dc.contributor.advisor |
McMeel, D |
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dc.contributor.author |
Zamani Gharaghooshi, Farzad |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-01-07T02:07:30Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/45055 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Active resistance to disconcerting urbanisation and privatisation processes has been commonplace for decades. Public space, the chief space of resistance, has often been the target of market-oriented renewal processes and governance. As a new phenomenon, the recent resistance movements to these urbanisation processes are mostly centred in re-politicised public spaces and activated by chaotic networks of digital devices. Through a process that re-associates and redefines the city, this phenomenon gives rise to the main inquiry of this thesis: how does the interplay between the city and urban movements, politics of space and new means of mobilisation, including digital technologies, redefine the meaning of public space and the understanding of urbanity? The thesis scrutinises the political aspects of urban practices through the analysis of re-politicised public spaces in a specific temporal, spatial and urban context. The thesis suggests that to re-think the notion of public space – the core problem of this research – an in-depth understanding of urban reality is necessary. Thus, the study aims to revisit and rethink the transformation of public space, starting from the foundational works of Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas. Focusing on the transformational dynamics of public space found in an ultimate geography of resistance, the thesis casts doubts on the validity of key elements of perception and conception of public space and consolidated urban theories. The spatial and temporal context of this study is based in a series of events that occurred in May 2013, in the centre of Istanbul. At that time, a substantive protest was triggered by a plan for the commercial redevelopment of a historical urban park. Unlike other social and political uprisings, which use urban spaces for general political purposes, the focus of this struggle was the urban space itself. This research specifically looks at the resulting Gezi Park Movement; a movement situated at the digitally supported nexus of multifarious parties of the local geo-political landscape. The thesis examines and emphasises the urban dimensions of the Gezi Park Movement and how its situatedness differentiated it from other social movements concerned with nation-state politics. The theoretical and methodological foundation of this research is based on the works of Henri Lefebvre, particularly his approach to critical urban theory, the production of space and the right to the city. The form, function and structure of the Gezi Park Movement is explored through a critical urban theory approach and supported by an empirical investigation that includes interviews and observations. Through Critical Discourse Analysis, the study unveils the concealed power relations, situated meanings and contextual complexities related to the rise of the Gezi Park Movement. Lastly, this thesis proposes a radical shift in the way that we perceive and conceive the notion of public space through urban practices and theories, developing a theoretical foundation that is not based on universal and hegemonic knowledge and theory, but rather relies on a place-based understanding of context, difference, discourse, power relations and the emerging digital mechanisms that are transforming cities on an unprecedented scale. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
PhD Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA99265119913902091 |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Rethinking Public Space: A Critical Analysis of Urban Movements in the Age of Digital Technologies: The Case of the Gezi Park Movement in Istanbul |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Urban Design |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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thesis.degree.name |
PhD |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
759079 |
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pubs.org-id |
Creative Arts and Industries |
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pubs.org-id |
Architecture and Planning |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2019-01-07 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112938895 |
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