The gentrification reader
subject: , gentrification, aménagement urbain, géographie urbaine, gouvernance, voisinage, mutation urbaine, mixité sociale, mobilité résidentielle, lien social, renouvellement urbain, relogement, Lees Loretta, Slater Tom, Wyly Elvin
description: Loretta Lees is Professor of Human Geography at King's College London, UK. Tom Slater is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Elvin Wyly is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis
date: March 2010
format: 622
type: Ouvrage

Insurgent public space : Guerrilla urbanism and the remaking of contemporary cities
subject: , lieu public, mouvement social, innovation, citadin, interaction sociale, jardin, culture urbaine, arts de la rue, Hou Jeffrey
description: Abstract from the publisher : In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of how urban areas are defined and used, and how they can transform the city environment. No longer confined to traditional public areas like neighbourhood parks and public plazas, these guerrilla spaces express the alternative social and spatial relationships in our changing cities. With nearly 20 illustrated case studies, this volume shows how instances of insurgent public space occur across the world. Examples range from community gardening in Seattle and Los Angeles, street dancing in Beijing, to the transformation of parking spaces into temporary parks in San Francisco. Drawing on the experiences and knowledge of individuals extensively engaged in the actual implementation of these spaces, Insurgent Public Space is a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the study of public space use, and how it is utilised in the contemporary, urban world. Appealing to professionals and students in both urban studies and more social courses, Hou has brought together valuable commentaries on an area of urbanism which has, up until now, been largely ignored. available on the publisher's website. Jeffrey Hou is Chair and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle.
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge/Taylor and Francis
date: April 2010
format: 278
type: Ouvrage

Whose public space? International case studies in urban design and development
subject: , lieu public, espace public, renouvellement urbain, rénovation urbaine, mutation urbaine, aménagement de l'espace, centre-ville, participation, lien social, Madanipour Ali, tissu urbain, fragmentation sociale
description: Abstract from the publisher : Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban environments. Can making public spaces help overcome this fragmentation, where accessible spaces are created through inclusive processes? This book offers some answers to this question through analysing the process of urban design and development in international case studies, in which the changing character, level of accessibility, and the tensions of making public spaces are explored. The book uses a coherent theoretical outlook to investigate a series of case studies, crossing the cultural divides to examine the similarities and differences of public space in different urban contexts, and its critical analysis of the process of development, management and use of public space, with all its tensions and conflicts. While each case study investigates the specificities of a particular city, the book outlines some general themes in global urban processes. It shows how public spaces are a key theme in urban design and development everywhere, how they are appreciated and used by the people of these cities, but also being contested by and under pressure from different stakeholders. Contents : 1. Introduction - Ali Madanipour Part 1. Changing Nature of Public Space in City Centres - Ali Madanipour 2. Less Public Than Before? Public Space Improvement in Newcastle City Centre - Müge Akkar Ercan 3. Youth Participation and Revanchist Regimes: Redeveloping Old Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne - Peter Rogers 4. Can Public Space Improvement Revive the City Centre? The Case of Taichung, Taiwan - Hong-Che Chen 5. Change in the public spaces of traditional cities: Zaria, Nigeria - Shaibu Bala Garba Part 2. Public Space and Everyday Life in Urban Neighbourhoods - Al…
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge
date: 2010
format: 274
type: Ouvrage

