Space Restoration and Public Space Regeneration Activism—A Critical Review Based on Publicness and Autonomy Theoretical Framework

Based on Agent Network Theory, other theory such as publicness, activism are involved into a new critical theoretical framework from active networking of public sphere to review famous cases of social restoration and micro-regeneration. This analysis is dedicated for further exploration on how design activism can work for nowadays grass-roots autonomy organization and “dual renovation urbanism” proposed by the government. At the same time, it also systematically summarizes the possibility and paradigm of broadening the autonomy of professional spatial practice based on glocalization realities.