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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
Asian alleyways fading in the shadow of towers
Asian cities upside down: Turning the theoretical approach to global cities on its head
Asian alleyways: A cross-cultural approach
Figure 0.1 Map of Asia
Table 0.1 The diversity of Asian alleyways
An urban vernacular in times of globalization: Common ground and core issues
Alleyways as liminal spaces and time reservoirs
Alleyways as appropriated and multifunctional spaces
Alleyways as contested and political spaces
Reconsidering the versatility of the alleyway in times of globalization: What does the future hold for Asian alleyways?
References
Introduction
Understanding the alleyway at the interface of ‘network’ and ‘territory’
Figure 1.1 The alleyway as a metropolitan liminal space
The case of two alleyway neighbourhoods in District 3
of Ho Chi Minh City
Figure 1.2 Location map of Wards 1 and 3 of District 3 in Ho Chi Minh City
Alleyways: Standing on the threshold of the metropolis
At the crossroads of planned and spontaneous historical development
The alleyway as a multifunctional urban object
Figure 1.3 Bàn Cờ alleyway and its bustling market in Ward 3 of District 3 in Ho Chi Minh City
Figure 1.4 The production of comfit (mứt) in the alleyways of District 3 in Ward 1 of Ho Chi Minh City
New challenges
‘Civilizing’, ‘modernizing’, and widening alleyways
Figure 1.5 A sign rewarding the neighbourhood as part of the ‘cultural neighbourhood’ campaign, in Ward 3 of District 3
The new urban practices of the emerging middle class
When the riveraineté strikes back in the alleyways
Conclusion
References
About the author
Street-corner politics in Beijing: Political control, everyday creativity, and social change in hutong alleyways
Figure 2.1 Map of Shichahai area in 2019
Three imbricated spaces (house/yard/lane) producing a sense of place
Figure 2.2 No more courtyard in Shichahai
Figure 2.3 Hanging the laundry outside is a common practice in Shichahai
Living through spatial proximity and social distance
The politics of interactions: Temporalities and spatialities of hutong use
Figure 2.4 Lao Beijing residents install chairs and tables to play chess, go, cards or mah-jong in Shichahai
Biopolitical Beijing: Sanitizing, reshaping, and civilizing the alleyways
Figure 2.5 Resisting with Spring Festival poems (chunlian, 春聯) in Shichahai; left ‘Those who implement the law don’t guard the law’; top ‘New spring’; right ‘Those who know the law don’t respect the law’
Resisting through inhabiting? Neighbourhood attachment and the pingfang-loufang opposition
Marginalization of the ‘collective’ and exit from the hutong
Conclusion
References
About the author
Introduction
The alleyways in Tokyo and Seoul: A realistic revival of the alleyway?
The case of the roji in contemporary Tokyo
The case of Tsukuda and Tsukishima, Tokyo
Figure 3.1 Map of Tsukishima-Tsukuda, Tokyo
Figure 3.2 Contested urban landscape in Tsukuda and Tsukishima, Tokyo
The case of the golmok in contemporary Seoul
Figure 3.3 Contested urban landscape in Seoul
The case of Insadong and Ikseondong, Seoul, Korea
Figure 3.4 Map of Insadong and Ikseondong, Seoul
Urban narratives of everyday life in Tokyo
Figure 3.5 Alleyways in Tsukuda and Tsukishima, Tokyo
Urban narratives of everyday life in Seoul
Figure 3.6 Alleyways in Ikseondong and Insadong, Seoul
The case of Tokyo
Conclusion
References
About the author
Introduction
Creative places formed from a bottom-up approach
Spontaneous creative places in Asian contexts
Chapter outline and research methodology
Transformation processes of ordinary neighbourhoods in the cultural quarter of Bangkok
Figure 4.1 Map of Banglamphu and Baan Phanthom in Bangkok
State-led urban regeneration, tourism, grassroots conservation efforts, and creative city policies
Gentrification of the Phra Athit-Phra Sumen area
Figure 4.2 Map of the Phra Athit-Phra Sumen area showing the variety of its cultural and creative sites
Nopparat Cuisine & Gallery
Passport Bookshop
