Description
| Product ID: | 9780262539784 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Owning the Street |
| Subtitle: | The Everyday Life of Property |
| Authors: | Author: Amelia Thorpe |
| Page Count: | 344 |
| Subjects: | Sociology and anthropology, Sociology & anthropology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating How local, specific, and personal understandings about belonging, ownership, and agency intersect with law to shape the city. In Owning the Street, Amelia Thorpe examines everyday experiences of and feelings about property and belonging in contemporary cities. She grounds her account in an empirical study of PARK(ing) Day, an annual event that reclaims street space from cars. A popular and highly recognizable example of DIY Urbanism, PARK(ing) Day has attracted considerable media attention, but has not yet been the subject of close scholarly examination. Focusing on the event''s trajectories in San Francisco, Sydney, and Montreal, Thorpe addresses this gap, making use of extensive interview data, field work, and careful reflection to explore these tiny, temporary, and often transformative interventions. |
| Imprint Name: | MIT Press |
| Publisher Name: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-12-15 |
