{"id":7016,"date":"2009-10-05T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=7016"},"modified":"2009-10-05T13:46:46","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T17:46:46","slug":"montreal-monday-elections-festvials-and-an-infrastructural-whodunit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/10\/05\/montreal-monday-elections-festvials-and-an-infrastructural-whodunit\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Monday: Elections, festvials and an ‘infrastructural whodunit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montreal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n

• As Montreal’s municipal elections approach \u00e0\u2030mile Thomas<\/a> looks at the role that language plays in voter attitudes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

• While Montreal’s over 50\u00a0 summer festivals may seem enviable to\u00a0 an outsider,\u00a0 the result of these corporatized festivals is often the “expropriation of public space” and the displacement of normal neighborhood activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

• The collapse of the de la Concorde overpass 3 years ago<\/a> has inspired a Montreal theater company to stage “what must be the first infrastructural whodunit” <\/a>. The play takes a second look at the tragedy and the parties responsible.<\/p>\n

photo by Camille McOuat<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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