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Katrini, Eleni, 2023, "Places of Togetherness", https://doi.org/10.17903/FK2/T4W4MV, Κατάλογος Δεδομένων SoDaNet, First version, UNF:6:OWcUfi9330hWaGxb1NCfrw== [fileUNF]
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Europe has never been homogenous and is increasingly becoming more culturally, ethnically, and religiously diverse over the last century. The diversification of European cities can be an opportunity for increased tolerance and bilateral exchange or might lead to conflict and fear. Understanding how our urban neighborhoods and their public spaces facilitate tolerance, rather than fear should be a critical research field within the built environment disciplines, bringing together knowledge from design, geography, and social sciences, all the while informing policy and local government priorities. Current literature supports that intergroup contact can lead to greater levels of tolerance, and spatial conditions can play a significant role in facilitating or inhibiting these interactions. Well-integrated urban spaces such as streets, squares, courtyards etc. within neighborhoods have the potential to enrich public life and in the long run reduce discrimination and fear. The project ‘Places of togetherness’ (PLAofTOGETHER) uses ethnographic, transition design and participatory research methods to a. investigate the role urban space play in community cohesion and the social integration and b. to develop an innovative participatory tools that can be used to advance marginal urban spaces into places of togetherness by communities and local government. For the project, fieldwork is realized in the city of Nikea, an area developed a century ago as an Asia Minor refugee settlement, and continues even today to be the place of residence for many newer immigrants. The research focuses on the unique, extended network of shared open spaces in the middle of its building blocks. In the area, there are 134 buidling blocks that have either a shared alley or courtyard at their centre. The collected data include a series of maps (shapefiles), the 3D documentation of the representative typologies of the refugee housing in the area, as well as selected building blocks and their shared open spaces, photographic documentation of the shared spaces, interviews with residents, an observations journal from the field, and photographic documentation of participatory events that took place in the area within the framework of the research project.
Social Sciences
ETHNOGRAPHY, INTERVIEWS (DATA COLLECTION), EVERYDAY LIFE, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, URBAN SPACES, URBAN SOCIOLOGY, PARTICIPATION, MAPPING, SPATIAL DOCUMENTATION, PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, SOCIAL COHESION, URBAN COMMONS
Citation Metadata  
doi:10.17903/FK2/T4W4MV
2023-09-28
Qualitative Study with Data
Investigating the relationship between urban space and social cohesion through the Asia Minor refugee’s courtyards in Nikea
Places of Togetherness
PLAofTOGETHER
https://www.placesoftogetherness.com
Grant Agreement ID - European Commission
101018417

Research project ID number by NTUA's Research Committee
63241500

Katrini, Eleni
(School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens)
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-1996
https://www.elenikatrini.com

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Katrini, Eleni
(School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens)


Europe has never been homogenous and is increasingly becoming more culturally, ethnically, and religiously diverse over the last century. The diversification of European cities can be an opportunity for increased tolerance and bilateral exchange or might lead to conflict and fear. Understanding how our urban neighborhoods and their public spaces facilitate tolerance, rather than fear should be a critical research field within the built environment disciplines, bringing together knowledge from design, geography, and social sciences, all the while informing policy and local government priorities. Current literature supports that intergroup contact can lead to greater levels of tolerance, and spatial conditions can play a significant role in facilitating or inhibiting these interactions. Well-integrated urban spaces such as streets, squares, courtyards etc. within neighborhoods have the potential to enrich public life and in the long run reduce discrimination and fear. The project ‘Places of togetherness’ (PLAofTOGETHER) uses ethnographic, transition design and participatory research methods to a. investigate the role urban space play in community cohesion and the social integration and b. to develop an innovative participatory tools that can be used to advance marginal urban spaces into places of togetherness by communities and local government. For the project, fieldwork is realized in the city of Nikea, an area developed a century ago as an Asia Minor refugee settlement, and continues even today to be the place of residence for many newer immigrants. The research focuses on the unique, extended network of shared open spaces in the middle of its building blocks. In the area, there are 134 buidling blocks that have either a shared alley or courtyard at their centre. The collected data include a series of maps (shapefiles), the 3D documentation of the representative typologies of the refugee housing in the area, as well as selected building blocks and their shared open spaces, photographic documentation of the shared spaces, interviews with residents, an observations journal from the field, and photographic documentation of participatory events that took place in the area within the framework of the research project.

