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Privatization of Public Space: Tracing Spatial Epistemologies of Publicness in Sweden : Planning for all in a neoliberal economy
Public spaces play an important role in urban planning for the creation of a vibrant and attractive city. When reaching for the aims of becoming a vibrant city with attractive urban realms, while boosting profit making under a proliferation of neoliberal capitalism, the question of publicness has arguably fallen behind. Thus, the aim with this paper is to examine the concept of publicness in a privatized public space and a municipally owned public space in a Swedish city. While many scholars argue that privatization of public spaces threatens publicness, constrains liberties of individuals and limit social interaction, it is important to ask to what extent public space is ending as a result of increased involvement of private actors. To frame the empirical work, a case study was produced by studying two urban public spaces with different ownership statuses. Findings in this paper suggest that the public/private debate is currently lacking adequate and nuanced concepts when assessing publicness. The current dichotomy is arguably angled in a national context, with the United States in focus. Furthermore, it is crucial to consider the hierarchical structure created by the production of space in a neoliberal economy.
Privatization of Public Space: Tracing Spatial Epistemologies of Publicness in Sweden : Planning for all in a neoliberal economy
Public spaces play an important role in urban planning for the creation of a vibrant and attractive city. When reaching for the aims of becoming a vibrant city with attractive urban realms, while boosting profit making under a proliferation of neoliberal capitalism, the question of publicness has arguably fallen behind. Thus, the aim with this paper is to examine the concept of publicness in a privatized public space and a municipally owned public space in a Swedish city. While many scholars argue that privatization of public spaces threatens publicness, constrains liberties of individuals and limit social interaction, it is important to ask to what extent public space is ending as a result of increased involvement of private actors. To frame the empirical work, a case study was produced by studying two urban public spaces with different ownership statuses. Findings in this paper suggest that the public/private debate is currently lacking adequate and nuanced concepts when assessing publicness. The current dichotomy is arguably angled in a national context, with the United States in focus. Furthermore, it is crucial to consider the hierarchical structure created by the production of space in a neoliberal economy.
Privatization of Public Space: Tracing Spatial Epistemologies of Publicness in Sweden : Planning for all in a neoliberal economy
Carlén, Emma (author)
2023-01-01
Uppsatser Kulturgeografiska institutionen
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
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