eprintid: 4239
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/00/42/39
datestamp: 2023-07-12 10:20:34
lastmod: 2023-07-12 10:20:34
status_changed: 2023-07-12 10:20:34
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Palermo, Ilaria
creators_id: S4074955
creators_email: i.palermo@student.rug.nl
title: Cinema in Piazza: a cultural grassroot initiative as an opportunity for urban resilience. A qualitative study of the open-air movie screening phenomenon in Rome.
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Urban resilience is fundamental for cities to adapt and overcome future challenges. Social cohesion has been found to be an important pillar of urban resilience. Both grassroot initiatives and public spaces can enhance social cohesion, therefore a combination of the two could offer an opportunity for increasing urban resilience. The neighborhood of Trastevere, in Rome, has lived through the multiple cinema closures through the past years, along with gentrification and damaging nightlife. Cinema in Piazza is a grass-root initiative born in 2014 to fight these changes in Trastevere. This research investigates whether this initiative is enhancing social cohesion, how, and if this could be an opportunity for urban resilience. Five interviews were conducted, which were shaped around four identified manifestations of social cohesion: social interactions, sense of belonging, willingness to help, and trust. The limited results demonstrate that Cinema in Piazza could be an opportunity for resilience. The key contribution in the paper is that it is the tie between public space and a grassroot initiative that seems to be linked to manifested social cohesion. Future research should investigate the role of design of public spaces to facilitate, or not, cohesive behaviors through grassroot initiative.
date: 2023
pages: 26
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Saleh, M.M.I.M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Spatial Planning & Design
tutors_email: Mohamed.Saleh@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: grassroots
keywords_local: urban resilience
keywords_local: public spaces
keywords_local: cinema
keywords_local: bottom-up
keywords_local: Rome
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-07-11
citation:   Palermo, Ilaria  (2023) Cinema in Piazza: a cultural grassroot initiative as an opportunity for urban resilience. A qualitative study of the open-air movie screening phenomenon in Rome.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4239/1/FINAL_Palermo.pdf