Zaudern ums Gemeinwohl. Produktive Missverständnisse in der kooperativen Stadtentwicklung
<p>Cooperative urban development is the buzzword of the moment. It represents the quest for a fairer city that is oriented towards the common good. In new public-civic partnerships, political and bureaucratic actors work together with members of civil society. This book analyzes Berlin’s model projects for cooperative urban development as equivocal experiments in the democratization of expertise. In a context of radical uncertainty about the future of cities, Haus der Statistik and Rathausblock Kreuzberg have been made possible by productive misunderstandings, i.e. strategically chosen concepts or visions that allow for medium-term cooperation between civil society and the city administration—despite different or even conflicting ideas, interests, and criteria regarding urban design. What is a model project? What does cooperation mean? What does it mean to be oriented towards the common good? These are equivocal spaces that public and civil society actors navigate in an experimental way, and where dithering over the common good becomes a crucial practice.</p>
Authors: Ignacio Farías, Felix Marlow, Rebecca Wall
Editors: Martin Conrads, Anna Richter
Proofreader: Anna Richter
Graphic Designer: Katharina Hetzeneder
Image Editor: Xavier Tulleuda Nieto
ISBN: 9783943253818