“Ballymun is Me Heart”: Place-Making in a Dublin Suburban CommunityBezlaj, Alina (Avtor) Repič, Jaka (Mentor) Coleman, Steve (Komentor) Ballymunplace-makingurban communitysocial housingregenerationneoliberalismsensesaffectivityThis thesis is concerned with the topic of place-making practices in a working-class suburb of northside Dublin, called Ballymun. It analyses the historical forces that have shaped Ireland and Dublin, and that led to the construction of Ballymun in the late 1960s, which had been planned as social housing estate aimed at easing the housing crisis in the city. Furthermore, the thesis explores the way a community in the area was formed, and how residents got united in their effort to improve the environment, especially after the suburb declined economically and socially. It addresses the way a global shift to neoliberalism was reflected in activist structures in Ballymun getting incorporated within state machinery. In addition, it explicates how neoliberalist influences on state welfare policies were experienced in the most direct and personal sensory modality. Lastly, it explores how affects relate residents to a place and to one another.20232023-04-07 07:45:16Magistrsko delo/naloga145126VisID: 517655sl