Parcourir les contenus (11648 total)
Trier par :
Spectacular reconstructions: Ways of seeing and the politics of recovery in American urban disasters
Abstract from the distributor :
Kevin Rozario uses the two most devastating urban catastrophes in American history, the Chicago fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to explore how extraordinary recovery from sudden ruination can…
Kevin Rozario uses the two most devastating urban catastrophes in American history, the Chicago fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to explore how extraordinary recovery from sudden ruination can…
Double restoration : Berlin after 1945
Abstract from the distributor :
The reconstruction of Berlin, after the massive destruction it suffered in World War II, was complicated in two fundamental ways. First was the question of historical continuity. On the one hand, there was a desire…
The reconstruction of Berlin, after the massive destruction it suffered in World War II, was complicated in two fundamental ways. First was the question of historical continuity. On the one hand, there was a desire…
Downtown : Its rise and fall, 1880-1950
Abstract from the distributor :
"Downtown" is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed over time. By showing…
"Downtown" is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed over time. By showing…
Creatively destroying New York : Fantasies, premonitions, and realities in the provisional city
Abstract from the distributor :
This lecture places the attack on the World Trade Center in the context of New York's history as a place that is seemingly destined to be destroyed and rebuilt with stunning regularity. It explores three ways of…
This lecture places the attack on the World Trade Center in the context of New York's history as a place that is seemingly destined to be destroyed and rebuilt with stunning regularity. It explores three ways of…
September 11th and the city / Urban trauma and the resilience of cities
Abstracts from the distributor :
September 11th and the City
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote "The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities." The test of terrorism, then, may well be the power to inflict the…
September 11th and the City
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote "The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities." The test of terrorism, then, may well be the power to inflict the…
City as stage, city as process
Organisers' description :
City as Stage, City as Process brings together speakers from art and (counter) culture, architecture, urbanism, and media technology to discuss such questions as: In what way is the city not a fixed entity, but a process?…
City as Stage, City as Process brings together speakers from art and (counter) culture, architecture, urbanism, and media technology to discuss such questions as: In what way is the city not a fixed entity, but a process?…
Reconversion, renouvellement et innovation dans les territoires industriels et urbains
Conférences données lors de la journée de l'AGF-Association des Géographes Français et du CERPA-Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur les Paysages de l'Université Nancy 2.
- Allocution d’ouverture Michel DESHAIES, professeur, CERPA
- La…
- Allocution d’ouverture Michel DESHAIES, professeur, CERPA
- La…
Les hommes grenier
Présentation par le diffuseur :
On dit souvent que Hongkong est le « Monaco de l'Asie ». C'est assez juste a ce détail prêt. L'île de Hongkong regorge des fortunes les plus importantes d'Asie mais la partie géographiquement rattachée au territoire…
On dit souvent que Hongkong est le « Monaco de l'Asie ». C'est assez juste a ce détail prêt. L'île de Hongkong regorge des fortunes les plus importantes d'Asie mais la partie géographiquement rattachée au territoire…
Shanghai et le dispositif du Lotus Bleu
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Le "Lotus Bleu" est composé entre 1934 et 1935 par Hergé et Tchang Tchong-jen. La Shanghai des années trente, des concessions et de l’occupation japonaise y est le théâtre principal des aventures de Tintin. Shanghai…
Le "Lotus Bleu" est composé entre 1934 et 1935 par Hergé et Tchang Tchong-jen. La Shanghai des années trente, des concessions et de l’occupation japonaise y est le théâtre principal des aventures de Tintin. Shanghai…
Paris and the Belle Epoque
Abstract from the distributor :
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann in the 1850s and '60s. The large-scale demolition of whole neighborhoods in central Paris,…
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann in the 1850s and '60s. The large-scale demolition of whole neighborhoods in central Paris,…
Nineteenth-Century cities
Extract from the lecture transcript :
Today, I want to do the impossible and talk about urbanization and urban growth in fifty minutes. I'll give the classic example, which is the greatest project of human intervention or rebuilding, that is the…
Today, I want to do the impossible and talk about urbanization and urban growth in fifty minutes. I'll give the classic example, which is the greatest project of human intervention or rebuilding, that is the…
Traplines in Vancouver
Présentation par le diffuseur :
A Vancouver, sur la côte pacifique du Canada. Peter and Doe vont relever leur piège, leur trapline. Ils fouillent les poubelles pour ramasser canettes et bouteilles à 5 ou 20 cents. Le produit est ramené au dépôt de…
A Vancouver, sur la côte pacifique du Canada. Peter and Doe vont relever leur piège, leur trapline. Ils fouillent les poubelles pour ramasser canettes et bouteilles à 5 ou 20 cents. Le produit est ramené au dépôt de…
Les villes du futur : rêves ou cauchemars ?
Présentation par l'organisateur :
L’avenir des villes est trop peu présent dans les débats politiques. Pourtant, c’est sans doute dans les villes que se jouera une partie du destin de l’humanité, car déjà plus de la moitié de la population de…
L’avenir des villes est trop peu présent dans les débats politiques. Pourtant, c’est sans doute dans les villes que se jouera une partie du destin de l’humanité, car déjà plus de la moitié de la population de…
Cities and citizenship : Surviving the 21st century
- Matthew Taylor is the Chief Executive of the RSA.
- Lord Mawson is founder and President of the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre in east London and Co-founder and President of Community Action Network (CAN), a national charity supporting 850…
- Lord Mawson is founder and President of the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre in east London and Co-founder and President of Community Action Network (CAN), a national charity supporting 850…
Urban colossus: Why is New York America's largest city?
Edward Glaeser looks at the history of New York and its contemporary character in order to answer the question of why New York became the largest city in America. He focuses especially on the economic aspects behind the city's growth.
Edward…
Edward…
Cities and time
Cities are the human organizations with the greatest longevity but also the fastest rate of change. Just now the world is going massively and unstoppably urban (governments everywhere are trying to stop it, with zero success). In a globalized world,…