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Challenging the traditional treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, the authors argue that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its geographies and spatialities must be investigated and be made explicit. A wealth of case studies examine the significance of these components in various countries with multi-cultured societies, and identify ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development and policy making. The book uses case studies from UK, Israel, Canada, Singapore, USA, Peru, European Union, Australia and the Czech Republic.
The Global City & the Holy City explores the local embodied
knowledge of women and men of different national, cultural and
ethnic identities and age groups, living in London and Jerusalem.
Their narratives focus on the three main concepts of Comfort,
Belonging and Commitment to the various spaces in which they live.
By deconstructing the meanings of these three notions and analyzing
their expression in cognitive temporal maps, The Global City &
The Holy City examines the practicalities of incorporating this
kind of local embodied knowledge into the professional planning and
management of cities in the age of globalization.
Are all cities alike? This text highlights the extent to which the
different histories, economies, politics and cultures of cities
affect people's daily practices so that they vary from one city to
another. In particular, it focuses on whether the assumed
differences between London, the global city and Jerusalem, the holy
city reflected in people's experiences in living in the two cities.
The book suggests that some of these everyday practices are not so
different as might be assumed. It proposes that people of different
national, cultural or gender identities might experience their city
- as home for similar reasons. It explores the experiences of women
and men of different national, cultural and ethnic identities and
age groups, who live in the two cities. Their narratives focus on
three main concepts: comfort, belonging and commitment as they are
experienced with regards to seven categories of environments: the
home, the building, the street, the neighbourhood, the city center,
the city itself and urban parks in the city. everyday life
experiences? Two significant identities are at focus in the
analysis; gender and national identity. The analysis of each of the
concepts discovers how these identities shape peoples' ways of
interpreting and the meanings given to comfort, belonging and
commitment. The analysis is carried out among people of both
minority and majority groups in the two cities. Nationality and
gender identities cross cuts the analysis through the whole book
chapters. It makes the links between everyday life experiences
termed in the book as: local embodied knowledge and the planning
practice. The book shows how it is possible to articulate the local
knowledge that has been exposed and analyzed in the various book
chapters into the planning practice. The book suggests new ways of
incorporating these similar and different experiences in the
planning process.
Explores the geographies and spatialities of human rights with
particular emphasis on the connections between gender and human
rights in planning and development. Challlenging the traditional
treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, the text
argues that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its
geographies and spatialities must be investigated and be made
explicit. Case studies examine the significance of these components
in various countries with multi-cultured societies, and identify
ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development and
policy making. The book begins by highlighting the relationships
between gender, planning and human rights through a literature
review on each of the themes and by making methodological
connections. The second section highlights notions of power and
control as dominant factors in planning, analyzing the
relationships between gender, planning and human rights using case
studies from the UK, Israel, Canada and Singapore.;The final
section discusses gendered human rights in development and policy
making processes through case studies in the USA, Peru, European
Union, Australia and the Czech Republic.
Remembering, Forgetting and City Builders critically explores how
urban spaces are designed, planned and experienced in relation to
the politics of collective and personal memory construction.
Bringing together case studies from North America, South Asia,
Eastern Europe and the Middle East, the book analyzes how contested
national, ethnic and cultural sentiments clash in planning and
experiencing urban spaces. Going beyond the claim that such
situations exist in many parts of the world because communities
construct their 'past memories' within their current daily life and
future aspirations, the book explores how the very acts of planning
and urban design are rooted in the existing structures of hegemonic
power. With contributors from the fields of architecture,
geography, planning, anthropology and sociology, urban studies and
cultural studies, the book provides a rich, interdisciplinary view
into the conflicts over memory and belonging which are spatially
expressed and mediated through the official planning apparatus.
Remembering, Forgetting and City Builders critically explores how
urban spaces are designed, planned and experienced in relation to
the politics of collective and personal memory construction.
Bringing together case studies from North America, South Asia,
Eastern Europe and the Middle East, the book analyzes how contested
national, ethnic and cultural sentiments clash in planning and
experiencing urban spaces. Going beyond the claim that such
situations exist in many parts of the world because communities
construct their 'past memories' within their current daily life and
future aspirations, the book explores how the very acts of planning
and urban design are rooted in the existing structures of hegemonic
power. With contributors from the fields of architecture,
geography, planning, anthropology and sociology, urban studies and
cultural studies, the book provides a rich, interdisciplinary view
into the conflicts over memory and belonging which are spatially
expressed and mediated through the official planning apparatus.
This volume provides a theoretical and practical examination of the
relationships between bodies, dance and space. Using ten case
studies, it illustrates the symbolic power of dance that is crafted
by choreographers and acted out by dancers. The book portrays a
multitude of ways in which public and private spaces (stages,
buildings, town squares as well as natural environments) are
transformed and made meaningful by dance. Furthermore, it explores
the meaning of dance as emotionally experienced by dancers, and
examines how movement in certain spaces creates meaning without the
use of words or symbols.
This volume provides a theoretical and practical examination of the
relationships between bodies, dance and space. Using ten case
studies, it illustrates the symbolic power of dance that is crafted
by choreographers and acted out by dancers. The book portrays a
multitude of ways in which public and private spaces (stages,
buildings, town squares as well as natural environments) are
transformed and made meaningful by dance. Furthermore, it explores
the meaning of dance as emotionally experienced by dancers, and
examines how movement in certain spaces creates meaning without the
use of words or symbols.
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