1st Edition
Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space in Latin America
Prologue: Ordinary Places, Extraordinary Events 1. Introduction: Citizenship, Democracy and Urban Space In Latin America Clara Irazábal Part I. Cities, Democracies and Powers: the Politics of Spatial Appropriations and Social Representations 2. Political Appropriations of Public Space: Extraordinary Events in the Zócalo of Mexico City Sergio Tamayo and Xóchitl Cruz-Guzmán 3. Reinventing the Void: The Museum of Art of São Paulo and the Reshaping of Public Life along Avenida Paulista Vera M. Pallamin and Zeuler R. Lima 4. Permanence of a Memorable Urban Space as a Place for Extraordinary Events: The Plaza of the Central Station in Santiago de Chile Rodrigo Vidal Rojas and Hans Fox Timmling 5. Lima’s Historic Center: Old Places Shaping New Social Arrangements Miriam Chion and Wiley Ludena 6. The Plaza De Bolivar In Bogota: Place of Singularity, Multiplicity of Events Alberto Saldarriaga Roa Part II: Place, Citizenships and Nationhoods: Singularity of Place, Multiplicity of Projects 7. Space, Revolution, and Resistance: Ordinary Places and Extraordinary Events in Caracas Clara Irazábal and John Foley 8. The Struggle for Urban Territories: Human Rights Activists in Buenos Aires Susana Kaiser 9. Events in the Metropolis: Public Space, Celebration, Citizenship, and Resistance in Rio de Janeiro Fernanda Sánchez and Nilton Santos 10. Iconic Voids and Social Identity in a Polycentric City: Havana from the 19th to the 21st Century Roberto Segre and Eliana Cárdenas 11. Unresolved Public Expressions of Anti-Trujillismo in Santo Domingo Robert Gonzalez
Biography
Clara Irazábal is the Latin Lab Director and Assistant Professor of Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, New York City.
