Humanities in the European Research Area — PUTSPACE (Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities: Narrating, Experiencing, Contesting​)

Description

International research project funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) — www.putspace.eu

Public transport research remains dominated by economistic and technocratic readings and remains peripheral in the humanities literature. Yet, public transport embraces intense and intimate sites for encountering cultural diversity, facilitating social integration and negotiating public space. In this project, ‘Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities: Narrating, Experiencing, Contesting’ (PUTSPACE), we aim to humanise transport research by studying diverse narratives, experiences and contestations of public transport, as they have been unfolding in cities across Europe since the late nineteenth century. The project places public transport at the frontline of contesting what is, can be, or should be public in the city.

Periode	2019 → 2022
Mate van erkenning	International