Social Sciences
ETHNOGRAPHY
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

INTERVIEWS (DATA COLLECTION)
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

EVERYDAY LIFE
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

SOCIAL INTEGRATION
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

URBAN SPACES
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

URBAN SOCIOLOGY
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

PARTICIPATION
(ELSST)
https://thesauri.cessda.eu/

MAPPING

SPATIAL DOCUMENTATION

PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH

SOCIAL COHESION

URBAN COMMONS

Land use and planning; SOCIETY AND CULTURE; Community, urban and rural life; Social behaviour and attitudes
English
Katrini, Eleni
(School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens)
https://www.elenikatrini.com

Stavrides, Stavros
(School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens)
https://stavrosstavrides.com

2023-11-28
Nikea, Attica, Greece
European Commission
101018417

Social Data Network
(SoDaNet)
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Klironomos, Nicolas
2023-06-08
Start: 2021-11-29
End: 2023-11-28

Start: 2021-11-29
End: 2023-11-28

ATLAS.ti
Version: 22

Other

Events/Interactions; Communications: Interpersonal
  1. Cadastre map of the refugee settlement of New Kokkinia from 1931, copies of which were given for the research from the municipality of Nikea - Ag. I. Renti
  2. Demographic data by ELSTAT of 2011
First version
y
n
Geospatial Metadata  
Greece
Attica
Nikea
Referring mainly to the historic centre of Nikaia, including the neighborhoods of Aghios Nikolaos, Osia Xeni, Aghios Georgios, and Germanika

Building block
468071.9,4201775.0
469108.9,4201912.8
468678.1,4202727.7
468931.4,4201519.8

Social Science and Humanities Metadata  
There are three key elements that defined the selection criteria for the population:
  1. they need to be residents of Nikea,
  2. more specifically they need to reside in a house adjacent to a shared open space (courtyard or alley) or have resided for a long time in their lifetime in such a house and still have family living there that they visit regularly,
  3. having some experiences of using that open space in everyday life. There were no distinctions made based on age, gender, ethnicity, religion or duration of having lived in that specific area or house.
Subjects were approached by:
  1. visits on the field, meaning the shared open spaces and inviting them through conversation to participate
  2. an open call through social media (facebook and instagram pages), and
  3. through snowball sampling methods, where through people who had already participated or other local networks, more people were proposed as potential participants to the research. Based on the above tactics of recruitment, a significant part of the people who were invited to take part in the research, finally they did not.
Cross-section ad-hoc follow-up
Katrini, Eleni
Other
interviews: 29 people participatory activities: 50 - 100

