Alternative Takes to the City

Irini Micha is Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Her research and publications focus on urban security policies, theories of public space and mass culture, urban representations and children’s geographies.Dina Vaiou is Professor Emeritus of Urban Analysis and Gender Studies in the Urban and Regional Planning Department at the National Technical University of Athens. Her research and publications focus on the feminist critique of urban analysis, informal work and practices and a theoretical perspective through the everyday.

• Introduction ixIrini MICHA and Dina VAIOUChapter 1. A City of One’s Own. Territorialities of Migrant Women in Public Spaces 1Camille SCHMOLL1.1. Migrant women in Southern Europe 21.2. Diversity of migration patterns, but common subordination 31.3. An incongruous presence: moral geographies of the public space 51.4. And yet they go out: mixed uses of public spaces 91.5. In the interstices of the city 111.6. Body politics in public spaces 131.7. Conclusion 151.8. References 16Chapter 2. Spatialized Hierarchies: Mirror Effects Between Migrants and Non-migrants in Terzigno (Naples) 21Adelina MIRANDA2.1. Scientific co-presence and research relations “at home” 242.2. Spatialization of migratory forms 272.3. Tensions in and between domestic and public spaces 332.4. Conclusion 372.5. References 38Chapter 3. The Power of Speed and the Governance of Space in Urban Life 43Gabriella PAOLUCCI3.1. For a definition of the concept of time—space compression 443.2. The fragmented experience. Acceleration in the void and lack of time 493.3. The power of resentment 553.4. References 57Chapter 4. Gendered Aspects of the Everyday. Restructurings of Urban Life in Athens 59Dina VAIOU4.1. Spatializing everyday life 624.2. Everyday encounters in the neighborhoods of Athens 654.3. Living with “strangers”: reciprocal adaptations and invisible borders 744.4. References 76Chapter 5. Children’s Everyday Flows and Networks in the Neighborhoods of Athens 81Irini MICHA5.1. Theoretical arguments. 855.2. Alternating images of the city of Athens 875.3. The everyday life of children as a tool for approaching urban space 935.4. Conclusion 965.5. References 98Chapter 6. Social Citizenship and Social Movements in Response to Housing Needs 101Marisol GARCÍA6.1. Building up an urban social movement and achieving national recognition 2009—2011 1066.2. The PAH innovative strategies and objectives 1116.3. Public visibility in the media: amplifying social action 1136.4. Achieving policy results 2012—2015 1156.5. Institutionalizing policy from bottom-up claims: a fading away of the Platform’s presence from 2015 1186.6. Conclusion 1206.7. References 122Chapter 7. Reading Perceptions of the “Other” Through the Debates and Public Discourses about Islamic Religious Practices and the Presence of Mosques in Athens 125Penny KOUTROLIKOU7.1. Spatialities of integration (of faith groups) 1277.2. Religion and national identity in Greece 1317.3. Migration and violence in Athens 1347.4. The (almost) “invisible” mosques in Athens 1377.5. Claims to recognition and acts of citizenship 1407.6. In the end... 1437.7. References 145List of Authors 151Index 153