Cultural diversity in Russian cities : The urban landscape in the Post-Soviet era
subject: , mixité sociale, espace public, migrant, immigration, cosmopolitisme, identité, intégration, tissu urbain, lien social, espace résidentiel, sociologie urbaine, société urbaine, Russia, Russie, fragmentation sociale, Gdaniec Cordula
description: Abstract from the publisher : Cultural diversity — the multitude of different lifestyles that are not necessarily based on ethnic culture — is a catchphrase increasingly used in place of multiculturalism and in conjunction with globalization. Even though it is often used as a slogan it does capture a widespread phenomenon that cities must contend with in dealing with their increasingly diverse populations. The contributors examine how Russian cities are responding and through case studies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Sochi explore the ways in which different cultures are inscribed into urban spaces, when and where they are present in public space, and where and how they carve out their private spaces. Through its unique exploration of the Russian example, this volume addresses the implications of the fragmented urban landscape on cultural practices and discourses, ethnicity, lifestyles and subcultures, and economic practices, and in doing so provides important insights applicable to a global context. Contents : 1. Cultural Diversity Between Staging and the Everyday – Experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Other Russian Cities. An Introduction - Cordula Gdaniec 2. Is Chinese Space “Chinese?” New Migrants in St. Petersburg - Megan Dixon 3. Contructions of the “Other”: Racialization of Migrants in Moscow and Novosibirsk - Larisa Kosygina 4. Reshaping Living Space: Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St.Petersburg - Olga Brednikova / Olga Tkach 5. African Communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg: Inclusion and Exclusion to Social Life in Russia - Svetlana Boltovskaya 6. The Construction of ‘Marginality’ and ‘Normality’ – In Search of a Collective Identity Among Youth Cultural Scenes in Sochi - Irina Kosterina / Ulia Andreeva 7. “You Know What Kind of Place This is, Don’t You?” An Exploration of Lesbian Spaces In Moscow - Katja Sarajeva 8. Begging as Economic Practice: Urban Niches in Central St. Petersburg - Maria Scattone Cor…
creator: NC
publisher: Berghahn Books
date: May 2010
format: 196
type: Ouvrage

What we see : Advancing the observations of Jane Jacobs
subject: Jacobs Jane, Goldsmith Stephen A., Elizabeth Lynne, , aménagement urbain, voisinage, perception, rue, infrastructures, économie, sauvegarde, mixité sociale, renouvellement urbain, concertation locale, participation
description: Abstract from the publisher : A timely revisitation of renowned urbanist-activist Jane Jacobs' lifework, What We See invites thirty pundits and practitioners across fields to refresh Jacobs' economic, social and urban planning theories for the present day. Combining personal and professional observations with meditations on Jacobs' insights, essayists bring their diverse experience to bear to sketch the blueprints for the living city. The book models itself after Jacobs' collaborative approach to city and community building, asking community members and niche specialists to share their knowledge with a broader community, to work together toward a common goal of building the 21st century city. The resulting collection of original essays expounds and expands Jacobs' ideas on the qualities of a vibrant, robust urban area. It offers the generalist, the activist, and the urban planner practical examples of the benefits of planning that encourages community participation, pedestrianism, diversity, environmental responsibility and self-sufficiency. Bob Sirman, director of the Canada Council for the Arts, describes how built form should be an embodiment of a community narrative. Daniel Kemmis, former Mayor of Missoula, shares an imagined dialog with Jacobs,' discussing the delicate interconnection between cities and their surrounding rural areas. And Roberta Brandes Gratz—urban critic, author, and former head of Public Policy of the New York State Preservation League—asserts the importance of architectural preservation to environmentally sound urban planning practices. What We See asks us all to join the conversation about next steps for shaping socially just, environmentally friendly, and economically prosperous urban communities. Contents : Introduction: Stephen Goldsmith and Lynne Elizabeth, Eyes Wide Open Section 1: Vitality of the Neighborhood 1.1 Deanne Taylor, Between Utopias 1.2 Ray Suarez, Jane Jacobs and the "Battle for the Street" 1.3 Sanford Ikeda, The Mirage of…
creator: NC
publisher: New Village Press
date: May 2010
format: 384
type: Ouvrage

Distributed urbanism : Cities after Google Earth
subject: , aménagement, aménagement urbain, réseaux, aménagement de l'espace, analyse spatiale, forme urbaine, mutation urbaine, morphologie urbaine, décroissance, espace public, Wilkins Gretchen, Google Earth
description: Abstract from the publisher : What form of housing will emerge in Dubai, where the majority of the population are non-citizens and average length of stay three days? How will depopulating cities reclaim vacant space, reorganize infrastructure and redefine their economic identity? What type of architecture results from the prevalence of airborne contaminants? What kind of urbanism does Google Earth produce? Exploring the increasingly decentralized systems through which cities are organized and produced, Distributed Urbanism highlights the architectural practices that are emerging in response. Unlike early models of urbanism, in which centralized models of production, communication and governance were sited within a central business district, contemporary urbanism is shaped by remote, distributed mechanisms such as information technologies, (i.e. SatNav, Google Earth, E-trade, Photosynth or RSS web feeds) cooperative economic models and environmental networks, many of which are physically remote from the cities they shape. Consisting of a collection of case studies on global cities including Rotterdam, Tokyo, Barcelona, Detroit, Hong Kong, Dubai, Beijing and Mumbai, Distributed Urbanism draws on these cities in relation to current events, urban schemes and demographic data. All the contributors, a combination of commentators on urbanism and architecture, as well as practitioners in the field, are admired for their work in the area of urban change. Contents : Foreword - Felicity Scott Introduction - Gretchen Wilkins 1. The City You Can’t See on Google Earth - Ilka and Andreas Ruby 2. Rural Urbanism: Thriving Under the Radar – Beijing’s Villages in the City - Robert Mangurian and MaryAnn Ray 3. Rotterdam 1979-2007: From Ideology to Market Communism and Beyond - Michael Speaks 4. MegaHouse - Hitoshi Abe and Masashige Motoe 5. BORDERLAND/BORDERAMA/DETROIT - Jerry Herron 6. Rubble in the Sand - Jan van Schaik and Simon Drysdale 7. Density of Emptiness - Jason Young 8. Anti…
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge
date: May 2010
format: 208
type: Ouvrage

