City in Common

City in CommonAddresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures. In this book James Scorer argues that culture remains a force for imagining inclusive urban futures based around what inhabitants of the city have in common. Using Buenos Aires as his case study, Scorer takes the urban commons to be those aspects of the city that are shared and used by its various communities. Exploring a hugely diverse set of works, including literature,

Each chapter is rich in content

Eaton’s Made-in-Canada campaign to Toronto Fashion Week

and Eleftheria Daleziou examines the archives of Greek politician Ion Dragoumis

and faith from a forgotten writer of the Harlem Renaissance

a prominent printer of Victorian erotica

“Sights of Knowledge: Debates about Visual Production in the Middle East

who has lived nearly forty years with multiple sclerosis

they found themselves in growing hubs of migration such as Egypt and the United States

because they were women

as well as sources focused on local elites and ordinary men and women

A collaboration of the world's leading contemporary Jewry scholars

more than ever