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Architecture and environmental design are among the last professional fields to develop a sustained and nuanced discussion concerning ethics. Hemmed in by politics and powerful clients on one side and the often unscrupulous practices of the construction industry on the other, environmental designers have been traditionally reluctant to address ethical issues head on. And(...)
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Architecture and environmental design are among the last professional fields to develop a sustained and nuanced discussion concerning ethics. Hemmed in by politics and powerful clients on one side and the often unscrupulous practices of the construction industry on the other, environmental designers have been traditionally reluctant to address ethical issues head on. And(...)
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Architectural Theory
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September 2007, Hanover and London
September 2007, Hanover and London
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Architecture, ethics, and the personhood of place
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Architecture and environmental design are among the last professional fields to develop a sustained and nuanced discussion concerning ethics. Hemmed in by politics and powerful clients on one side and the often unscrupulous practices of the construction industry on the other, environmental designers have been traditionally reluctant to address ethical issues head on. And yet the rapid urbanization of the world's population continues to swell into new megacities, each less healthy, welcoming, secure, or environmentally sustainable than the next. Green, carbon-reduced, and sustainable building practices are important ways architects have recently responded to the symptoms of the crisis, but are these efforts really addressing the core issues? Taking the Din� (Navajo) "Hogan Song"�a song used to protect and nourish the personhood of newly constructed dwellings�as their inspiration, the architects, philosophers, poets, and other contemporary scholars contributing to this volume demonstrate that a deeper, more radical change in our relationship to the built world needs to occur. While offering a careful critique of modernist, corporate, or techno-enthralled design practices, these essays investigate an alternative "relational ecology" whose wisdom draws from ancient and often-marginalized voices, if not the whisperings of the earth itself.
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Architecture and environmental design are among the last professional fields to develop a sustained and nuanced discussion concerning ethics. Hemmed in by politics and powerful clients on one side and the often unscrupulous practices of the construction industry on the other, environmental designers have been traditionally reluctant to address ethical issues head on. And yet the rapid urbanization of the world's population continues to swell into new megacities, each less healthy, welcoming, secure, or environmentally sustainable than the next. Green, carbon-reduced, and sustainable building practices are important ways architects have recently responded to the symptoms of the crisis, but are these efforts really addressing the core issues? Taking the Din� (Navajo) "Hogan Song"�a song used to protect and nourish the personhood of newly constructed dwellings�as their inspiration, the architects, philosophers, poets, and other contemporary scholars contributing to this volume demonstrate that a deeper, more radical change in our relationship to the built world needs to occur. While offering a careful critique of modernist, corporate, or techno-enthralled design practices, these essays investigate an alternative "relational ecology" whose wisdom draws from ancient and often-marginalized voices, if not the whisperings of the earth itself.
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September 2007, Hanover and London
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Between 1979 and 1981, Alfredo Jaar asked Chileans a deceptively simple question: "Are you happy?" Through private interviews, sidewalk polls and video-recorded forums, among other interventions, Jaar's three-year and seven-phase project, ''Studies on happiness'', addressed a furtive and fearful population living under Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. It also(...)
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Between 1979 and 1981, Alfredo Jaar asked Chileans a deceptively simple question: "Are you happy?" Through private interviews, sidewalk polls and video-recorded forums, among other interventions, Jaar's three-year and seven-phase project, ''Studies on happiness'', addressed a furtive and fearful population living under Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. It also(...)
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Alfredo Jaar: Studies on happiness
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Between 1979 and 1981, Alfredo Jaar asked Chileans a deceptively simple question: "Are you happy?" Through private interviews, sidewalk polls and video-recorded forums, among other interventions, Jaar's three-year and seven-phase project, ''Studies on happiness'', addressed a furtive and fearful population living under Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. It also spoke to a country in transition, as a newly adopted constitution remade Chile through privatisation and other neoliberal reforms. In its varied interventions and direct mode of address, ''Studies on happiness'' functioned as a feedback device meant to catalyse a critical awareness with its blunt questioning. Edward A. Vazquez contextualises Studies on Happiness within Jaar's early production and situates his practice within a Chilean art world haunted by the residues of political violence. This study foregrounds the project's historical embeddedness and the deep political stakes of its apparent sociality, recognising the crucial role that context has always played in Jaar's practice. By turning to the Santiago of Studies on Happiness, Vazquez explores the work's political and art historical environment and provides a wedge to realign current interpretations of Chilean art and hemispheric conceptualism with the openness central to Jaar's project.
