During the pandemic, we have been forced to prioritise our private domestic spaces. Will the ‘new normality’ bring the return of the old normal: the prioritisation of commercial private spaces over common spaces and interests?
About Josephine Burden
Valletta and Our Common Good: Beyond the Pale A Series about the City and Good Neighbourliness
Outside the walls of the city ‘by and for gentlemen’ lies a boundary space where ordinary people have more say in shaping the way we share the commons. The Grand Harbour edge of Valletta outside the walls has not yet succumbed to commercial exploitation.
Valletta and Our Common Good: Biċċerija, Valletta Design Cluster A Series about the City and Good Neighbourliness
Unlike Is-Suq, immediate neighbours of Valletta Design Cluster appear to be on-side and look forward to the proposed open access roof garden and possibility of finding artists on their doorsteps.
Valletta and Our Common Good: City Lounge vs Residents’ Resistance A Series about the City and Good Neighbourliness
For well over a year, City Lounge has abused our common good in order to increase their own commercial activity. However, citizens have not become used to the realization that one of our fellows is abusing the common good for their own enrichment.
Valletta and Our Common Good: MUŻA A Series about the City and Good Neighbourliness
Sandro Debono talked about the significance of story in curating and of community engagement. I’m hopeful that MUŻA will enable a legacy of community engagement through pedestrian access that the University and Is-Suq alike have been unable to realize.
Valletta and Our Common Good: is-Suq tal-Belt A Series about the City and Good Neighbourliness
How does Is-Suq tal-Belt, the restored old market that covers a block linking Merchant St with St Paul’s St, shape up on good neighbourliness and enabling human interaction?
Valletta and Our Common Good: Strada Stretta A Series about the City and Good Neighbourliness
After having been involved into the community consultation processes in preparation for Valletta’s bid to become European Capital of Culture, I’ve started to think about the things that we all share as humans—the commons or the common good.
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