Marion Hohlfeldt is associate professor of contemporary art history at Rennes 2 University and Director of the Graduate School for Creative Approaches on Public Space. Carmen Popescu is professor of architectural history at the School of Architecture in Rennes (ENSA Bretagne). She is the initiator and organiser of the research group Transgressing the Normed Space (started in 2017).

• Acknowledgements Introduction Marion Hohlfeldt and Carmen PopescuPART 1. ARCHITECTURING THE POLIS Chapter 1. The Emergence of a Public Space in Ouagadougou Alexandra BiehlerChapter 2. On Public Spaces of Palestinian Refugee Camps: The Social Production and Construction of Almarkaz ‘Taxi Station’ Shadi SalehChapter 3. Negotiating the Present in the Balkans: Macedonia Square Maja BabićChapter 4. We Gonna Rock Down to Paulista Avenue , or the Multidimensional Protagonism of São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista Daniel TalesnikChapter 5. Oppositional Architecture(s): Making the Common Etienne DelpratChapter 6. The Crowd, Revolt and Assembly Can OnanerPART 2. PERFORMING POLITICS OF PLACE Chapter 7. Underplaces: ‘Sky Rail’, Politics and Alternative Urban Futures for Melbourne Ian WoodcockChapter 8. The Long-Term Consequences of Temporary Urban Planning: Negotiating Who’s the Public in Public Spaces to Be Pavel Kunysz and Eric Le CoguiecChapter 9. Contest and Capital: The Gentrification of Graffiti in the Creative City of Toronto Tracey BowenChapter 10. Cities Under Surveillance: Sydney and Johannesburg – Public Space as Territories in Transformation Endriana Audisho and Tova LubinskyChapter 11. Rogue Poster Campaigns: Amplifying Political Discourse between Urban and Cyber Arenas Flavia MarcelloPART 3. WHO CARES? Chapter 12. Urban Space and Collective Practices as a Political Matter: The Case of the ‘Piave’ Neighbourhood in Mestre (Venice) Claudia Faraone and Giovanna MuzziChapter 13. Individuals in Crowded Places Caterina FrisoneChapter 14. How Do We Structure Relatedness? Differentiated Solidarity and the Obligations of Proximal Dwelling Angelique EdmondsChapter 15. Maintaining Public Space: Sanitation Actions of Mierle Laderman Ukeles Karolina WilczyńskaChapter 16. Common World, Place and Traces Catherine GroutChapter 17. A Red Rose in Berlin Frédéric SotinelAbout the Authors

'Living Politics in the City' is een boek met een grote rijkdom aan verhalen en cases en stelt, ondanks de soms wat willekeurige verzameling van artikelen, de lezer in staat om deze of vele andere verhaallijnen te ontdekken afhankelijk van de interesse en achtergrond van de lezer. ... een naslagwerk voor professionals die met deze thematiek bezig zijn of die werken aan een van de specifieke cases. - Mike Emmerik, Archined, januari 2024, https://www.archined.nl/2024/01/de-strijd-om-de-publieke-ruimte/