Cities, texts and social networks, 400–1500
subject: Goodson Caroline, Lester Anne E., Symes Carol, moyen âge, middle ages, , histoire urbaine, histoire de l'architecture, société urbaine, espace urbain, réseaux, espace sacré
description: Abstract from the publisher : Cities, Texts and Social Networks examines the experiences of urban life from late antiquity through the close of the fifteenth century, in regions ranging from late Imperial Rome to Muslim Syria, Iraq and al-Andalus, England, the territories of medieval Francia, Flanders, the Low Countries, Italy and Germany. Together, the volume's contributors move beyond attempts to define 'the city' in purely legal, economic or religious terms. Instead, they focus on modes of organisation, representation and identity formation that shaped the ways urban spaces were called into being, used and perceived. Their interdisciplinary analyses place narrative and archival sources in communication with topography, the built environment and evidence of sensory stimuli in order to capture sights, sounds, physical proximities and power structures. Paying close attention to the delineation of public and private spaces, and secular and sacred precincts, each chapter explores the workings of power and urban discourse and their effects on the making of meaning. The volume as a whole engages theoretical discussions of urban space - its production, consumption, memory and meaning - which too frequently misrepresent the evidence of the Middle Ages. It argues that the construction and use of medieval urban spaces could foster the emergence of medieval 'public spheres' that were fundamental components and by-products of pre-modern urban life. The resulting collection contributes to longstanding debates among historians while tackling fundamental questions regarding medieval society and the ways it is understood today. Many of these questions will resonate with scholars of postcolonial or 'non-Western' cultures whose sources and cities have been similarly marginalized in discussions of urban space and experience. And because these essays reflect a considerable geographical, temporal and methodological scope, they model approaches to the study of urban history that will i…
creator: NC
publisher: Ashgate
date: June 2010
format: 378
type: Ouvrage

Manifestoes and transformations in the early modernist city
subject: , aménagement, aménagement urbain, histoire urbaine, histoire de l'urbanisme, utopie, ville modèle, nineteenth century, dix-neuvième siècle, Cordua Christian Hermansen, mutation urbaine
description: Abstract from the publisher : The industrialization of the nineteenth-century European city facilitated developing conceptions of the model city, and allowed for large scale urban transformations. The urban discourse in the latter half of the nineteenth century was consequently dominated by a dialectic exchange between the ideal and the practical, a debate played out in the formation of the modern metropolis. Manifestoes and Transformations is the first work to deal with urban utopias and their relationship with actual urban interventions. Bringing together a carefully chosen, wide-ranging team of experts, the book provides a broad, contextual exploration of the ideas and urban practices which are the foundations of our conception of the contemporary city. As such, it is a valuable resource for students interested in the formation of the modernist city. Contents : Prologue - Christian Hermansen Cordua Part 1 Introduction: The Context: Utopian urbanism: ideals, practices and prospects - David Pinder News from Nowhere: a utopian dream - Edward Robbins The word on the street: Charles Baudelaire, Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of their time - Graeme Gilloch Part 2 Manifestoes: Urban Visions: The idea of modernity in Cerdà's Teoría General de la Urbanización - Christian Hermansen Cordua Exporting the German model: managing urban growth at the turn of the 1900s - Karl Otto Ellefsen Camillo Sitte: City Planning According to Artistic Principles, Vienna 1889 - Ruth Hanisch Mr Howard and the Garden City: a plain man's guide to the future - Dennis Hardy Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: the writing and the readings of an intempestive classic - Pierre Chabard. Part 3 Transformations: Urban Praxis: Making London's modernity: capital, memory and nature - Dana Arnold Paris space: what might have constituted Haussmanization - David Van Zanten The eixample (ensanche) of Barcelona (1859 and after): theoretical and practical paradigm - Albert Serratosa The significance and impa…
creator: NC
publisher: Ashgate
date: 2010
format: 324
type: Ouvrage

