DOES A PUBLIC SPACE EXIST?

Barbara GŁYDA-ŻYDEK¹

Public space - politics - administration

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 24 May 2017

Article No. 20170524135634331

Keywords: Public space, city, power, art

Abstract The author poses the question of urban public space in which coexist and about which jointly decide representatives of different social groups. General access to space and the possibility of its formation are for the author the center of the public space definition. In the context of the theory of power, such a definition may be difficult to maintain. However, the actions of citizens, small groups, local communities can actually affect the space. The author gives examples of artistic activities in the cities, which can be part of changes, but the changes can have both positive and negative social impact.

1. Zakład Edukacji Kulturalnej Wydział Etnologii i Nauk o Edukacji Uniwersytet Śląski

   E-mail: barbara.glyda@us.edu.pl

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