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Between 1979 and 1981, Alfredo Jaar asked Chileans a deceptively simple question: "Are you happy?" Through private interviews, sidewalk polls and video-recorded forums, among other interventions, Jaar's three-year and seven-phase project, ''Studies on happiness'', addressed a furtive and fearful population living under Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. It also spoke to a country in transition, as a newly adopted constitution remade Chile through privatisation and other neoliberal reforms. In its varied interventions and direct mode of address, ''Studies on happiness'' functioned as a feedback device meant to catalyse a critical awareness with its blunt questioning. Edward A. Vazquez contextualises Studies on Happiness within Jaar's early production and situates his practice within a Chilean art world haunted by the residues of political violence. This study foregrounds the project's historical embeddedness and the deep political stakes of its apparent sociality, recognising the crucial role that context has always played in Jaar's practice. By turning to the Santiago of Studies on Happiness, Vazquez explores the work's political and art historical environment and provides a wedge to realign current interpretations of Chilean art and hemispheric conceptualism with the openness central to Jaar's project.
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November 2023
November 2023
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In the late nineteenth century, Chicago - the birthplace of modern architecture in the United States - was a magnet for aspiring architects. The city was forced to rebuild after the destruction wrought by the Great Fire of 1871 and also to expand to accommodate a surge in the population. The seemingly endless demand for taller and more sophisticated buildings offered(...)
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In the late nineteenth century, Chicago - the birthplace of modern architecture in the United States - was a magnet for aspiring architects. The city was forced to rebuild after the destruction wrought by the Great Fire of 1871 and also to expand to accommodate a surge in the population. The seemingly endless demand for taller and more sophisticated buildings offered(...)
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May 2004, New York
May 2004, New York
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The Chicago Architectural Club : prelude to the modern
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In the late nineteenth century, Chicago - the birthplace of modern architecture in the United States - was a magnet for aspiring architects. The city was forced to rebuild after the destruction wrought by the Great Fire of 1871 and also to expand to accommodate a surge in the population. The seemingly endless demand for taller and more sophisticated buildings offered young draftsmen an unprecedented opportunity to influence the design of the American skyscraper. "The Chicago Architecture Club : Prelude to the Modern" documents the history of these draughtsmen, the organization they founded, and its role in shaping architectural education and modern architectural practice. Founded in 1885, when architecture was an emerging profession and formal architectural education was in its infancy, the club provided a setting where aspiring draftsmen could develop their skills by creating a professional network and participating in a lively program of lectures, design competitions, and social events. Wilbert R. Hasbrouck documents the personalities and politics of this impressive group, offering an in-depth look at the lesser-known men often largely responsible for the designs credited to their more famous employers. This volume includes hundreds of drawings and photographs. Epilogue by Stanley Tigerman.
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In the late nineteenth century, Chicago - the birthplace of modern architecture in the United States - was a magnet for aspiring architects. The city was forced to rebuild after the destruction wrought by the Great Fire of 1871 and also to expand to accommodate a surge in the population. The seemingly endless demand for taller and more sophisticated buildings offered young draftsmen an unprecedented opportunity to influence the design of the American skyscraper. "The Chicago Architecture Club : Prelude to the Modern" documents the history of these draughtsmen, the organization they founded, and its role in shaping architectural education and modern architectural practice. Founded in 1885, when architecture was an emerging profession and formal architectural education was in its infancy, the club provided a setting where aspiring draftsmen could develop their skills by creating a professional network and participating in a lively program of lectures, design competitions, and social events. Wilbert R. Hasbrouck documents the personalities and politics of this impressive group, offering an in-depth look at the lesser-known men often largely responsible for the designs credited to their more famous employers. This volume includes hundreds of drawings and photographs. Epilogue by Stanley Tigerman.
