Activities per year
Project Details
Description
PUTSPACE examines public transport as one type of public space, challenging existing definitions of public space. The project will explore how public transport confronts citizens with social diversity, speaks of different types of ownership, surveillance, subversion, interaction and transformation of social norms. We articulate this conceptualisation through four objectives:
to critically conceptualise and analyse what kind of public space public transport is;
to understand urban transformations of public space in European cities – leading to increased social diversity and polarisation, liberalisation, privatisation and securitisation – by attending to public transport as particularly intense and contentious set of public spaces;
to offer a located and historicised perspective on the transformation of public space by examining narratives, experiences and contestations connected with public transport in different European cities; and
to contribute to public transport-related research, as well as to intervene in civic mobilising, planning and policy via a humanities-led analysis and conceptualisation of public transport.
The project brings researchers from across Europe together with transport practitioners, enthusiasts, civil activists and curators, benefiting from a strong involvement of Associated Partners. In so doing, the project aims to have an impact that is both academic and societal, humanising public transport research and practice.
The project brings researchers from across Europe together with transport practitioners, enthusiasts, civil activists and curators, benefiting from a strong involvement of Associated Partners. In so doing, the project aims to have an impact that is both academic and societal, humanising public transport research and practice.
Layman's description
Acronym | PUTSPACE |
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Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 01/05/19 → 28/02/23 |
Links | http://www.putspace.eu http://heranet.info/projects/public-spaces-culture-and-integration-in-europe/public-transport-as-public-space-in-european-cities-narrating-experiencing-contesting/ |
Collaborative partners
- Åbo Akademi University (lead)
- Tallinn University
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
- Université Libre de Bruxelles
Funding
- European Research Council: €933,434.00
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- public transport
- public space
- literary history
- cultural history
- London, literature of
- Turku, history of
Activities
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Copenhagen Trams: Memories and Renaissance
Adam Borch (Speaker)
1 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Public or invited talk
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T2M Conference 2022: Mobilities: Disruptions and Reconnections
Adam Borch (Organiser)
21 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial
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Exploring the Materiality of Urban Public Transport in Eighteenth-Century London: The Adventures of a Hackney Coach
Adam Borch (Speaker)
1 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Tunnlarnas möjligheter som offentliga utrymmen: Virginia Woolf under London
Finch, J., 29 Mar 2023, In: Laboratorium för Folk & Kultur.Translated title of the contribution :Tunnels' possibilities as public space: Virginia Woolf under London Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access -
Learn How to Smile: Relationships between rabbits, other passengers and public transport workers
Laine, S., Apr 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction
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Representations of Tram Closures - Nostalgia, Modernity and Obsolescence
Borch, A. (ed.), Finch, J. & Laine, S., 21 Apr 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Scientific
Press/Media
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Han läser staden - från gatans asfalt till det som finns i våra tankar
01/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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