Face-to-face interview; Face-to-face focus group
Semi-structured questionnaire
In some cases, people preferred to speak in a group, e.g. as a family. In that case, instead of a face to face interview, there was a face to face focus group, where the same main key points were discussed but in a group.
Historical cross checking of information from interviews about when key changes in the public spaces were made, based on municipality records, previous research and online information etc.
Individual
Non response rate: 43%
Grounded theory methodology
For the qualitative data analysis of the interviews, photograhps, spatial documentations, and participatory events, a grounded theory approach was used, which started with some broad themes and allowed more focused concepts to emerge through open coding. There were three main inquiries:
  1. to discover the relationship between public space (the shared open courtyards) and the social interactions and relationships that developed around it through everyday life,
  2. how the social interactions and relationships around the public spaces has changed over time, and what social, political, demographic factors have influenced that change, and finally
  3. if local participatory events have any potential to influence (positively or negatively) the current state of the social life around the courtyard.
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1) A.1_Mapping_of_Courtyards_20220201.zip (Mapping of Courtyards) : Open Access.
2) A.2_Remaining_Refugee_Housing_Stock_20220201.zip (Remaining Refugge Housing Stock) : Open Access.
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7) B.1.13_Nikea_Playgrounds.zip (Nikea Playgrounds) : Open Access.
8) B.1.14_Nikea_Street_Market_Fairs.zip (Nikea Street Market Fairs) : Open Access.
9) B.1.15_Nikea_Neighborhoods_based_on_Municipality.zip (Nikea Neighborhoods based on Municipality) : Open Access.
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11) B.1.2_Nikea_Streets.zip (Nikea Streets) : Open Access.
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13) B.1.4_Nikea_Property_Lines_Ktimatologio_2021.zip (Nikea Property Lines: Ktimatologio 2021) : Open Access.
14) B.1.5_Nikea_Public_Transit_Stops.zip (Nikea Public Transit Stops) : Open Access.
15) B.1.6_Nikea_Buildings.zip (Nikea Buildings) : Open Access.
16) B.1.7_Nikea_Educational_Buildings.zip (Nikea Educational Buildings) : Open Access.
17) B.1.8_Nikea_Health_Care_Buildings.zip (Nikea Health Care Buildings) : Open Access.
18) B.1.9_Nikea_Religious_Buildings.zip (Nikea Religious Buildings) : Open Access.
19) B.2_Georeferenced Cadastre maps 1931.zip (Georeferenced Cadastre maps 1931) : Open Access.
20) C.2.11_Interview Subject 11_20220619.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 11 in Greek) : Open Access.
21) C.2.12_Interview Subject 12_20220702.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 12 in Greek) : Open Access.
22) C.2.13_Interview Subject 13_20220713.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 13 in Greek) : Open Access.
23) C.2.14, C. 2.15, C.2.16_Interview Subjects 14, 15 & 16_20220714.pdf (Transcription of Interviews with Subjects 14, 15 and 16 in Greek) : Open Access.
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25) C.2.18_Interview Subject 18_20220724.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 18 in Greek) : Open Access.
26) C.2.19_Interview Subject 19_20220831.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 19 in Greek) : Open Access.
27) C.2.1_Interview Subject 1_20220325.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 1 in Greek) : Open Access.
28) C.2.20_Interview Subject 20_20220908.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 20 in Greek) : Open Access.
29) C.2.21 & C.2.22_Interview Subject 21 & 22_20220908.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 21 and 22 in Greek) : Open Access.
30) C.2.23, C.2.24, C.2.25_Interview Subjects 23, 24 & 25_20220910.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 23, 24 and 25 in Greek) : Open Access.
31) C.2.26, C.2.27, C.2.28, C.2.29_Interview Subjects 26, 27, 28, 29_20220929.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 26, 27, 28 and 29 in Greek) : Open Access.
32) C.2.2_Interview Subject 2_20220517.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 2 in Greek) : Open Access.
33) C.2.3_Interview Subject 3_20220429.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 3 in Greek) : Open Access.
34) C.2.4_Interview Subject 4_20220429.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 4 in Greek) : Open Access.
35) C.2.5 & C.2.6_Interview Subject 5 & 6_20220508.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 5 and 6 in Greek) : Open Access.
