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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical,(...)
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical,(...)
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical, cultural, and geographical specificity of privatized and repoliticized public space in order to raise the possibility of a different politics of public space and a reimagined public sphere.
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical, cultural, and geographical specificity of privatized and repoliticized public space in order to raise the possibility of a different politics of public space and a reimagined public sphere.
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April 2005, New York
April 2005, New York
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Urban Theory
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Les sens du mouvement
Les sens du mouvement
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Mouvement , mobilité... qu'entendre exactement par ces mots apparemment ordinaires, mais carctéritistiques de la modernité ? Selon qu'on les approche comme sociologue, économiste, géographe, urbaniste, artiste ou élu, le mouvement et la mobilité recèlent des interrogations et des problématiques différentes. Les actes présentés ici entendent témoigner du large spectre(...)
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Mouvement , mobilité... qu'entendre exactement par ces mots apparemment ordinaires, mais carctéritistiques de la modernité ? Selon qu'on les approche comme sociologue, économiste, géographe, urbaniste, artiste ou élu, le mouvement et la mobilité recèlent des interrogations et des problématiques différentes. Les actes présentés ici entendent témoigner du large spectre(...)
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February 2005, Paris
February 2005, Paris
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Les sens du mouvement
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Mouvement , mobilité... qu'entendre exactement par ces mots apparemment ordinaires, mais carctéritistiques de la modernité ? Selon qu'on les approche comme sociologue, économiste, géographe, urbaniste, artiste ou élu, le mouvement et la mobilité recèlent des interrogations et des problématiques différentes. Les actes présentés ici entendent témoigner du large spectre des questionnements et enjeux de société concernés par la question du mouvement dans les sociétés contemporaines, accordant une place particulière aux mobilités urbaines, en les analysant dans leurs dimensions sociales, économiques, politiques, urbanistiques et environnementales.
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Mouvement , mobilité... qu'entendre exactement par ces mots apparemment ordinaires, mais carctéritistiques de la modernité ? Selon qu'on les approche comme sociologue, économiste, géographe, urbaniste, artiste ou élu, le mouvement et la mobilité recèlent des interrogations et des problématiques différentes. Les actes présentés ici entendent témoigner du large spectre des questionnements et enjeux de société concernés par la question du mouvement dans les sociétés contemporaines, accordant une place particulière aux mobilités urbaines, en les analysant dans leurs dimensions sociales, économiques, politiques, urbanistiques et environnementales.
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February 2005, Paris
February 2005, Paris
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La société hypermoderne ou ces événements nous dépassent, feignons d'en être les organisateurs
La société hypermoderne ou ces événements nous dépassent, feignons d'en être les organisateurs
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Contrairement à une analyse largement partagée qui verrait les liens sociaux se déchirer et les valeurs se dissoudre, François Ascher défend ici l'idée que l'individualisation, la rationalisation et la différence sociale, qui caractérisent la modernité, engendrent des liens sociaux beaucoup plus nombreux et choisis, et font émerger de nouveaux enjeux politiques. Il nous(...)
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Contrairement à une analyse largement partagée qui verrait les liens sociaux se déchirer et les valeurs se dissoudre, François Ascher défend ici l'idée que l'individualisation, la rationalisation et la différence sociale, qui caractérisent la modernité, engendrent des liens sociaux beaucoup plus nombreux et choisis, et font émerger de nouveaux enjeux politiques. Il nous(...)
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La société hypermoderne ou ces événements nous dépassent, feignons d'en être les organisateurs
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Contrairement à une analyse largement partagée qui verrait les liens sociaux se déchirer et les valeurs se dissoudre, François Ascher défend ici l'idée que l'individualisation, la rationalisation et la différence sociale, qui caractérisent la modernité, engendrent des liens sociaux beaucoup plus nombreux et choisis, et font émerger de nouveaux enjeux politiques. Il nous montre que le capitalisme cognitif, tel qu'il s'impose aujourd'hui, résulte de ces transformations : cette société est moderne parce que les individus comme les organisations qui la composent prétendent maîtriser leurs actions et leur vie. Mais est-ce réellement possible dans un monde toujours plus complexe et par conséquent, toujours plus incertain?
