The Paradox of Urban Space: Inequality and Transformation in Marginalized Communities

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Place as Marginality and Possibility....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Place: A Site of Social and Environmental Inequity....Pages 13-28
Struggling for the Right to Housing: A Critical Analysis of the Evolution of West Seattle’s High Point....Pages 29-51
The Ultimate Team Sport?: Urban Waterways and Youth Rowing in Seattle....Pages 53-71
Recognizing the Lived Experience of Place: Challenges to Genuine Participation in Redeveloping Public Housing Communities....Pages 73-89
Beyond Insiders and Outsiders: Conceptualizing Multiple Dimensions of Community Development Stakeholders....Pages 91-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Place: A Site of Individual and Collective Transformation....Pages 113-134
“Leaders of Today, Builders of Tomorrow”: Transforming Youth and Communities in Urban Youth Programs....Pages 135-156
Supporting Grassroots Resistance: Sustained Community-University Partnerships to Contest Chicago’s HOPE VI Program....Pages 157-174
Mutual Learning in a Community-University Partnership: What Design-Build Projects Contribute to Placemaking and Placemakers....Pages 175-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Transforming Communities through Mapping: Harnessing the Potential of New Technologies....Pages 187-203
On the Social Construction of Place: Using Participatory Methods and Digital Tools to Reconceive Distressed Urban Neighborhoods....Pages 205-222
Documenting (In)Justice: Community-based Participatory Research and Video....Pages 223-239
Socially Conscious Design in the Information Age: The Practice of an Architecture for Humanity....Pages 241-257
Conclusions: Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder in a Place-conscious Society....Pages 259-265
Back Matter....Pages 267-281