Performance and the contemporary city : An interdisciplinary reader
subject: , représentations, littérature, culture, identité, société urbaine, promenade urbaine, Whybrow Nicolas
description: Abstract from the publisher : Cities, with their rising populations and complex configurations, have become key symbols of a fast-changing modernity. This timely collection gathers together various urban writings from a range of relevant disciplines, including architecture, geography, sociology, visual art, ethnography and psychoanalysis. Its focus, however, is performance. Underscoring the importance of the field, it shows how performance functions as a dynamic, interdisciplinary mechanism which is central not only to understanding the multiplicity of urban living but also to the way the identities of cities are shaped. Gathering together key writings on the city and performance by authors ranging from Walter Benjamin to Tim Etchells to Carl Lavery, the reader can be navigated in any number of ways. Supported by extensive introductory material, it will be essential and evocative reading for anyone interested in making connections between performance and urban life. Contents : Preamble Introduction PART I: WALKING/THEATRES Introduction How Scratched Car Revealed the Price of a Peasant's Life - J. Watts Naples; W. Benjamin and A. Lacis Eight Fragments on Theatre and the City - T. Etchells Sleepwalking in the Modern City: Walter Benjamin and Sigmund Freud in the World of Dreams - S. Pile Moving in the Cityscape: Performance and the Embodied Experience of the Flâneur - P. Küppers A Manifesto for a New Walking Culture: 'Dealing with the City' - Wrights and Sites PART II: DRIFTING/THINGS Introduction Situationism - C.Lavery 'The Map is not the Territory': The Unfinished Journey of the Situationist International - A. Hussey 'The Accident of Where I Live' - Journeys on the Caledonian Road - R. Wentworth 'How Long I 'Been On?': Marc Dion's Performative Archaeology of the City - A. Coles What a Carry On - L. Gardner Nosing Around: A Singapore Scent Trail - P. Rae with L. K. Hong PART III: SOUNDING/RHYTHMS Introduction The Pepys of London E11: Graeme Miller and the Politics o…
creator: NC
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
date: May 2010
format: 328
type: Ouvrage

The Architecture and memory of the minority quarter in the Muslim Mediterranean city
subject: , histoire urbaine, histoire de l'architecture, mémoire, ségrégation urbaine, voisinage, société urbaine, mixité sociale, fragmentation sociale, Mediterranean, méditerranéen, Miller Susan Gilson, Bertagnin
description: Abstract from the publisher : A collaborative work among historians, literary specialists, and architects, this collection is directed at filling the gap in our knowledge about minority neighborhoods in the southern Mediterranean. A series of portraits examines the minority quarters of six Mediterranean cities: Fez, Marrakesh, Trani, Tangier, Palermo, and Istanbul. Each chapter documents the architectural reminders of minority presence: the houses, churches, synagogues, shrines, legations, and other public spaces that have been abandoned or converted to other uses. Authors also examine the everyday experiences that shaped physical space, such as family life, the economy, interactions with the rest of the city, relations with state authorities, and ties with the hinterland, the region and the wider Mediterranean world. Finally, the book considers how minority space has been exploited and refashioned as a “place of memory” in which uncomfortable visions of the past have been revised and made suitable for current use. Contents : Foreword - Hashim Sarkis An introduction to the Mediterranean minority quarter - Susan Gilson Miller Fragments of the past : reconstructing the history of Palermo's Meschita Quarter - William Granara The Giudecca of Trani : a Southern Italian synthesis - Susan Gilson Miller, Ilham Khurimakdisi, and Mauro Bertagnin The Mallâh, the third city of Fez - Susan Gilson Miller, Attilio Petruccioli, and Mauro Bertagnin The Mallâh of Marrakesh : epicenter of a desert economy - Emily R. Gottreich The Beni Ider Quarter of Tangier in 1900 : hybridity as a social practice - Susan Gilson Miller The Balat District of Istanbul : multiethnicity on the Golden Horn - Karen A. Leal Susan Gilson Miller is Associate Professor of History at the University of California at Davis. Mauro Bertagnin is Professor of Technical Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Udine.
creator: NC
publisher: Harvard University Graduate School of Design Distributor Harvard University Press
date: 2010
format: 227
type: Ouvrage

