| ID | 131540 |
| Title Proper | Whose space is it? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shabout, Nada |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Designers and architects argue that interaction in public spaces is the product of relations between physical, cultural, social, and aesthetic components. As an art historian, my interest in and understanding of the production of public space is necessarily linked to its visual construction and to public art in particular. Urban planners have always included art in public spaces as a means of forming relationships between the people and the space. Governments have similarly understood the political significance of public space and its power to make meaning and have commissioned art accordingly. This essay reflects on the role of aesthetics and public art in the production and transformation of the modern public space in the Arab world by considering two examples from Cairo and Baghdad. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol.46, No.1; February 2014: p.163-165 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol.46, No.1; February 2014: p.163-165 |
| Key Words | Public Space ; Arab World ; Social Components ; Aesthetic Components ; History ; Cultural Components ; Urban Development ; Power Transformation ; Political Significant ; Urban Planners ; Egypt ; Iraq ; Muslim World |