TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vegad, Rajendrakmar Bhagvanji (PA103116)
AU  - Desai, Urvi (Guide)
TI  - Spatial practices of commoning : claiming the streets as social space in the city of Surat (Also available on CD)
U1  - M.Arch TH-0153 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - CONTENTS
Abstract   1
Acknowledgements    3
1 Introduction     9
1.1 Premise   9
1.2 Hypothesis          10
1.3 Aim    10
1.4 Objectives          10
1.5 Relevence of study in context of Surat     10
1.6 Methodology     13
1.7 Scope and Limitations          14
1.8 Keywords          14
2 The (social) Production of (social) Space            17
2.2 Social Space     18
2.3 The Spatial Triad     18
2.3.1 Perceived space   19
2.3.2 Conceived Space    25
2.3.3 Lived Space   27
2.4 Activity Mapping and analysis      28
2.4.1 As mapped (observations)     29
2.4.2 From primary data (conversations)    29
3 Claiming street as social space      33
3.1 Introduction     33
3.2 Right to the city : Claiming Surat streets            33
3.3 Analytical Framework           34
3.4 Evolution of the city : Surat            34
3.5 Claiming the streets in old city- on daily basis           36
3.6 Claiming the streets in old city- on ocassions          38
3.7 Claiming the streets in contemporary city            40
3.7.1 Claiming the streets in contemporary city- on daily basis             40
3.7.2 Claiming the streets in contemporary city- on ocassions           40
3.8 Conclusions - Part-1    41
4 Commoning     43
4.1 Need to analyse spatial practice as potential commoning       43
4.2 Introduction to the concept of commoning            43
4.2.1 Commoning in India           44
4.3 Commons - An Introduction            44
4.3.1 Commons in India    45
4.3.2 Commons in History           47
4.3.3 Contemporary Common          48
4.4 Commoners     48
4.5 Literature synthesis    . 48
4.5 Commoning, commons and commoners - relationship       49
4.6 Analytical framework - Commoning     49
4.7 Analysis of Spatial practice of picnicking to identify commoning      51
4.7.1 Social processes    51
4.7.2 Community participation     52
4.7.3 Bottom-up participation          53
4.7.4 Personal responsibility          53
4.7.4 Transparency within the community          53
4.7.4 Self policing accounatbility     54
5 Conclusions     55
5.1 End Note           56
5.2 Way forward     57
Refrences    59
Appendices   60
A1 Reconnaissance study           60
A2 Semi structured questionnaire           60
A3 Personal Observations Questions      61
A4 Primary data collection          62
Reconnaissance study    62
Focus group conversation           62
A5 Conversation Transcript -17            63
A6 Conversation Transcript            64
Conversation Transcript - 18          64
Conversation Transcript -29          65
Conversation Transcript -47          66
Conversation Transcript -48          67
50 Conversations    69

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