La société hypermoderne ou ces événements nous dépassent, feignons d'en être les organisateurs
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Contrairement à une analyse largement partagée qui verrait les liens sociaux se déchirer et les valeurs se dissoudre, François Ascher défend ici l'idée que l'individualisation, la rationalisation et la différence sociale, qui caractérisent la modernité, engendrent des liens sociaux beaucoup plus nombreux et choisis, et font émerger de nouveaux enjeux politiques. Il nous montre que le capitalisme cognitif, tel qu'il s'impose aujourd'hui, résulte de ces transformations : cette société est moderne parce que les individus comme les organisations qui la composent prétendent maîtriser leurs actions et leur vie. Mais est-ce réellement possible dans un monde toujours plus complexe et par conséquent, toujours plus incertain?
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May 2005, La Tour d'Aigues
May 2005, La Tour d'Aigues
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Devant l'inflation des images de la ville, il importe de mettre en oeuvre un questionnement scientifique, susceptible d'éclairer leur rôle dans le développement des savoirs et des pratiques de l'intervention spatiale. Trois disciplines sont ici principalement interrogées pour traiter de la construction des figurations urbaines, de leurs effets, de leurs modes de(...)
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Devant l'inflation des images de la ville, il importe de mettre en oeuvre un questionnement scientifique, susceptible d'éclairer leur rôle dans le développement des savoirs et des pratiques de l'intervention spatiale. Trois disciplines sont ici principalement interrogées pour traiter de la construction des figurations urbaines, de leurs effets, de leurs modes de(...)
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Figures de la ville et construction des savoirs : architecture, urbanisme, géographie
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Devant l'inflation des images de la ville, il importe de mettre en oeuvre un questionnement scientifique, susceptible d'éclairer leur rôle dans le développement des savoirs et des pratiques de l'intervention spatiale. Trois disciplines sont ici principalement interrogées pour traiter de la construction des figurations urbaines, de leurs effets, de leurs modes de circulation : l'architecture, l'urbanisme et la géographie.
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Devant l'inflation des images de la ville, il importe de mettre en oeuvre un questionnement scientifique, susceptible d'éclairer leur rôle dans le développement des savoirs et des pratiques de l'intervention spatiale. Trois disciplines sont ici principalement interrogées pour traiter de la construction des figurations urbaines, de leurs effets, de leurs modes de circulation : l'architecture, l'urbanisme et la géographie.
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February 2005, Paris
February 2005, Paris
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Urban Theory
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In 1949, Beijing still retained nearly all of its time-honoured character and magnificence. But when Chairman Mao rejected the proposal to build a new capital for the People's Republic of China and decided to stay in the ancient city, he initiated a long struggle to transform Beijing into a shining beacon of socialism. So began the remaking of the city into a modern(...)
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In 1949, Beijing still retained nearly all of its time-honoured character and magnificence. But when Chairman Mao rejected the proposal to build a new capital for the People's Republic of China and decided to stay in the ancient city, he initiated a long struggle to transform Beijing into a shining beacon of socialism. So began the remaking of the city into a modern(...)
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Remaking Beijing : Tiananmen Square and the creation of a political space
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In 1949, Beijing still retained nearly all of its time-honoured character and magnificence. But when Chairman Mao rejected the proposal to build a new capital for the People's Republic of China and decided to stay in the ancient city, he initiated a long struggle to transform Beijing into a shining beacon of socialism. So began the remaking of the city into a modern metropolis rife with monuments, public squares, exhibition halls, and government offices. Wu Hung grew up in Beijing and experienced much of the city's makeover firsthand. In this lavishly illustrated work, he offers a vivid, often personal account of the struggle over Beijing's reinvention, drawing particular attention to Tiananmen Square - the most sacred space in the People's Republic of China. "Remaking Beijing" considers the square's transformation from a restricted imperial domain into a public arena for political expression, from an epic symbol of socialism into a holy relic of the Maoist regime, and from an official and monumental complex into a site for unofficial and antigovernment demonstrations. Wu Hung also explores how Tiananmen Square has become a touchstone for official art in modern China - as the site for Mao's monumental portrait, as the location of museums narrating revolutionary history, and as the grounds for extravagant National Day parades celebrating the revolutionary masses. He then shows how in recent years the square has inspired artists working without state sponsorship to create paintings, photographs, and even performances that reflect the spirit of the 1989 uprisings and pose a forceful challenge to official artworks and the socio-political system that supports them.
