How Common - Sex, Malls, and Urban Parks

Boydell, S

How Common - Sex, Malls, and Urban Parks

Boydell, S

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Publisher:: State of Australian Cities Research Network
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, 2013, pp. 1 - 10
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Boydell, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ruming, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Randolph, B	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Gurran, N	en_US
dc.date	2013-11-29	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, 2013, pp. 1 - 10	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1 74044 033 1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27329
dc.description.abstract	This autoethnographic narrative (Hesse-Biber and Leavy, 2006, Chiu, 2004, Smith, 2005, Wall, 2006) engages with three dimensions of our contemporary urban `commons through the lens of property rights and notions of right to the city. It draws on the research findings from a number of transdisciplinary research collaborations, and presents them as a perambulation through the perceived commons of the contemporary city, taking in a shopping trip, a relaxing couple of hours in a park, and some sex. The `commons of the mall, the park and the night time society are seen as essential to the urban experience, but they are constrained and controlled spaces in our contemporary city. There is a dynamic power and relationship tension between the libertarian city and the operational city. The broader findings in the projects explored in this research serve to provide clarity on those relationships, and expose the reality of the `good neighbour from a planning and legal geography perspective. This paper engages creative non-fiction to introduce challenging and politically charged issues. It navigates through such tensions by way of a narrative, to give meaning, depth and context by offering a more accessible engagement to the complex real property rights that confront us in the urban milieu. Drawing on several collaborations, the underlying research design is one of phenomenological transdisciplinarity (Nicolescu, 2006, 144), which implies the goal is to build models to connect theory to observed reality, informing potential policy outcomes.	en_US
dc.publisher	State of Australian Cities Research Network	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	State of Australian Cities (SOAC) 2013	en_US
dc.title	How Common - Sex, Malls, and Urban Parks	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.for	120502 History and Theory of the Built Environment (excl. Architecture)	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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Abstract:

This autoethnographic narrative (Hesse-Biber and Leavy, 2006, Chiu, 2004, Smith, 2005, Wall, 2006) engages with three dimensions of our contemporary urban `commons through the lens of property rights and notions of right to the city. It draws on the research findings from a number of transdisciplinary research collaborations, and presents them as a perambulation through the perceived commons of the contemporary city, taking in a shopping trip, a relaxing couple of hours in a park, and some sex. The `commons of the mall, the park and the night time society are seen as essential to the urban experience, but they are constrained and controlled spaces in our contemporary city. There is a dynamic power and relationship tension between the libertarian city and the operational city. The broader findings in the projects explored in this research serve to provide clarity on those relationships, and expose the reality of the `good neighbour from a planning and legal geography perspective. This paper engages creative non-fiction to introduce challenging and politically charged issues. It navigates through such tensions by way of a narrative, to give meaning, depth and context by offering a more accessible engagement to the complex real property rights that confront us in the urban milieu. Drawing on several collaborations, the underlying research design is one of phenomenological transdisciplinarity (Nicolescu, 2006, 144), which implies the goal is to build models to connect theory to observed reality, informing potential policy outcomes.

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