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Stavros Stavrides: Public Space as Commons

Written by Stavros Stavrides. This concept-defining text first appeared in the anthology Uncovered: Nicosia International Airport (edited by Başak Şenova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou). Can public space be efficiently described as the space of public use? Should we ignore the role of those who guarantee or allow public use? And should we ignore also the effects […]

Direct Democracy, Social Ecology and Public Time

Written by Alexandros Schismenos One could argue that since the dawn of modernity, humanity is in a situation of constant crisis. Today, however, we find ourselves amidst a nexus of crises, economic crisis, political crisis, ecological and anthropological crisis, while the human environments’ very existence is threatened. The privatization of public space, under […]

September 11, 2017
Posted in Articles / Analyses
Tags: crises, Direct democracy, public space, public time One Comment