The Post-Socialist city : Continuity and change in urban space and imagery
subject: , aménagement urbain, capitalisme, représentations, politique culturelle, modernisation, mutation urbaine, rénovation urbaine, histoire urbaine, marxisme, Dmitrieva Marina, Kliems Alfrun,
description: For twenty years now, cities from Central Europe to Central Asia have seen revolutionary change. Following the collapse of socialism, their outward appearance, functional composition, and symbolic representation have been shattered and reassembled by new political forces and market economies. Yet, the legacy of socialist urban planning and imagination has neither just disappeared, nor did it come to coexist peacefully with the new. Rather, the story is one of conflict and hybridity, of replacement as well as of recodification. This volume explores such transformations from a variety of perspectives. Revealing a puzzling, heterogeneous vitality, the chapters contrast similarities with local specifics across half a hemisphere from Berlin to Astana. Authors include urban planners, architects, art and political historians, and literary theorists from across the region as well as from outside. Genres range from scholarly analysis to polemic essay, supported by rich visual material. available from the publisher (click on the 'Sample Pages' PDF file). Marina Dmitrieva and Alfrun Kliems work at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
creator: NC
publisher: Jovis Verlag
date: May 2010
format: 272
type: Ouvrage

Orienting Istanbul : Cultural capital of Europe?
subject: , culture urbaine, patrimoine urbain, patrimoine architectural, renouvellement urbain, représentations, art, Turkey, Turquie, Istanbul, Göktürk Deniz, Soysal Levent, Türeli Ipek
description: Abstract from the publisher : Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first century. Contents : Introduction Deniz Göktürk, İpek Türeli and Levent Soysal Part 1: Paths to Globalization 1. Istanbul into the Twenty-First Century Çağlar Keyder 2. The Soul of a City: Hüzün, Keyif, Longing Engin Işın Part 2: Heritage and Regeneration Debates 3. Challenging the Neoliberal Urban Regime: Regeneration and Resistance in Başıbüyük and Tarlabaşı Özlem Ünsal and Tuna Kuyucu 4. Contestations over a Living Heritage Site: The Case of Büyük Valide Han Ayşegül Baykan, Zerrin İren Boynudelik, Belkıs Uluoğlu and Burak Sevingen 5. Practices of Neo-Ottomanism: Making Space and Place Virtuous in Istanbul Jeremy F. Walton 6. Modelling Citizenship in Turkey’s Miniature Park İpek Türeli Part 3: The Mediatized City 7. The Spectator in the Making: Modernity and Cinema in Istanbul 1896-1928 Nezih Erdoğan 8. Istanbul through Migrants’ Eyes İpek Türeli 9. Istanbul Convertible: A Magic Carpet Ride through Genres Deniz Bayrakdar and Elif Akçalı 10. Sound Bridges: Projecting Polyphony through a European Lens Deniz Göktürk Part 4: Art in the City 11. Optimism Reconsidered: An Interview with Curator Hou Hanru Curator Hou Hanru interviewed by Nilgün Bayraktar 12. Art in Istanbul: Contemporary Spectacles and History Revisited Jale Erzen 13. The Politics of Urban Arts Events: A Comparison of Istanbul and Berlin Banu Karaca Part 5: A European Capital? 14. The European Capital of Culture Programme and Istanbul 2010 Carola Hein 15. Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture: Towards a Participatory Culture? Oğuz Öner 16. Co…
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge
date: June 2010
format: 336
type: Ouvrage

