Author(s)

Ke Wang, Rui Shang

Corresponding Author

Ke Wang

Abstract

Cities play an important role in public life. Due to historical and location conditions, different forms of urban culture have shaped the urban public space. The way urban forms of contemporary culture attempt to rebuild cities is reshaping urban land, redistributing resources and developing new urban activities. This paper analyzes the three forms of urban culture, such as guerrilla gardening, occupation movement and Chinese square dance. In addition, it aims to show how citizens can seek civil rights through a wider range of direct democracy projects and re-create the city into a real public place.

Keywords

Contemporary form, Urban culture, Urban spaces