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TechnifyingPublicSpaceandPublicizingInfrastructures:ExploringNewUrbanPoliticalEcologiesthroughtheSquareofGeneralVaradelReyFERNANDODOMÍNGUEZRUBIOandURIELFOGUÉAbstractTheaimofthisarticleistoexplorenewwaysofintegratingtechnology,natureandinfrastructuresintourbanpublicspaces.Thisisdonethroughacasestudy,thedesignofGeneralVaradelRey,whichisofferedhereasamodeltoexploreanovelurbanpoliticalecologythatcallsintoquestiondominantdefinitionsofpublicspacesasself-containedsitesoperatingindependentlyofnaturalandinfrastructuralspaces.Throughthedoublemovementof‘thetechnificationofpublicspace’and‘thepublicizationofinfrastructures’,thesquareaimstorethinkthepoliticalecologyofurbanpublicspacesbyenablingtheeffectiveincorporationandparticipationofinfrastructuralandnaturalelementsasactiveactorsintothepublicandpoliticallifeofthecommunity.Itisarguedthatthetransformationofinfrastructuresintofullyvisible,publicandpoliticalagentsprovidesausefulmodeltoaddressthegrowingproliferationofinfrastructuralandtechnologicaleleme...
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Course aims. in this course, the aim is to explore the ways in which cities and urbanism have become central to our understandings of modern life.
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