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Place-making as an attentive urban presence

Open Access
|Jun 2023

Abstract

The article critically discusses place-making, which is currently gaining attention in various disciplines of science and practice. Place-making is a concept with great potential to rebuild a multidisciplinary language to better identify and respond to the challenges of sustainable urbanisation. After briefly discussing the shift that the concept is provoking in the social sciences, about design, as well as politics and activism, the author points out the risks inherent in it and shows how they can be transcended by inscribing in place-making senses relating to, among other things, the multi-species urban community, hybrid spaces, verticality and transborderity of the contemporary city. The conclusion is a manifesto that points to place-making as an everyday attitude, a common concern for cities as shared space.

Language: English
Page range: 21 - 32
Submitted on: Mar 2, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 20, 2023
Published on: Jun 30, 2023
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Maciej Frąckowiak, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License.