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Eleni Spiliotes

Sanmugeswaran, Pathmanesan. “How are Tamil Villages Reconstructed? Ethnography of Place-Making in Post-war Reconstruction in Sri Lanka.” In Rebuilding Communities After Displacement, edited by Mo Hamza, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh, Chamindi Malalgoda, Chathuranganee Jayakody, and Anuradha Senanayake, 269-288. Cham: Springer, 2023.

This paper presents research on Tamil placemaking practices, arguing that the post-conflict reconstruction of Tamil Hindu villages is a process in which Jaffna Tamils cultivate a post-war sense of place by recollecting…

A Global Sense of Place

Massey, Doreen. Marxism Today 38 (1991): 24-29. In this landmark essay, Massey theorizes sense of place as a global phenomenon, challenging the postmodern notion that sense of place cannot withstand time-space…

Jordi Honey-Rosés, Jordi, Anguelovski, Isabelle, Chireh, Vincent K., Daher, Carolyn, Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Cecil, Litt, Jill S., Mawani, Vrushti, McCall, Michael K., Orellana, Arturo, Oscilowicz, Emilia, Sánchez, Ulises, Senbel, Maged, Tan, Xueqi, Villagomez, Erick, Zapata, Oscar and Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen. “The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Space: An Early Review of the Emerging Questions – Design, Perceptions and Inequities.” Cities & Health 5, sup1, (2021): S263-S279.

Written at the beginning of the pandemic, this article presents a framework of questions to guide future research on how Covid-19 has impacted the perception, use and design of public space. The authors hypothesize…