Starting from an empirical study of the ways in which the “on the road of 96” movement has managed to impose itself in the public space and more broadly in the political field, the objective of this article is to inscribe the mobilizations of marginalized communities in a more global political analysis. …”
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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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L’histoire et « l’avenir possible » : Laroui, Djaït et la modernité du Maghreb dans les années 1970 by Idriss Jebari

“…These intellectuals’ participation in the public space was seen as innovative and daring. In this article, we look at their ideas and practices in relation to each other. …”
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Food bags, silent squares: Changes in the actions of state agents and social activists in Buenos Aires by Sofia Silva, María Fernanda Alonso, Stella Maris García

“…We observed that strategies and policies aimed at recognition were attenuated by the need to respond to the pressing health situation and the impossibility of accessing public space during the pandemic.…”
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L’arrivée des centres commerciaux dans les marges urbaines de Rabat : Des lieux inédits de sociabilité et de déambulation urbaine by Tarik Harroud

“…Based on a series of investigations conducted in these places (four malls in Rabat) combining solid observation of the ways and means of their social use with the analysis of representations associated with them by a sample of users, this study shows the emergence of new forms of sociability revealing a unique relationship with the city and its specific foundations (public space, urban center, urban identity, etc.). These places embody the values ​​and images of the West and consumer culture, and are a favorite spot for the young people of Rabat as ideal spaces for meeting, socializing with the opposite sex and showing off – particularly in displaying consumer goods (designer items and accessories).…”
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Evaluation Method of Street Green Landscape Viewing Degree Based on Machine Learning by Tieming Wang, Mengyu Liu, Wenhua Huang

“…Urban streetscape is a complex and multifaceted landscape system, which is an important part of urban public space system. With the acceleration of the urbanization process, the connotation of street landscape is becoming more and more abundant. …”
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‘An unbidden guest at your table’: Purity, danger and the house-fly in the middle-class home, c. 1870-1910 by Neil Davie

“…This reflected in part changing environmental conditions conducive to the proliferation of flies, but also new attitudes, particularly among middle-class urbanites, towards the organisation of public space, and the place of animals within it. This in turn reflected contemporary developments in medical and biological science; along with broader attitudes to ‘cleanliness’ and ‘dirt’. …”
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Le bleu du front de mer by Éric Foulquier, Alice Ferrari

“…Situated by the sea in the gentle breeze of the trade winds, the Caribbean city, necessarily a port, would thus have a waterfront as a fundamental structure of its public space. However, this is not so and many of our observations show that these contact areas have been progressively marginalised, abandoned to informal occupation and industrial decay. …”
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“So the Last Will Be First”: Cancel Culture as an Instrument of Symbolic Policy by Daniil A. Anikin, Dina D. Ivanova

“…It is concluded that in today’s public space, where virtualization accelerates the creation and dissemination of identifying symbols, various forms of identity are being formed. …”
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