Remaking Beijing : Tiananmen Square and the creation of a political space
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In 1949, Beijing still retained nearly all of its time-honoured character and magnificence. But when Chairman Mao rejected the proposal to build a new capital for the People's Republic of China and decided to stay in the ancient city, he initiated a long struggle to transform Beijing into a shining beacon of socialism. So began the remaking of the city into a modern metropolis rife with monuments, public squares, exhibition halls, and government offices. Wu Hung grew up in Beijing and experienced much of the city's makeover firsthand. In this lavishly illustrated work, he offers a vivid, often personal account of the struggle over Beijing's reinvention, drawing particular attention to Tiananmen Square - the most sacred space in the People's Republic of China. "Remaking Beijing" considers the square's transformation from a restricted imperial domain into a public arena for political expression, from an epic symbol of socialism into a holy relic of the Maoist regime, and from an official and monumental complex into a site for unofficial and antigovernment demonstrations. Wu Hung also explores how Tiananmen Square has become a touchstone for official art in modern China - as the site for Mao's monumental portrait, as the location of museums narrating revolutionary history, and as the grounds for extravagant National Day parades celebrating the revolutionary masses. He then shows how in recent years the square has inspired artists working without state sponsorship to create paintings, photographs, and even performances that reflect the spirit of the 1989 uprisings and pose a forceful challenge to official artworks and the socio-political system that supports them.
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May 2005, Chicago
May 2005, Chicago
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'OverHolland - architectural studies for Dutch cities' is a series published by the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. The field of architectural research covered by the series includes both typological and morphological urban studies and the question of architectural intervention in Dutch cities.
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'OverHolland - architectural studies for Dutch cities' is a series published by the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. The field of architectural research covered by the series includes both typological and morphological urban studies and the question of architectural intervention in Dutch cities.
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March 2005, Amsterdam
March 2005, Amsterdam
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OverHolland 1 -Architectonische studies voor de Hollandse stad
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'OverHolland - architectural studies for Dutch cities' is a series published by the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. The field of architectural research covered by the series includes both typological and morphological urban studies and the question of architectural intervention in Dutch cities.
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'OverHolland - architectural studies for Dutch cities' is a series published by the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology. The field of architectural research covered by the series includes both typological and morphological urban studies and the question of architectural intervention in Dutch cities.
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March 2005, Amsterdam
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The anxious city
The anxious city
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A unique and provocative history of the development of the idea of the city in recent years. Key public spaces and buildings in England, Europe and the USA are discussed in relation to their socio-political context. The book argues that contemporary city spaces are uniquely "anxious" - uncertain as to their use and role.
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A unique and provocative history of the development of the idea of the city in recent years. Key public spaces and buildings in England, Europe and the USA are discussed in relation to their socio-political context. The book argues that contemporary city spaces are uniquely "anxious" - uncertain as to their use and role.
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The anxious city
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A unique and provocative history of the development of the idea of the city in recent years. Key public spaces and buildings in England, Europe and the USA are discussed in relation to their socio-political context. The book argues that contemporary city spaces are uniquely "anxious" - uncertain as to their use and role.
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A unique and provocative history of the development of the idea of the city in recent years. Key public spaces and buildings in England, Europe and the USA are discussed in relation to their socio-political context. The book argues that contemporary city spaces are uniquely "anxious" - uncertain as to their use and role.