Can neighbourhoods save the city? Community development and social innovation
subject: , voisinage, habitants, community, communauté, mouvement social, citoyenneté, société urbaine, gouvernance, Moulaert Frank, Swyngedouw Erik, Martinelli Flavia, Gonzalez Sara, interaction sociale
description: Abstract from the publisher : For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to improve social interaction both internally and between the local communities, the wider urban society and political world. SINGOCOM - Social INnovation GOvernance and COMmunity building – is the acronym of the EU-funded project on which this book is based. Sixteen case studies of socially-innovative initiatives at the neighbourhood level were carried out in nine European cities, of which ten are analysed in depth and presented here. The book compares these efforts and their results, and shows how grass-roots initiatives, alternative local movements and self-organizing urban collectives are reshaping the urban scene in dynamic, creative, innovative and empowering ways. It argues that such grass-roots initiatives are vital for generating a socially cohesive urban condition that exists alongside the official state-organized forms of urban governance. The book is thus a major contribution to socio-political literature, as it seeks to overcome the duality between community-development studies and strategies, and the solidarity-based making of a diverse society based upon the recognising and maintaining of citizenship rights. It will be of particular interest to both students and researchers in the fields of urban studies, social geography and political science. Frank Moulaert is Professor of Spatial Planning at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Flavia Martinelli is professor of Analysis of territorial systems at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy. Sara Gonzalez is Lecturer in Human Critical Geography at the School of…
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge
date: July 2010
format: 248
type: Ouvrage

Refuge. Five Cities Portfolio. Istanbul, Beirut, Amman, Cairo and Dubai
subject: Princen Bas, Misselwitz Philipp, Altay Can, photographies, villes refuges, réfugiés, camps de réfugiés, gated communities, Istanbul, Beirouth, Amman, Le Caire, Dubai
creator: NC
publisher: SUN architecture.nl
date: 2009
format: 48
type: Ouvrage

The American urban reader : History and theory
subject: , histoire de l'urbanisme, histoire urbaine, géographie urbaine, États-Unis, United States, Corey Steven H., Boehm Lisa Krissoff
description: Abstract from the publisher : The American Urban Reader brings together the most exciting work on the evolution of the American city, from colonial settlement and western expansion to post-industrial cities and the growth of the suburbs. Each of the chronologically and thematically organized chapters includes thoughtfully selected scholarly essays from historians, social scientists and journalists, which are supplemented by relevant primary documents that offer more nuanced perspectives and convey the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the study of the urban condition. A comprehensive companion website offers valuable further reading, compelling supplementary links, slideshows of additional images, and a dialogue opening blog written by one of the authors. Lisa Krissoff Boehm and Steven H. Corey together bring 35 years of classroom experience in urban studies and history, and have selected a range of work that is dynamically written and carefully edited to be accessible to students and appropriate for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how American cities have developed. Steven Hunt Corey is Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Studies at Worcester State College, Worcester, MA. Lisa Krissoff Boehm is Professor of Urban Studies and Director of the Honors Program at Worcester State College in Worcester, MA.
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge
date: July 2010
format: 594
type: Ouvrage

Keeping the lid on : Urban eruptions and social control since the 19th century
subject: , histoire urbaine, émeute, mouvement social, epidemic, épidémie, société urbaine, mémoire, nineteenth century, twentieth century, dix-neuvième siècle, vingtième siècle, gouvernance, Finding Susan, Barrow Logie, Poirier François
description: Abstract from the publisher : The contributors to this book have explored various aspects of urban imagination, so intimately related to a peculiar social environment. They are historians and geographers, linguists and cultural students. Their methodologies are very different, their sources poles apart. And yet, they address the same object of study, social and spatial segregation and urban eruptions, though severally defined: from epidemics to anarchist scares, urban uprisings to mental maps, or the reverberations of urban memories in song, novels and museums. Case studies consider the towns of Liverpool, London, Hull, New York, Salvador de Bahia, or more generally France and America. The networks created among intellectuals and labourers, anarchists and migrants, or the lack of communication between those who feel oppressed (rioters, strikers, anti-vaccination protesters) and those in control, are a further common denominator. In a way, urban epidemics were the epitome of the repulsive character large cities possessed in the eyes even of their own inhabitants. If they were the receptacle of so many foreigners, and shady political characters, if they were the scenes of social and ethnic conflict, and violence, and promiscuity, and prostitution, and drunkenness, and pauperism, they were of necessity a festering sore which nothing could eradicate. It is strange that something of this fear should linger on today—otherwise, how can one explain the lacunae in the official memory of museums?—despite the cultural efforts produced in the opposite direction, with Ackroyd's love for East-End London, with the revival of a Little Italy in every major American city, with the nostalgic folklorisation of past miseries in Salvador de Bahia and in popular song. What sense of belonging can be generated by an obliteration of the past, what dynamic local culture can spring from an absence, from a hole in collective memory? This book goes some way to filling those gaps. Susan Finding i…
creator: NC
publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
date: Jul 2010
format: 199
type: Ouvrage

