Megan E. Heim LaFrombois

Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space (eBook, ePUB)

A Feminist Exploration into Do-It-Yourself Urbanism in Chicago

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space: A Feminist Exploration into Do-It-Yourself Urbanismin Chicago, Megan E. Heim LaFrombois explores the concept of do-it-yourself (DIY) urbanism from an intersectional, feminist, analytical framework. Interventions based on DIY urbanism are small-scale and place-specific and focus on urban spaces which can be reclaimed and repurposed, often outside of formal urban planning institutions. Heim LaFrombois examines the discourses and processes surrounding the institutionalized and embedded nature of DIY urbanism. She weaves together sites and sources to reveal the ways in which DIY urbanists make sense of their participation and experiences with DIY urbanism and with the broader political, social, and economic contexts and spaces in which these activities take place. Her research findings contribute to and build on current research that illustrates the importance of gender, race, class, and sexuality to cities, local politics, urban planning initiatives, and the development of communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498548700
• Artikelnr.: 49968011

Autorenporträt

Megan E. Heim LaFrombois is assistant professor of community planning and public administration at Auburn University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Seeing the City through an Intersectional Feminist Lens
Chapter 2: Seeing DIY Urbanism through an Intersectional Feminist Lens
Chapter 3: Institutionalizing DIY Urbanism-the Case of Tactical Urbanism
and the Struggle over Public Space
Chapter 4: The Processes, Potholes, Power Struggles, and Possibilities of
DIY Urbanism-the Case of Critical Mass in Chicago
Chapter 5: Putting DIY Urbanism in Place-the Case of Sticky Places in Loose
DIY Urbanism Spaces