The Archaeology of Emptiness? Understanding Open Urban Spaces in the Medieval World

Autor:	Paweł Cembrzyński, Jeffrey Fleisher, Ben Jervis, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Dries Tys
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Power (social and political) Deleuze and Guattari Negotiation Aesthetics media_common.quotation_subject Urbanity Emptiness Sociology Space (commercial competition) Creativity Urbanism media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Urban Archaeology. 4:221-246
ISSN:	2736-2434 2736-2426
Popis:	Using examples from medieval Europe and Africa, an approach to understanding urban open spaces is proposed. We argue that new digital and high-resolution methodologies, combined with interpretive frameworks which stress the affective capacities of the material world, call for a reappraisal of open spaces as places of disruption, creativity, and emergent urbanity. We advance an intensive approach to create a methodological basis on which to reimagine emptiness as a stimulus for interaction, applying Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of smooth/striated space. Key themes are the role of open spaces in the negotiation of power, their capacity to facilitate encounters, and their role as a resource from which distinctive forms of urbanity might emerge. The paper advocates for greater attention to be paid to open spaces in the study of medieval urbanism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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