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Seeing cities change: Local culture and class
Abstract from the publisher: Cities have always been dynamic social environments for visual and otherwise symbolic competition between the groups who live and work within them. In contemporary urban areas, all sorts of diversity are simultaneously…
Taipei: City of displacements
Abstract from the publisher: This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects - maps, public art, parks - Joseph Allen peels back layers of…
The new Asian city: Three-dimensional fictions of space and urban form
Abstract from the publisher: Under Jini Kim Watson’s scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political…
African metropolitan architecture
Abstract from the publisher: The architecture and built environment of African cities are documented in groundbreaking photographs by acclaimed architect David Adjaye. David Adjaye is renowned for his highly acclaimed buildings in Europe and the…
Creating cities: Culture, space and sustainability. The 1st City, Culture and Society conference
Extract from the Introduction by Evelyn Schulz and Hiroshi Okano: The papers gathered here are the outcome of Creating Cities; Culture, Space and Sustainability: The 1st City, Culture and Society (CCS) Conference which took place in Munich, Germany,…