Public Spaces, Domestic Commonality. Some Ethnographic Notes and Theoretical Considerations on Everyday Practices, Commoning, Conflicts and Domesticity in Public

Autori

  • Maria Anita Palumbo ENSAPL, School of Architecture and Landscape, Lille University, France,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/18933

Parole chiave:

Etnografia, Domesticità, Comunanza

Abstract

Questo contributo offre un’incursione delle mie riflessioni in corso sugli spazi pubblici e sulla cultura urbana contemporanea, attraverso la duplice lente del commoning e dei conflitti, basata su situazioni osservate in diverse città europee, in particolare Parigi, Roma e Bruxelles. Le mie osservazioni si concentreranno non solo sulla pratica quotidiana di produzione e cura
della città, ma anche su progetti spaziali terminati o in corso che rivendicano l’importanza del commoning. L’intento è intrinsecamente transdisciplinare, mirando a costruire una relazione coerente tra teoria, pratiche professionali e azioni quotidiane. L’obiettivo è identificare opportunità per nuove riflessioni che possano informare sia il discorso teorico che le pratiche progettuali se non addirittura la vita di tutti i giorni, rafforzando la dimensione politica dell’agire quotidiano. Analizzando queste diverse scene d’interazione sostengo che la missione di coesione sociale che attribuiamo allo spazio pubblico non si raggiunge ricercando la pace, ma piuttosto nel fare la pace con i conflitti. Considerando la spazialità e le dinamiche sociali dei processi urbani volti a produrre una città più giusta, avanzo l’idea che potenziare le pratiche domestiche negli spazi pubblici possa produrre fratture salutari nella produzione della città liberale, da cui potrebbero emergere forme di commoning più ecologiche.

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Screen Shot. On Line Traces of my PhD fieldwork. La Goutte d_Or, Probably 2013 Source: © C. Girardi

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2025-06-30

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Palumbo, M. A. (2025). Public Spaces, Domestic Commonality. Some Ethnographic Notes and Theoretical Considerations on Everyday Practices, Commoning, Conflicts and Domesticity in Public. Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare Di Studi Urbani, 13(17), 64–97. https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/18933