9781554581542 9781554581641 electronic book 9781554581535 paperback 1554581532 9781554581672 1554581672 1554581540 9781552504543 1552504549 1554581648 electronic book
Alternate Call Number
F 17 BEE.I
Summary
"There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent and multi-dimensional concept that too often escapes scrutiny." "The essays in Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space open up multiple dimensions of the concept from architectural, political, philosophical, and technological points of view. Some historical analysis is offered here, but the contributors are more focused on the future of public space under conditions of growing urbanization and democratic confusion. The interest added to the volume by non-academic work - visual art, fiction, poetry, and drama - is in part an admission that this is a topic too important to be left only to theorists. Its inclusion makes an implicit argument for the crucial role that art, not just public art, plays in a thriving public realm." "Throughout this work contributors are guided by the conviction, not pious but steely, that healthy public space is one of the best, living parts of a just society. The paths of desire we follow in public trace and speak our convictions and needs, our interests and foibles. They are the vectors and walkways of the social, the public dimension of life lying at the heart of all politics."--Jacket.
Note
Co-published by: Centre for International Governance Innovation and the International Development Research Centre.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Defining WIPO's development agenda; 2. The WIPO development agenda forum and Its prospects for taking into account different levels of development; 3. A conceptual and methodological framework for impact assessment under the WIPO development agenda (Cluster D); 4. Reforming governance to advance the WIPO development agenda; 5. From agenda to implementation: working outside the WIPO box; 6. The role of WIPO's leadership in the implementation of WIPO's development agenda; 7. Building intellectual property coalitions for development; 8. The WIPO development agenda: factoring in the "Technological Proficient" developing countries; 9. Localizing WIPO's legislative assistance: lessons from China's experience with the TRIPs agreement; 10. The public-private dichotomy of intellectual property: recommendations for the WIPO development agenda; 11. Strategies to implement WIPO's development agenda: A Brazilian perspective and beyond; 12. Implementing WIPO's development agenda: treaty provisions on minimum exceptions and limitations for education.
Defining WIPO's development agenda / Jeremy DeBeer The WIPO development agenda forum and its prospects for taking into account different levels of development / Sara Bannerman A conceptual and methodological framework for impact assessment under the WIPO development agenda (Cluster D) / Xuan Li Reforming governance to advance the WIPO development agenda / Carolyn Deere From agenda to implementation: working outside the WIPO box / E. Richard Gold and Jean-Fre'de'ric Morin The role of WIPO's leadership in the implementation of WIPO's development agenda / Sisule F. Musungu Building intellectual property coalitions for development / Peter K. Yu The WIPO development agenda: factoring in the "technologically proficient" developing countries / Shamnad Basheer and Annalisa Primi Localizing WIPO's legislative assistance: lessons from China's experience with the TRIPs agreement / Lihong Li The public-private dichotomy of intellectual property: recommendations for the WIPO development agenda / V.C. Vivekanandan Strategies to implement WIPO's development agenda: a Brazilian perspective and beyond / Pedro Paranagua' Implementing WIPO's development agenda: treaty provisions on minimum exceptions and limitations for education / Andrew Rens.
Series
Studies in international governance. Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
Published
[Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfred Laurier University Press, c2009.
"There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent and multi-dimensional concept that too often escapes scrutiny." "The essays in Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space open up multiple dimensions of the concept from architectural, political, philosophical, and technological points of view. Some historical analysis is offered here, but the contributors are more focused on the future of public space under conditions of growing urbanization and democratic confusion. The interest added to the volume by non-academic work - visual art, fiction, poetry, and drama - is in part an admission that this is a topic too important to be left only to theorists. Its inclusion makes an implicit argument for the crucial role that art, not just public art, plays in a thriving public realm." "Throughout this work contributors are guided by the conviction, not pious but steely, that healthy public space is one of the best, living parts of a just society. The paths of desire we follow in public trace and speak our convictions and needs, our interests and foibles. They are the vectors and walkways of the social, the public dimension of life lying at the heart of all politics."--Jacket.