Psyche and the city : A soul's guide to the modern metropolis
subject: psychologie, psychology, Jung Carl, Singer Thomas , perception, culture urbaine, ambiances, soul, âme
description: Abstract from the publisher : Does a city have a "soul"? How does the individual psyche—as long-time resident, recent arrival, or visitor—experience different cities? Each city embodies distinctive psychological qualities—in its geography and architecture, its bright lights and shadowy realms, in the deep patterns that recur throughout its history, in its global connections, and in the singular lives of its past and current inhabitants. But although each is unique, all must face the archetypal, dialectical nature of the cosmopolitan itself, as well as the particular tensions, terrors, and promises common to modern urban life world-wide. The contributors to Psyche & the City are all Jungian analysts and cultural thinkers, working with a notion of "soul" that comprehends both spirit and matter, bridging dualistic conceptions while recognizing the inherent value of each individual perspective. Writing specially for this volume, the authors freely employ personal anecdote and reverie, factual background, biography, imaginal amplification, and creative speculation to evoke the souls of their own home cities. This book is a hymn to the soul intended not only for readers familiar with Jungian ideas, but for anyone who cares about the state of their own soul, about their fellow citizens, and about the soul of the city itself. Contents : Foreword - Thomas Kirsch Introduction - Thomas Singer PART ONE: THE CITIES 1. Searching for Soul & Jung in Zurich: A Psychological Essay - Murray Stein 2. Sydney / Purgatorio - Craig San Roque 3. Heart and Soul in Shanghai - Heyong Shen 4. São Paulo: Harlequin City - Gustavo Barcellos 5. San Francisco: The Cool, Grey City of Love - John Beebe 6. Paris, Essence, and Soul - Viviane Thibaudier 7. The One and Many Souls of New York City - Beverley Zabriskie 8. The Soul of New Orleans: Archetypal Density & the Unconscious - Charlotte M. Mathes 9. Moscow is Like a Sweet Berry - Elena Pourtova 10. Montreal: La Grande Dame - Thomas Kelly 11. Mexico …
creator: NC
publisher: Spring Journal Books
date: August 2010
format: 420
type: Ouvrage

Remembering, forgetting and city builders
subject: , mémoire, identité, culture urbaine, voisinage, jardin, patrimoine urbain, espace urbain, aménagement urbain, reconstruction, espace urbain, aménagement urbain, Fenster Tovi, Yacobi Haim
description: Abstract from the publisher : Remembering, Forgetting and City Builders critically explores how urban spaces are designed, planned and experienced in relation to the politics of collective and personal memory construction. Bringing together case studies from North America, South Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, the book analyzes how contested national, ethnic and cultural sentiments clash in planning and experiencing urban spaces. Going beyond the claim that such situations exist in many parts of the world because communities construct their 'past memories' within their current daily life and future aspirations, the book explores how the very acts of planning and urban design are rooted in the existing structures of hegemonic power. With contributors from the fields of architecture, geography, planning, anthropology and sociology, urban studies and cultural studies, the book provides a rich, interdisciplinary view into the conflicts over memory and belonging which are spatially expressed and mediated through the official planning apparatus. Contents : Introduction, Haim Yacobi and Tovi Fenster Remembering forgotten landscapes: community gardens in New York City and the reconstruction of cultural diversity, Efrat Eizenberg Memory, recognition and the architecture of a diasporic place: the case of Netivot, Israel, Haim Yacobi Neighbourhood and belonging: Turkish immigrant women constructing the everyday public space, Eda Ünlü-Yücesoy Memory, belonging, and resistance: the struggle over place among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev, Safa Abu-Rabia One place – different memories: the case of Yaad and Miaar, Tovi Fenster The reconstructed city as rhetorical space: the case of Volgograd, Elena Trubina Seoul: city, identity, and the construction of the past, Guy Podoler 'We shouldn't sell our country!': the reconfiguration of Jewish urban property and ethno-national political discourses and projects in (post) Socialist Romania, Damiana Gabriela Otoiu Forgetting and r…
creator: NC
publisher: Ashgate
date: September 2010
format: 218
type: Ouvrage

