?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cities+by+and+for+the+People&rft.creator=Cabannes%2C+Y&rft.creator=Douglass%2C+M&rft.creator=Padawangi%2C+R&rft.description=%E2%80%98Cities+by+and+for+the+people%E2%80%99+indicates+the+active+role+of+urban+citizens%0D%0Ain+constructing+spaces+in+the+cities.+The+collection+of+narratives+in+this%0D%0Abook+brings+together+research+from+ten+cities+in+Asia+to+contribute+to%0D%0Are-theorizing+the+city+from+the+perspective+of+ordinary+people+who+face%0D%0Amoments+of+crisis%2C+contestation%2C+and+cooperation+to+create+alternative%0D%0Aspaces+from+those+produced+under+prevailing+urban+processes.+The%0D%0Achapters+in+this+book+accent+the+intertwining+of+%E2%80%98human+flourishing%E2%80%99+with%0D%0Athe+exercise+of+human+agency+through+daily+practices+in+the+production%0D%0Aof+urban+space%2C+placing+people+in+the+centre+as+agents+of+city-making%0D%0Awith+discontents+about+their+current+conditions+and+desires+for+a+better%0D%0Alife.+The+cases+brought+together+in+this+volume+each+tell+us+what+people%0D%0Astrive+for+when+they+mobilize+with+others+to+produce+urban+spaces.+One%0D%0Aof+the+important+theoretical+lessons+is+that+the+appropriation+of+space%0D%0Afor+de-commodified%2C+alternative+visions+of+urban+life+is+not+permanent.%0D%0ASharing+space+is+an+opportunity+to+build+collective+actions+and+initiate%0D%0Adiscussions+on+the+collaborative+management+of+the+place.+In+practice%2C%0D%0Athese+processes+may+be+far+from+ideal+and+may+be+subjected+to+local%0D%0Aforms+of+power+imbalances.+Although+they+are+spaces+of+continuous%0D%0Astruggles+and+are+embedded+with+specific+limitations+that+include+local%0D%0Ahierarchies+and+contradictions%2C+these+convivial+spaces+are+places+that%0D%0Aactively+demonstrate+the+possible+alternative+ways+to+produce+urban%0D%0Aspaces.&rft.subject=human+flourishing%2C+human+agency%2C+alternative+spaces%2C%0D%0Aplace-making&rft.publisher=Amsterdam+University+Press&rft.contributor=Cabannes%2C+Y&rft.contributor=Douglass%2C+M&rft.contributor=Padawangi%2C+R&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=International+Conference+on+Alternative+Urban+Spaces%3A+Cities+by+and+for+the+People&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Cabannes%2C+Y+and+Douglass%2C+M+and+Padawangi%2C+R%2C+(eds.)+Cities+in+Asia+by+and+for+the+People.++(pp.+pp.+13-40).++Amsterdam+University+Press%3A+Amsterdam%2C+The+Netherlands.+(2018)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10117141%2F1%2FCabannes_Cities%2520by%2520and%2520for%2520the%2520People_VoR.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10117141%2F&rft.rights=open