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Entanglements of Improvisation, Conviviality, and Conflict in Everyday Encounters in Public Space

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  • Mervyn Horgan

    (Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph, Canada)

  • Saara Liinamaa

    (Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph, Canada)

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The everyday life of public space is characterised by many kinds of convivial, conflictual, and improvisational encounters between people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Because public spaces are, in principle at least, freely accessible to all, they are of central importance to everyday life and intrinsically interesting to social scientists. This thematic issue brings together a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on everyday encounters in public space. In the introduction to this thematic issue, we appeal to urban scholars of all backgrounds to take the social life of public space seriously; as essential social infrastructure, public space is key to the collective well-being of city-dwellers, and it provides a crucial bridge between urban planning and the social sciences. Here, we briefly survey research on everyday encounters and introduce each of the contributions to the issue. While the articles in this issue are organised around the three core themes of conviviality, conflict, and improvisation, we argue for the entanglements of each within the everyday life of public spaces.

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  • Mervyn Horgan & Saara Liinamaa, 2023. "Entanglements of Improvisation, Conviviality, and Conflict in Everyday Encounters in Public Space," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v:8:y:2023:i:4:p:1-5
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    1. Hannah Widmer, 2023. "Conviviality in Public Squares: How Affordances and Individual Factors Shape Optional Activities," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 17-30.
    2. Sabine Knierbein & Richard Pfeifer, 2023. "The Role of the Body in Pandemic Geographies of Encounter: Anti-Restriction Protesters Between Collective Action and Political Violence," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 107-118.
    3. Katja Friedrich & Stefanie Rößler, 2023. "Built Space Hinders Lived Space: Social Encounters and Appropriation in Large Housing Estates," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 145-161.
    4. Sonia Bookman, 2023. "The Forks Market: Cosmopolitan Canopy, Conviviality, and Class," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 31-41.
    5. Shirin Pourafkari, 2023. "Visually Impaired Persons and Social Encounters in Central Melbourne," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 99-106.
    6. Patricia Aelbrecht & Quentin Stevens, 2023. "Geographies of Encounter, Public Space, and Social Cohesion: Reviewing Knowledge at the Intersection of Social Sciences and Built Environment Disciplines," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 63-76.
    7. Anne-Lene Sand & Anniken Førde & John Pløger & Mathias Poulsen, 2023. "Improvisation and Planning: Engaging With Unforeseen Encounters in Urban Public Space," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 119-131.
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