2019
2019-06-25
10.17192/meta.2019.12.7930
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Counterpublics in Saudi Shopping Centres, Beach Resorts, and Gated Communities
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In recent decades, Saudi Arabia, much like other places around the world, has witnessed a trend towards the privatization and securitization of urban space. In this paper I argue that although indisputably exclusive, gated communities and other types of privatized public spaces in Saudi Arabia enable practices which, outside the walls of such developments, are strictly banned. In a country known for its strict moral standards and lack of civil liberties, these architectures permit the formation of “counterpublics.” Offering alternative perspectives on gender relationships, modesty, and nudity, such “counterpublics” challenge prevailing notions of what public and private mean.
Public Space
Urban Development
Counterpublics
Gated Communities
Privatization
Saudi Arabia
Public Space
https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2019.12.7930
Urban Development
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Counterpublics
Gated Communities
2019
2019-07-03
Stefan
Maneval
Maneval, Stefan
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Vol 12 (2019)
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Urban Development
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2013
Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS)
Middle East - Topics + Arguments
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General history of Asia; Middle East
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Counterpublics in Saudi Shopping Centres, Beach Resorts, and Gated Communities
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In recent decades, Saudi Arabia, much like other places around the world, has witnessed a trend towards the privatization and securitization of urban space. In this paper I argue that although indisputably exclusive, gated communities and other types of privatized public spaces in Saudi Arabia enable practices which, outside the walls of such developments, are strictly banned. In a country known for its strict moral standards and lack of civil liberties, these architectures permit the formation of “counterpublics.” Offering alternative perspectives on gender relationships, modesty, and nudity, such “counterpublics” challenge prevailing notions of what public and private mean.
2019-06-25
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