A bus as a public space. Multiculturalism and Urban Ethnography in Milan

Abstract The paper draws on a research and teaching project carried out with an international class of students in Urban Ethnography in the MSC in Urban Planning and Policy at Politecnico di Milano (Italy). A particular focus of the project was on exploring the role played by public spaces in supporting the coexistence of a multitude of strangers in the city through the continuous negotiation of diversity and difference. In the field work, spatial and social dynamics occurring in a particular and ‘compressed’ public space - the 90-91 trolley-bus circle-line in Milan - are explored and discussed as a space of confrontation in a perspective of daily multiculturalism.摘要 本研究依托意大利米兰理工大学（Politecnico di Milano）城市规划与政策理学硕士（MSC）课程的城市民族志国际教学班所开展的教研项目展开。本项目的核心聚焦方向为：探讨公共空间如何通过持续协商多元与差异，助力城市中大量陌生人实现共生共处。在田野调查环节，研究针对米兰90-91路无轨电车环线这一特定且“紧凑”的公共空间展开分析，将其作为日常多元文化视角下的互动交锋场域，探讨其中发生的空间与社会动态过程。