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May 2004, New York
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Cell phones and E-mail, home shopping and the Internet - "old" industrial societies have been turning into globally connected information societies on the sly. At the same time, the population is tending to retreat into its own four walls. Yet - or maybe for this reason - public urban spaces are becoming more and more important, having lost none of their significance as(...)
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Cell phones and E-mail, home shopping and the Internet - "old" industrial societies have been turning into globally connected information societies on the sly. At the same time, the population is tending to retreat into its own four walls. Yet - or maybe for this reason - public urban spaces are becoming more and more important, having lost none of their significance as(...)
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January 1900, Ostfildern-Ruit
January 1900, Ostfildern-Ruit
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No art = no city! : urban utopias in contemporary art
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Cell phones and E-mail, home shopping and the Internet - "old" industrial societies have been turning into globally connected information societies on the sly. At the same time, the population is tending to retreat into its own four walls. Yet - or maybe for this reason - public urban spaces are becoming more and more important, having lost none of their significance as interfaces of human communication. This catalogue is published in conjunction with the thirtieth anniversary of the Bremen program for public art. It features over thirty artists who have confronted urban and social aspects of the city and developed their own personal visions, utopias and fantasies of a life in and with the city. Artists featured: Kim Adams, Louise Bourgeois, Stephen Craig, Bogomir Ecker, Olafur Eliasson, Ayse Erkmen, Isa Genzken, Dorothee Golz, Wiebke Grösch/Frank Metzger, Hans Haacke, Rudolf Herz, Stephan Huber, Rolf Julius, Emilia und Ilya Kabakov, Andree Korpys/Markus Löffler, Mischa Kuball, Atelier Van Lieshout, M+M, Joachim Manz, Olaf Nicolai, Julian Opie, Panamarenko, Hermann Pitz, Marjetica Potrc, Tobias Rehberger, Thomas Ruff/Florian Baudrexel/Jens Ullrich, Roman Signer, Bert Theis, herman de vries, Wolfgang Winter/Berthold Hörbelt
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Cell phones and E-mail, home shopping and the Internet - "old" industrial societies have been turning into globally connected information societies on the sly. At the same time, the population is tending to retreat into its own four walls. Yet - or maybe for this reason - public urban spaces are becoming more and more important, having lost none of their significance as interfaces of human communication. This catalogue is published in conjunction with the thirtieth anniversary of the Bremen program for public art. It features over thirty artists who have confronted urban and social aspects of the city and developed their own personal visions, utopias and fantasies of a life in and with the city. Artists featured: Kim Adams, Louise Bourgeois, Stephen Craig, Bogomir Ecker, Olafur Eliasson, Ayse Erkmen, Isa Genzken, Dorothee Golz, Wiebke Grösch/Frank Metzger, Hans Haacke, Rudolf Herz, Stephan Huber, Rolf Julius, Emilia und Ilya Kabakov, Andree Korpys/Markus Löffler, Mischa Kuball, Atelier Van Lieshout, M+M, Joachim Manz, Olaf Nicolai, Julian Opie, Panamarenko, Hermann Pitz, Marjetica Potrc, Tobias Rehberger, Thomas Ruff/Florian Baudrexel/Jens Ullrich, Roman Signer, Bert Theis, herman de vries, Wolfgang Winter/Berthold Hörbelt
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January 1900, Ostfildern-Ruit
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Ce petit quartier de Montréal fut détruit en 1964. C’était, nous disait-on, la route du progrès qui devait passer là… Il s’agit du Village-aux-Oies, nommé aussi Goose Village ou plus officiellement Victoriatown. Il fut rasé de la carte comme le fut aussi le Faubourg à m’lasse — pour permettre entre autres la construction du pont Jacques-Cartier. À la place de ce(...)