The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space
subject: religion, fondamentalisme, fundamentalism, espace urbain, identité, urbanisation, urbanité, géographie urbaine, AlSayyad Nezar, Massoumi Mejgan
description: Abstract from the publisher : The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It attempts to establish a relationship between two important phenomena: the historic transition of the majority of the world’s population from a rural to an urban existence; and the robust resurgence of religion as a major force in the shaping of contemporary life in many parts of the world. Employing a transnational interrogation anchored in specific geographic regions, the contributors to this volume explore the intellectual and practical challenges posed by fundamentalist groups, movements, and organizations. They focus on how certain ultra religious practices of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism have contributed to the remaking of global urban space. Their work suggests that it is a grave oversimplification to view religious orthodoxies or doctrines as the main cause of urban terrorism or violence. Instead they argue that such phenomena should be understood as a particular manifestation of modernity’s struggles. AlSayyad and Massoumi’s book provides fascinating reading for those interested in religion and the city, with thought provoking pieces from experts in anthropology, geography sociology, religious studies, and urban studies. Contents : Part 1: Fundamentalisms: Between City and Nation The Fundamentalist City? - Nezar AlSayyad Why in the City? Explaining Urban Fundamentalism - Inger Furseth The Civility of Inegalitarian Citizenships - James Holston Part 2: Fundamentalisms and Urbanism American National Identity, the Rise of the Modern City, and the Birth of Protestant Fundamentalism - Rhys Williams Producing and Contesting the "Communalized City": Hindutva Politics and Urban Space in Ahmedabad, India - Renu Desai On Religiosity and Spatiality: Lessons from Hezbollah in Beirut - Mona Harb Hamas in Gaza Refuge…
creator: NC
publisher: Routledge
date: July 2010
format: 316
type: Ouvrage

The city and the moving image : Urban projections
subject: , identité, film, cartographie, représentations, espace urbain, paysage urbain, mémoire, architecture, Koeck Richard, Roberts Les
description: Abstract from the publisher : This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores the recent developments in research on film and urban landscapes, pointing towards new theoretical and methodological frameworks for discussion. Contents : Preface - J. Hallam & R. Kronenburg Introduction: Projecting the Urban - R. Koeck & L. Roberts PART I: PROJECTING THE CITY: PLACE, SPACE AND IDENTITY ‘Old World Traditions…and Modernity’ in Cunard’s Transatlantic Films, c.1920-35: Making Connections between Early Promotional Films and Urban Change - H. Norris Nicholson Nice: Virtual City - I. McNeill Visions of Community: The Post War Housing Problem in Sponsored and Amateur Films; R. Shand ‘City of Change and Challenge’: The Cine-societies’ Response to Liverpool’s Redevelopment in the 1960s - J. Hallam PART II: OF TIME AND THE CITY: LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY AND ABSENCE Towards a History of Empty Spaces - C. Brunsdon Tacita Dean’s Optics of Refusal - T. McDowell Critique of the Disappearing City in the Films of Keiller, Cohen, and Steinmetz and Chanan - I. Robinson A Tale of Two Cities: Dachau Observed - A. Marcus PART III: CINEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY: FILM, MAPPING AND THE URBAN TOPOGRAPHY Mapping the City through Film: From ‘Topophilia’ to Urban Mapscapes; T. Castro Towards (East) London 2012: Emily Richardson’s Transit (2006) and Memo Mori (2009), and the Work of Iain Sinclair - P. Newland The Cinematic Production of Iconic Space in Early Films of London (1895-1914) - M. Cinquegrani Projection Place: Location Mapping, Consumption, and Cinematographic Tourism - L. Roberts PART IV: CINE-TECTURE: FILM, ARCHITECTURE AND NARRATIVITY Cine-Montage: The Spatial Editing of Cities - R. Koeck Informing Contemporary Architectural Urban Design with Historic Filmic Evidence - R. Kronenburg The Real City in the Reel City: Towards a Methodology through the Case…
creator: NC
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
date: July 2010
format: 320
type: Ouvrage