Narrating the city. Urban tales from Tilburg and Almere

Narrating the city. Urban tales from Tilburg and Almere

imaginary, narrative, urban life, image, urban society

In contemporary debates on the imagination and representation of the city, many scholars argue that there are many different ways to imagine or represent a city. A city can have different meanings to different people in different times and different places, and consequently a city can be represented or imagined in many different ways. Currently, in a world of movement and migration, it seems to be increasingly crucial to pay attention to these differing meanings and different perspectives. According to Sandercock (2003b: 1), the contemporary urban condition is defined by difference, otherness, fragmentation, splintering, multiplicity, heterogeneity, diversity and plurality. Healey (2002: 1779) consequently argues that the challenge in the contemporary period is to mould multidimensional conceptions of 'city' that both reflect and interrelate the rich diversity and complexity of contemporary urban life. In line with Massey (2005), this study understands the city as a simultaneity of stories-so-far and accordingly it analyses a multiplicity of urban tales about two medium sized Dutch cities: Tilburg and Almere. In the end, this polyvocal and narrative approach to the city and urban life aims to bring to light the ways in which many different voices can integrate in complex and often contradictory ways to build a previously unavailable image of the city.

Dormans, Stefan

RU Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

2008

Boekema, F. W. M. Promotor

en

Thesis

http://hdl.handle.net/2066/68992

http://lallier.msh-vdl.fr/theses/items/show/906

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