texts

• zdeněk uherek – the polarity between public and private: an anthropological perspective

  Summary of a paper presented at the “Relativeness of public and private” in Prague on 9 October 2015

  The aim of the paper is to present a broader intercultural comparison of the conceptualisation of public space. It is based on the knowledge that public space cannot be taken for granted, that it has been achieved by the efforts of an organised society, and that its function changes in relation to changes in society and to the aims of those who establish and administer it. What is or is not regarded as public space in various societies changes, and so there is no point in trying to find a definition of public space that is universally valid for all periods of history and different societies.

• petr kratochvíl – the urban public space

  Extract from the book Městský veřejný prostor (The Urban Public Space) published by Zlatý řez publishing house, Prague 2015

  “In our country, in Italy and in France a street is sort of great pub or public gardens, a village green, a meeting place, a playing field and a theatre, an extended home and a threshold…”
  (Karel Čapek: Letters from England, 1924)

  

• workshop: relativeness of public and private

  The project’s first workshop “Relativeness of public and private” took place in October 2015. Some of the papers presented there have been included in the section Texts.

  

• richard sennett — the fall of public man

  Richard Sennett, The Fall of Public Man, Vintage Books, New York 1977

  

• petr kratochvíl — městský veřejný prostor

  Petr Kratochvíl, Městský veřejný prostor, Zlatý řez, Praha 2015

  

• petr kratochvíl — architektura a veřejný prostor

  Petr Kratochvíl, Architektura a veřejný prostor, Zlatý řez, Praha 2011

  Kniha ke stažení: Architektura_a_verejny_prostor

  

• jürgen habermas — strukturální přeměna veřejnosti

  Jürgen Habermas, Strukturální přeměna veřejnosti, Filosofia, Praha 2000, přeložili Alena Bakešová a Josef Velek

  

• jan gehl, birgitte svarre — how to study public life

  Jan Gehl, Birgitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, Island Press, Washington, Covelo, London 2013

  

• tom avermate, klaske havik, hans teerds (eds.) — architectural positions — architectural positions – architecture, modernity and public sphere

  Tom Avermate, Klaske Havik, Hans Teerds (eds.), Architectural Positions – Architecture, Modernity and Public Sphere, SUN Publishers, Amsterdam 2009

  

• hannah arendtová — vita activa aneb o činnom životě

  Hannah Arendtová, Vita activa aneb O činnom životě, OIKOYMENH, Praha 2007, přeložil Václav Němec