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January 2004, London
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In this volume Peter Calthorpe, renowned West Coast town planner and author, presents the case for New Urbanism, a movement that has enjoyed meteoric success since he co-founded it in the early 1990s. More utopian and civic than Everyday Urbanism, it promotes mixed-use and transit-oriented development and redevelopment of our cities, as well as walkability and(...)
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In this volume Peter Calthorpe, renowned West Coast town planner and author, presents the case for New Urbanism, a movement that has enjoyed meteoric success since he co-founded it in the early 1990s. More utopian and civic than Everyday Urbanism, it promotes mixed-use and transit-oriented development and redevelopment of our cities, as well as walkability and(...)
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New urbanism : Peter Calthorpe vs. Lars Lerup, Michigan debates on urbanism vol.II
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In this volume Peter Calthorpe, renowned West Coast town planner and author, presents the case for New Urbanism, a movement that has enjoyed meteoric success since he co-founded it in the early 1990s. More utopian and civic than Everyday Urbanism, it promotes mixed-use and transit-oriented development and redevelopment of our cities, as well as walkability and socio-economic diversity. Less avant-garde than Post Urbanism, it embraces traditional urban and architectural scale and typologies. Lars Lerup, Dean of the School of Architecture at Rice University and author, responds with counter-arguments and case studies in a passionate but constructive exchange. Historian Robert Fishman, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at Taubman College and the author of several seminal books on urbanism, introduces and moderates the discussion, and offers a postscript. This compelling and insightful publication, with scores of images, features timely topics for architects, urban planners and designers, developers, government officials, landscape architects, students, and citizens interested in the fate of their urban environment.
New urbanism : Peter Calthorpe vs. Lars Lerup, Michigan debates on urbanism vol.II
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In this volume Peter Calthorpe, renowned West Coast town planner and author, presents the case for New Urbanism, a movement that has enjoyed meteoric success since he co-founded it in the early 1990s. More utopian and civic than Everyday Urbanism, it promotes mixed-use and transit-oriented development and redevelopment of our cities, as well as walkability and socio-economic diversity. Less avant-garde than Post Urbanism, it embraces traditional urban and architectural scale and typologies. Lars Lerup, Dean of the School of Architecture at Rice University and author, responds with counter-arguments and case studies in a passionate but constructive exchange. Historian Robert Fishman, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at Taubman College and the author of several seminal books on urbanism, introduces and moderates the discussion, and offers a postscript. This compelling and insightful publication, with scores of images, features timely topics for architects, urban planners and designers, developers, government officials, landscape architects, students, and citizens interested in the fate of their urban environment.
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February 2005, Ann Arbor
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Everyday urbanism : Margaret Crawford vs. Michael Speaks, Michigan debates on urbanism vol. I
Everyday urbanism : Margaret Crawford vs. Michael Speaks, Michigan debates on urbanism vol. I
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Everyday Urbanism is one of three books in the "Michigan Debates on Urbanism" series that also features New Urbanism and Post Urbanism. Each book represents a distinct, inevitable, but still-emerging paradigm in contemporary urbanism, and is an elaboration on public debates held at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning during the(...)
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Everyday Urbanism is one of three books in the "Michigan Debates on Urbanism" series that also features New Urbanism and Post Urbanism. Each book represents a distinct, inevitable, but still-emerging paradigm in contemporary urbanism, and is an elaboration on public debates held at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning during the(...)
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Everyday urbanism : Margaret Crawford vs. Michael Speaks, Michigan debates on urbanism vol. I
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Everyday Urbanism is one of three books in the "Michigan Debates on Urbanism" series that also features New Urbanism and Post Urbanism. Each book represents a distinct, inevitable, but still-emerging paradigm in contemporary urbanism, and is an elaboration on public debates held at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning during the winter of 2004. In this volume Margaret Crawford, co-author of "Everyday Urbanism" and Professor of Architecture at Harvard University, is the protagonist. She presents the case for an informal, bottom-up urbanism that celebrates and builds on everyday, ordinary life and reality, with little pretense about the possibility of a tidy or ideal built environment. Michael Speaks, Graduate Program Director at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and a widely published author, is the respondent. Rahul Mehrotra, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Michigan and award-winning Bombay designer, introduces and moderates the exchange.