Figure 4.3 Left Nopparat Cuisine & Gallery, a refurbished restaurant serving Thai cuisine in an intentionally nostalgic atmosphere; right Passport Bookshop, a pioneering bookshop and retailer of lifestyle goods, which also hosts a co-working space and cu
Kope Hya Tai Kee, at Phanfa
Figure 4.4 Left Dialogue Coffee and Gallery, a well-known meeting place for educated youth, artists, and international tourists; right Kope Hya Tai Kee, at Phanfa, a cafe that blends reminiscence of the past with a celebration of modern lifestyles, prese
Head in the Cloud
Figure 4.5 Head in the Cloud, a mixed-use venue that serves young people interested in arts and cultural activities in Bangkok’s Old Town
Acknowledgements
References
About the author
Introduction
Arrival of migrants in the modernization of Shanghai (1900s-1950s)
Figure 5.1 The layout of a shikumen lilong
Cramped units and equalized everyday life in the industrialization of Shanghai (1960s-1990s)
Imagined built heritage in a market economy and the globalization of Shanghai (post-2000)
Locating Tianzifang in the Shanghai lilong
Figure 5.3 Interior view of Tianzifang
Communal entrepreneurship: Transforming residences into stores
Table 5.1 Proportion of leased houses in Tianzifang, 2004-2013
Conflicts within conceived space: Cultural asset or ‘hot land’ for real estate?
Conflicts within lived space: Home to live in or rental income?
Figure 5.4 Overview of lilong houses in Chunyangli. The two rows of lilong houses in the front have been renovated. The houses in the rear row will be renovated soon.
Conclusion
References
About the authors
Growing up in the alleyway
Figure 6.1 Shida Night Market became a site of neighbourhood conflicts in 2011
Alleyways in evolution in East Asia
Changing alleyways in Taipei
From conflicts to commoning: Shida Night Market and the Gufeng neighbourhood
Figure 6.2 Map of the Shida Night Market and Gufeng neighbourhood. 1. White Hut; 2. Mango Herb Garden; 3. ‘Black-Gold Plaza’; 4. Skyline Alley
Xiaobaiwu as a social and spatial experiment
Figure 6.4 The vacant space was transformed into an active makerspace and community hub with excellent visibility from the adjacent alleyways and street
Branching out through the alleyways
Figure 6.5 Mango Herb Garden – an unused dormitory facing an alleyway was transformed into a welcoming garden and community space
Figure 6.6 Yishientian (一線天) Passageway – greening of a back alleyway with an irrigation system that can be controlled remotely via a mobile app
Alleyways as space of commoning and innovations: Lessons and implications
References
About the author
Introduction
Figure 7.1 Sheung Fung Lane, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
The lack of open space in Hong Kong’s high-density urban areas
Placemaking, the right to the city, and the lack of citizen power
The role of placemaking and asset-based community development
Existing open space conditions and issues
Figure 7.2 Third Street Playground, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, 2018
Figure 7.3 Public space in private development – Wang In Fong East Lane, Hong Kong, 2018
History of alleys and lanes in Hong Kong
Figure 7.4 Typical Hong Kong alley, Sai Ying Pun, 2019
Figure 7.5 Sheung Fung Lane steps, City of Victoria, Department of Public Works, 1897
Use, significance, and types of alleys and lanes in Hong Kong
Figure 7.6 Sheung Fung Lane, Sai Yin Pun, Hong Kong, 2018
Magic Lanes, a pilot project for Hong Kong’s lane spaces
From Magic Carpet to Magic Lanes
Project aims
Figure 7.7 Toi Tei Kung Shrine, Sheung Fung Lane, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, 2018
Process of the project
Figure 7.8 Mid-Autumn Festival in Sheung Fung Lane, 2017
Conclusion
References
About the authors
Heide Imai and Marie Gibert-Flutre
Common shared place or alternative landscape of reminiscence?
The alleyway as marginal place
The alleyway as everyday place
Realities and possibilities of public places: A more sensitive urban design approach?
Recognizing the role of marginal places
Outlook
References
List of contributors
Index
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