Public Istanbul : : spaces and spheres of the urban / / edited by Frank Eckardt and Kathrin Wildner.

• TeilnehmendeR: Eckardt, Frank,; Wildner, Kathrin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Urban studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352)

Istanbul is one of the largest and most dynamic metropolises on the European continent. In the context of processes of globalization and local urban planning projects urban space is continously contested. In this anthology forms, meanings and images of these urban spaces are discussed by architects,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Preface 7 Introduction: Public Space as a Critical Concept. Adequate for Understanding Istanbul Today? 13 Mapping Social Istanbul. Extracts of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area Atlas 21 Contested Public Spaces vs. Conquered Public Spaces. Gentrification and its Reflections on Urban Public Space in Istanbul 29 Globalization, Locality and the Struggle over a Living Space. The Case of Karanfilköy 49 Fortress Istanbul. Gated Communities and the Socio-Urban Transformation 83 Peripheral Public Spaces. Types in Progress 113 Old City Walls as Public Spaces in Istanbul 141 Regenerating »Public Istanbul«. Two Projects on the Golden Horn 163 Public Transformation of the Bosporus. Facts and Opportunities 187 Introduction: Spaces of Everyday Life 209 Istanbul's Worldliness 215 Public People. Temporary Labor Migrants in Nineteenth Century Istanbul 233 The Public and the Private: Discourses and Identifications among Vanl Women in Istanbul 255 Creating New Spaces, Claiming Rights. West African Immigrants in Istanbul 279 Whose Space, Whose Culture? Struggle for Cultural Representation in »French Street« of Istanbul 299 Sabiha in »Public Istanbul« 319 Subjects that don't count. Places that are not important. 5 Artistic Approaches 333 Notes on Contributors 349