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Everyday Urbanism is one of three books in the "Michigan Debates on Urbanism" series that also features New Urbanism and Post Urbanism. Each book represents a distinct, inevitable, but still-emerging paradigm in contemporary urbanism, and is an elaboration on public debates held at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning during the winter of 2004. In this volume Margaret Crawford, co-author of "Everyday Urbanism" and Professor of Architecture at Harvard University, is the protagonist. She presents the case for an informal, bottom-up urbanism that celebrates and builds on everyday, ordinary life and reality, with little pretense about the possibility of a tidy or ideal built environment. Michael Speaks, Graduate Program Director at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and a widely published author, is the respondent. Rahul Mehrotra, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Michigan and award-winning Bombay designer, introduces and moderates the exchange.
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February 2005, Ann Arbor
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For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In “Ornaments of the Metropolis”, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his "sociobiography" of(...)
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For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In “Ornaments of the Metropolis”, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his "sociobiography" of(...)
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Ornaments of the metropolis : Siegfried Kracauer and modern urban culture
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For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In “Ornaments of the Metropolis”, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his "sociobiography" of Jacques Offenbach in Paris. Kracauer (1889-1966), often associated with the Frankfurt School and the intellectual milieu of Walter Benjamin, is best known for his writings on cinema and the philosophy of history. Reeh examines Kracauer's lesser-known early work, much of it written for the trendsetting newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in the 1920s and early 1930s, and analyzes Kracauer's continuing reflections on modern urban life, through the pivotal idea of ornament. Kracauer deciphers the subjective experience of the city by viewing fragments of the city as dynamic ornaments; an employment exchange, a day shelter for the homeless, a movie theatre, and an amusement park become urban microcosms. Reeh focuses on three substantial works written by Kracauer before his emigration to the United States in 1940. In the early autobiographical novel “Ginster, Written by Himself”, a young architect finds aesthetic pleasure in the ornamental forms that are largely unused in the profession of the time. The collection “Streets of Berlin and Elsewhere”, with many essays from Kracauer's years in Berlin, documents the subjectiveness of urban life. Finally, “Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time” shows how the superficial -- in a sense, ornamental -- milieu of the operetta evolved into a critical force during the Second Empire. Reeh argues that Kracauer's novel, essays, and historiography all suggest ways in which the subjective can reappropriate urban life. The book also includes a series of photographs by the author that reflect the ornamental experience of the metropolis in Paris, Frankfurt, and other cities.
Ornaments of the metropolis : Siegfried Kracauer and modern urban culture
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For Siegfried Kracauer, the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In “Ornaments of the Metropolis”, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his "sociobiography" of Jacques Offenbach in Paris. Kracauer (1889-1966), often associated with the Frankfurt School and the intellectual milieu of Walter Benjamin, is best known for his writings on cinema and the philosophy of history. Reeh examines Kracauer's lesser-known early work, much of it written for the trendsetting newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in the 1920s and early 1930s, and analyzes Kracauer's continuing reflections on modern urban life, through the pivotal idea of ornament. Kracauer deciphers the subjective experience of the city by viewing fragments of the city as dynamic ornaments; an employment exchange, a day shelter for the homeless, a movie theatre, and an amusement park become urban microcosms. Reeh focuses on three substantial works written by Kracauer before his emigration to the United States in 1940. In the early autobiographical novel “Ginster, Written by Himself”, a young architect finds aesthetic pleasure in the ornamental forms that are largely unused in the profession of the time. The collection “Streets of Berlin and Elsewhere”, with many essays from Kracauer's years in Berlin, documents the subjectiveness of urban life. Finally, “Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time” shows how the superficial -- in a sense, ornamental -- milieu of the operetta evolved into a critical force during the Second Empire. Reeh argues that Kracauer's novel, essays, and historiography all suggest ways in which the subjective can reappropriate urban life. The book also includes a series of photographs by the author that reflect the ornamental experience of the metropolis in Paris, Frankfurt, and other cities.
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March 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Urban Theory
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