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City as stage, city as process
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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?…
The branded city - La ville marquée : Paroles gelées (Vol. 26, No. 1)
From the Introduction by Michelle Bumatay and Katelyn Knox : The theme of the 2009 conference, the "Branded City,' carries a double meaning : first, it references both the city as it has been recorded by artists (writers, painters,…
Nantes Habitat. 100 ans de logement social
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Nantes Habitat fête ses 100 ans. Il est par la taille et l’ancienneté le deuxième office municipal HLM de France. Avec un parc de plus de 24 000 logements, il loge 46 000…
Performance and the contemporary city : An interdisciplinary reader
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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…
The Post-Socialist city : Continuity and change in urban space and imagery
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…
Orienting Istanbul : Cultural capital of Europe?
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…
The city and the moving image : Urban projections
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…
Noir urbanisms : Dystopic images of the modern city
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Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. Noir Urbanisms traces the history of the…
Rome: Continuing encounters between past and present
Abstract from the publisher: Few other cities can compare with Rome's history of continuous habitation, nor with the survival of so many different epochs in its present. This volume explores how the city's past has shaped the way in which Rome has…
Du Bellay et la poésie de la ville. Rome n'est plus Rome...
Cette étude revisite le mythe de Rome comme "Ville éternelle" dans l'oeuvre poétique de Joachim Du Bellay. L'analyse de ses recueils offre, dans une première lecture, l'image d'une ville d'où le rêve, le sens et le sacré se sont retirés.
Du Bellay…
Du Bellay…
Etre architecte, les vertus de l'indétermination. De la sociologie d'une profession à la sociologie du travail professionnel
L'hypothèse centrale de l’ouvrage est que, loin d’une « déprofessionnalisation » ou d’une « mutation d’identité », les architectes font montre d’une grande faculté d’adaptation liée au capital symbolique attaché à leur titre. Cette mobilisation du…
Histoire et mémoire des quartiers de la politique de la ville
Pascal Blanchard a remis à François Lamy le rapport issu du groupe de travail sur l’histoire, le patrimoine et les mémoires des quartiers. Ce rapport intitulé « Histoires, patrimoine et mémoires dans les territoires de la politique de la ville »…