Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia
The paper deals with public spaces as open, everyday arenas where people share experiences beyond their immediate circle of friends, family and age group. Public space is understood as a forum for social and personal change (Harvey, 2011; Lefebvre, 2013; Arendt, 1996; Habermas, 1989; 2001). Question...
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doaj-2ba639b27bb04e569d9ccb0d29fed1112021-04-02T15:10:41ZengZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)AS: Andragoška Spoznanja1318-51602350-41882017-10-0123310.4312/as.23.3.55-70Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from SloveniaSabina Jelenc Krašovec0Željka BosanacSara Dalila HočevarNeža VrhovecNuša ZankoličSonja Kump1Faculty of Arts, University of LjubljanaFaculty of Arts, University of LjubljanaThe paper deals with public spaces as open, everyday arenas where people share experiences beyond their immediate circle of friends, family and age group. Public space is understood as a forum for social and personal change (Harvey, 2011; Lefebvre, 2013; Arendt, 1996; Habermas, 1989; 2001). Questions are analysed from the point of view of community members, who are strongly attached to the space and who are interested in belonging and in proactive changes in their living environment (Iecovich, 2014; Kohn 2004; Mean and Tims, 2005). The paper is based on the presumptions that public space has an important role in generating ideas and activities of community members and that it is an important venue for community members’ informal learning. Ethnomethodological research in two public spaces (the Tabor community in Ljubljana and a small community in the coastal town of Izola) show that there are differences between both public spaces regarding top-down initiatives and bottom-up, self-organized activities. However, although the activity initiators were in one case different associations rooted in the community, and in the other the local people themselves, most of the activities were conducted by people living in the selected communities/public spaces themselves as is typical of grassroots activities. It was confirmed that learning was not often mentioned by members of either community and was mostly a hidden activity, resulting in tacit knowledge.https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/AndragoskaSpoznanja/article/view/7531public open spaceparticipation in communitytop-down and bottom-up approachinformal learning in community |
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Sabina Jelenc Krašovec Željka Bosanac Sara Dalila Hočevar Neža Vrhovec Nuša Zankolič Sonja Kump Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia AS: Andragoška Spoznanja public open space participation in community top-down and bottom-up approach informal learning in community |
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Sabina Jelenc Krašovec Željka Bosanac Sara Dalila Hočevar Neža Vrhovec Nuša Zankolič Sonja Kump |
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Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia |
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Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia |
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Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia |
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Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia |
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Community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from Slovenia |
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community members’ initiatives in public open spaces: two case studies from slovenia |
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Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) |
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AS: Andragoška Spoznanja |
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1318-5160 2350-4188 |
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2017-10-01 |
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The paper deals with public spaces as open, everyday arenas where people share experiences beyond their immediate circle of friends, family and age group. Public space is understood as a forum for social and personal change (Harvey, 2011; Lefebvre, 2013; Arendt, 1996; Habermas, 1989; 2001). Questions are analysed from the point of view of community members, who are strongly attached to the space and who are interested in belonging and in proactive changes in their living environment (Iecovich, 2014; Kohn 2004; Mean and Tims, 2005). The paper is based on the presumptions that public space has an important role in generating ideas and activities of community members and that it is an important venue for community members’ informal learning. Ethnomethodological research in two public spaces (the Tabor community in Ljubljana and a small community in the coastal town of Izola) show that there are differences between both public spaces regarding top-down initiatives and bottom-up, self-organized activities. However, although the activity initiators were in one case different associations rooted in the community, and in the other the local people themselves, most of the activities were conducted by people living in the selected communities/public spaces themselves as is typical of grassroots activities. It was confirmed that learning was not often mentioned by members of either community and was mostly a hidden activity, resulting in tacit knowledge. |
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public open space participation in community top-down and bottom-up approach informal learning in community |
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