36) C.2.7_Interview Subject 7_20220602.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 7 in Greek) : Open Access.
37) C.2.8_Interview Subject 8_20220603.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 8 in Greek) : Open Access.
38) C.2.9 & C.2.10_Interview Subject 9 & 10_20220615.pdf (Interview Notes with Subjects 9 and 10 in Greek) : Open Access.
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1) A.1_Mapping_of_Courtyards_20220201.zip (Mapping of Courtyards) : Open Access.---2) A.2_Remaining_Refugee_Housing_Stock_20220201.zip (Remaining Refugge Housing Stock) : Open Access.---3) A.3_Nikea_Neighborhoods_Year_of_Settlement.zip (Nikea Neighborhoods, Year of Settlement) : Open Access.---4) B.1.10_Nikea_Cultural_Spaces.zip (Nikea Cultural Spaces) : Open Access.---5) B.1.11_Nikea_Public_Spaces.zip (Nikea Public Spaces) : Open Access.---6) B.1.12_Nikea_Green_Spaces.zip (Nikea Green Spaces) : Open Access.---7) B.1.13_Nikea_Playgrounds.zip (Nikea Playgrounds) : Open Access.---8) B.1.14_Nikea_Street_Market_Fairs.zip (Nikea Street Market Fairs) : Open Access.---9) B.1.15_Nikea_Neighborhoods_based_on_Municipality.zip (Nikea Neighborhoods based on Municipality) : Open Access.---10) B.1.1_Nikea_Rentis_Building_Blocks.zip (Nikea-Rentis Building Blocks) : Open Access.---11) B.1.2_Nikea_Streets.zip (Nikea Streets) : Open Access.---12) B.1.3_Nikea_Rentis_Municipal_Boundaries.zip (Nikea Rentis Municipal Boundaries) : Open Access.---13) B.1.4_Nikea_Property_Lines_Ktimatologio_2021.zip (Nikea Property Lines: Ktimatologio 2021) : Open Access.---14) B.1.5_Nikea_Public_Transit_Stops.zip (Nikea Public Transit Stops) : Open Access.---15) B.1.6_Nikea_Buildings.zip (Nikea Buildings) : Open Access.---16) B.1.7_Nikea_Educational_Buildings.zip (Nikea Educational Buildings) : Open Access.---17) B.1.8_Nikea_Health_Care_Buildings.zip (Nikea Health Care Buildings) : Open Access.---18) B.1.9_Nikea_Religious_Buildings.zip (Nikea Religious Buildings) : Open Access.---19) B.2_Georeferenced Cadastre maps 1931.zip (Georeferenced Cadastre maps 1931) : Open Access.---20) C.2.11_Interview Subject 11_20220619.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 11 in Greek) : Open Access.---21) C.2.12_Interview Subject 12_20220702.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 12 in Greek) : Open Access.---22) C.2.13_Interview Subject 13_20220713.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 13 in Greek) : Open Access.---23) C.2.14, C. 2.15, C.2.16_Interview Subjects 14, 15 & 16_20220714.pdf (Transcription of Interviews with Subjects 14, 15 and 16 in Greek) : Open Access.---24) C.2.17_Interview Subject 17_20220718.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 17 in Greek) : Open Access.---25) C.2.18_Interview Subject 18_20220724.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 18 in Greek) : Open Access.---26) C.2.19_Interview Subject 19_20220831.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 19 in Greek) : Open Access.---27) C.2.1_Interview Subject 1_20220325.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 1 in Greek) : Open Access.---28) C.2.20_Interview Subject 20_20220908.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 20 in Greek) : Open Access.---29) C.2.21 & C.2.22_Interview Subject 21 & 22_20220908.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 21 and 22 in Greek) : Open Access.---30) C.2.23, C.2.24, C.2.25_Interview Subjects 23, 24 & 25_20220910.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 23, 24 and 25 in Greek) : Open Access.---31) C.2.26, C.2.27, C.2.28, C.2.29_Interview Subjects 26, 27, 28, 29_20220929.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 26, 27, 28 and 29 in Greek) : Open Access.---32) C.2.2_Interview Subject 2_20220517.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 2 in Greek) : Open Access.---33) C.2.3_Interview Subject 3_20220429.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 3 in Greek) : Open Access.---34) C.2.4_Interview Subject 4_20220429.pdf (Interview Notes with Subject 4 in Greek) : Open Access.---35) C.2.5 & C.2.6_Interview Subject 5 & 6_20220508.pdf (Transcriptions of Interviews with Subjects 5 and 6 in Greek) : Open Access.---36) C.2.7_Interview Subject 7_20220602.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 7 in Greek) : Open Access.---37) C.2.8_Interview Subject 8_20220603.pdf (Transcription of Interview with Subject 8 in Greek) : Open Access.---38) C.2.9 & C.2.10_Interview Subject 9 & 10_20220615.pdf (Interview Notes with Subjects 9 and 10 in Greek) : Open Access.---39) Subjects Index.tab (Index of Subjects) : Open Access.---
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