Abstract
The third sector in the planning, production, and regeneration of inclusive public space. Notes from an ongoing experience in a distressed Sicilian neighborhood
Highlights
On the 29th of October 2019, approximately 100 police, arriving in motorbikes, cars and even a helicopter, broke into Old San Berillo (OSB), a historical district of Catania (Sicily, Italy)
This paper aims to disentangle these dilemmas by investigating who has the right to the city and common spaces in current planning practice, to unveil if public space remains a res publica or if it is the mere splinters of an increasingly unequal public-private collision
This paper has tried to dig into the critiques, the challenges and the potentials of the third sector as mediator and creator of inclusive public places in the Italian context, the Southern, by analyzing the re-appropriation and self-recovery practices in the neighborhood of
Summary
On the 29th of October 2019, approximately 100 police, arriving in motorbikes, cars and even a helicopter, broke into Old San Berillo (OSB), a historical district of Catania (Sicily, Italy). Conducted by Catania’s prosecutor’s office, the blitz was part of a wider drug control operation. Thirteen drug sellers of African origin were detained for alleged drug dealing. The Catania police commissioner proudly states: ‘Today's operation wanted to demonstrate more than ever, strongly and clearly, the presence of the State. In the entire metropolitan area, there are no free zones outside the control of the State!’1. Behind this facade, other truths are hidden
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