Doctoral Dissertation Research: Re- Conceptulizing Havana: The Role of Public Space in Urban Transformation

博士论文研究：重新概念化哈瓦那：公共空间在城市转型中的作用

• 批准号: 0703062
• 负责人: Altha Cravey
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2009-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0703062&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Re; Conceptulizing

After decades of benign neglect, a consequence of the anti-urban development policies of the Revolutionary government, the urban landscape of Havana is being transformed as the government and other corporations and groups are re-investing (materially and symbolically) in the built environment and public spaces of the city. Urban redevelopment and economic regeneration are predicated on urban boosterism and place marketing, which are inherently connected to the cultural economy and issues of representation, image production, and identity. Cuba's efforts at aggressively marketing the cultural economy of Havana, through urban redevelopment, heritage preservation, and tourism development, can be seen as an attempt to marshal space and place as a means of capital generation in line with neo-liberal strategies being employed throughout the West. This doctoral dissertation research project examines the changing forms of spatiality, and the role of public spaces in the re-conceptualization of Havana by examining historically, practically, and discursively the production of space in the colonial core of the city with particular attention being paid to changes initiated by the economic crisis of the 1990s. The project focuses on the following questions: 1) Whose history and collective memory will be preserved in the redevelopment process?; 2) Who are the institutional actors and stake holders involved in the redevelopment, and through what modes and methods do they exercise power?; 3) What is the role of public space in urban transformation? Formal and informal interviews with institutional actors, local residents, and tourists; and ethnographic observation of the public spaces of the colonial core will provide the necessary data to interpret the current transitions occurring in Havana. The findings of this research will aid in understanding the ways in which the state has shaped the public spaces of Havana, and the ways these processes are not only fostering new temporal and spatial meanings on the subjects and spaces of the city, but are also providing openings through which the spatial practices of citizens can contest imposed spatial orders. This research project seeks to suggest some of the ways in which contemporary social theory can contribute to understanding how political, economic, social, and cultural processes are re-conceptualizing Havana through investigating the transformation of its urban landscape and public spaces. Through examining these avenues of inquiry, this proposed study can provide insight into the political transformations that are currently occurring in Cuba that are not readily apparent in existing political-economic studies, in addition to supplying a historical context that is crucial to understanding urban transformation and the future of such a historic city as Havana. Therefore, this project will also add to the literature of post-communist transition studies. In addition to providing evidence of the increasing decentralization of urban governance in Havana, this research will also add to the literature that is examining neoliberal strategies of cultural production, urban redevelopment, heritage preservation, and tourism development that cities world-wide are employing in an increasingly competitive global environment of urban differentiation. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

由于革命政府反城市发展政策的影响，哈瓦那的城市景观经历了数十年的良性忽视，随着政府和其他企业和团体对建筑环境和建筑环境进行再投资（物质上和象征性的），哈瓦那的城市景观正在发生改变。城市的公共空间。 城市重建和经济复兴是以城市发展和场所营销为基础的，它们与文化经济以及代表性、图像生产和身份问题有着内在的联系。 古巴通过城市重建、遗产保护和旅游业发展，积极营销哈瓦那文化经济的努力，可以被视为一种尝试，根据整个国家所采用的新自由主义战略，整理空间和场所，将其作为资本生成的手段。西方。 本博士论文研究项目通过历史、实践和话语研究城市殖民核心的空间生产，探讨空间形式的变化以及公共空间在哈瓦那重新概念化中的作用，特别关注20世纪90年代经济危机引发的变化。 该项目重点关注以下问题：1）重建过程中将保留谁的历史和集体记忆？ 2）参与重建的机构行为者和利益相关者有哪些，他们通过什么方式和方法行使权力？ 3）公共空间在城市转型中的作用是什么？ 对机构行为者、当地居民和游客进行正式和非正式访谈；对殖民核心公共空间的民族志观察将为解释哈瓦那当前发生的转变提供必要的数据。 这项研究的结果将有助于理解国家塑造哈瓦那公共空间的方式，以及这些过程不仅在城市主体和空间上培育新的时空意义，而且还提供公民的空间实践可以通过这些开口来对抗强加的空间秩序。 该研究项目旨在提出当代社会理论如何有助于理解政治、经济、社会和文化进程如何通过调查城市景观和公共空间的转变来重新概念化哈瓦那。 通过审查这些调查途径，这项拟议的研究可以深入了解古巴目前正在发生的政治转型，这些转型在现有的政治经济研究中并不明显，此外还提供了对于理解城市转型和发展至关重要的历史背景。哈瓦那这样一座历史名城的未来。 因此，这个项目也将丰富后共产主义转型研究的文献。 除了提供哈瓦那城市治理日益分散化的证据外，这项研究还将补充文献，审查世界各地城市在文化生产、城市重建、遗产保护和旅游业发展方面所采用的新自由主义战略。全球城市分化竞争环境日益加剧。 作为博士论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将为有前途的学生建立强大的独立研究生涯提供支持。