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'Imagine if our cities talked to us': Questions about the making of 'responsive' places and urban publics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This book focuses on the surprising generative possibilities which digital and smart technologies offer media consumers, citizens, institutions and governments in making publics and places, across topics as diverse as Twitter audiences, ...Mary ...
Griffiths, O.
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‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body of work by exploring the digital recontextualisation of a subset of AAVE features as ‘TikTok/internet language’.
Christian Ilbury, Rianna Walcott
wiley   +1 more source

The potential of the creative economy and the future catalytic effect of Amazon HQ2 in Arlington County

open access: yesCiudades, 2023
The supply and demand of vibrant places are often considered a luxurious goal for cities rather than an essential engine for business and talent attraction. With the ongoing development of Amazon HQ in Arlington and the potential jobs that will originate,
Fadrique I. Iglesias Mendizábal   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Place-centred interaction design: situated participation and co-creation in places of heritage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper argues that the design of interactive installations for museums and other heritage sites should be concerned with understanding, supporting and augmenting visitors 19 lived experiences in context, thus their ability to actively participate in ...
Ciolfi, Luigina
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Alevi Spatial Politics: Placemaking and the Negotiation of Visibility Across Diaspora and Homeland

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines Alevi spatial politics by analysing how space is produced, practised and negotiated across diaspora and homeland. Drawing on multi‐sited ethnographic research conducted among British Alevis in London and in Alevi villages in the Afşin–Elbistan region of Turkey, it focuses on cemevis (cem houses) as key sites of religious ...
Hayal Hanoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Creative Placemaking Case Study: Brookland-Edgewood [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This case study illustrates how Creative Placemaking, the deliberate integration of arts and culture into comprehensive community development, can serve as a critical catalyst in forming equitable living and working solutions for all the social, economic,

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Street Cries and Public Space Noise Abatement in 19th‐20th Century Barcelona

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on Barcelona, this paper explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of street cries that allow traders to attract customers and make themselves heard in public spaces. While still common in marketplaces in southern Europe, there is a growing trend towards silencing these street cries in the name of reducing urban noise levels ...
Maria Lindmäe
wiley   +1 more source

Migrants as agents in placemaking: A socio-spatial analysis of Basmane area in Izmir, Türkiye

open access: yesWellbeing, Space and Society
This article explores the place-making practices of displaced Syrian refugees living in Basmane area of Izmir's historic Konak district. By examining everyday spaces, the spatio-material and socio-relational outcomes of Syrians’ placemaking practices ...
Ayselin Yıldız   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Muslim Social Activity and Placemaking in Australia

open access: yesReligions, 2023
For generations, Muslims have engaged in daily life in the West—what this study identifies as Muslim social activity. Through social activity in Western societies, Muslims transform spaces into places by seeking to belong, feel at home, care, materialise
Rizwan Sahib, Vanessa Katakalos
doaj   +1 more source

The case for inclusive area profiling applied in geographic information systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper introduces the history and role of consultation processes of contemporary planning and, after presenting the popularity and criticisms of different practices including communities in urban decision making, it explores how rational planning ...
Al-Kodmany K   +38 more
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