Public Space Activism in Unstable Contexts: Emancipation from Beirut’s Postmemory

Christine Mady

doi:10.4324/9781315449203

Public Space Activism in Unstable Contexts: Emancipation from Beirut’s Postmemory

Christine Mady

Not published at Aalto University

Notre Dame University - Louaize

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Abstract

An overview of the 21st century reveals conflicts in cities worldwide with implications for public spaces and their users. A suitable context for investigation is Beirut, Lebanon, which after a 15-year-long war is still witnessing perpetual instabilities, yet efforts to reinstate public spaces continue. This chapter examines the work of one NGO, NAHNOO, whose public space activism contributed to the emancipation of Beirut’s largest urban park, Horsh Beirut, by opening it to the public after a closure of almost 40 years since the 1975 war’s outbreak. This demonstrates a relational approach to public space reinstatement in Beirut’s fragmented society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Public Space Unbound: Urban Emancipation and the Post-Political Condition
Editors	Sabine Knierbein, Tihomir Viderman
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	13
Pages	189-206
Number of pages	18
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-315-44920-3
ISBN (Print)	978-0-367-89032-2, 978-1-138-21309-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315449203
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoE publication type	A3 Book section, Chapters in research books

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Public Space Activism in Unstable Contexts: Emancipation from Beirut’s Postmemory. / Mady, Christine.
Public Space Unbound: Urban Emancipation and the Post-Political Condition. ed. / Sabine Knierbein; Tihomir Viderman. 1. ed. New York: Routledge, 2018. p. 189-206.

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