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Ce petit quartier de Montréal fut détruit en 1964. C’était, nous disait-on, la route du progrès qui devait passer là… Il s’agit du Village-aux-Oies, nommé aussi Goose Village ou plus officiellement Victoriatown. Il fut rasé de la carte comme le fut aussi le Faubourg à m’lasse — pour permettre entre autres la construction du pont Jacques-Cartier. À la place de ce(...)
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Marisa Portolese: Goose Village (ed. français)
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Ce petit quartier de Montréal fut détruit en 1964. C’était, nous disait-on, la route du progrès qui devait passer là… Il s’agit du Village-aux-Oies, nommé aussi Goose Village ou plus officiellement Victoriatown. Il fut rasé de la carte comme le fut aussi le Faubourg à m’lasse — pour permettre entre autres la construction du pont Jacques-Cartier. À la place de ce Village-aux-Oies, on bâtit une partie de l’autoroute Bonaventure et, pour Expo 67, l’Autostade, centre sportif qu’on détruisit pourtant rapidement dès 1980. Ce lieu est maintenant occupé par un stationnement et un terrain vague. Cela valait bien la peine de démanteler cette communauté… Ce quartier, situé dans la partie sud-ouest de Pointe-Saint-Charles, comportait une forte concentration de population d’origine italienne. C’est d’ailleurs là que la famille de la photographe Marisa Portolese s’était installée lors de son arrivée au pays. Marisa Portolese revient sur cette histoire de la modernité montréalaise qui eut un impact sur son histoire familiale. Elle a effectué un travail de recherche et de création photographique qui s’échelonne sur plusieurs années. Avec un essai par Vincent Bonin.
Marisa Portolese: Goose Village (ed. français)
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Ce petit quartier de Montréal fut détruit en 1964. C’était, nous disait-on, la route du progrès qui devait passer là… Il s’agit du Village-aux-Oies, nommé aussi Goose Village ou plus officiellement Victoriatown. Il fut rasé de la carte comme le fut aussi le Faubourg à m’lasse — pour permettre entre autres la construction du pont Jacques-Cartier. À la place de ce Village-aux-Oies, on bâtit une partie de l’autoroute Bonaventure et, pour Expo 67, l’Autostade, centre sportif qu’on détruisit pourtant rapidement dès 1980. Ce lieu est maintenant occupé par un stationnement et un terrain vague. Cela valait bien la peine de démanteler cette communauté… Ce quartier, situé dans la partie sud-ouest de Pointe-Saint-Charles, comportait une forte concentration de population d’origine italienne. C’est d’ailleurs là que la famille de la photographe Marisa Portolese s’était installée lors de son arrivée au pays. Marisa Portolese revient sur cette histoire de la modernité montréalaise qui eut un impact sur son histoire familiale. Elle a effectué un travail de recherche et de création photographique qui s’échelonne sur plusieurs années. Avec un essai par Vincent Bonin.
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November 2023
November 2023
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The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. At the same time, artists have struggled to find a language to describe and retell a legacy often considered "unimaginable." Contrary to those who insist that the Holocaust defies(...)
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The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. At the same time, artists have struggled to find a language to describe and retell a legacy often considered "unimaginable." Contrary to those who insist that the Holocaust defies(...)
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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December 2002, Bloomington and Indianapolis
December 2002, Bloomington and Indianapolis
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Image and remembrance : representation and the Holocaust
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The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. At the same time, artists have struggled to find a language to describe and retell a legacy often considered "unimaginable." Contrary to those who insist that the Holocaust defies representation, Image and Remembrance demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration. Including essays on representations of the Holocaust in film, architecture, painting, photography, memorials, and monuments, this thought-provoking volume considers ways in which visual artists have given form to the experience of the Holocaust and addresses the role that imagination plays in shaping historical memory. Among works discussed are Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin, Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, Morris Louis's series of paintings Charred Journal, photographer Shimon Attie's Writing on the Wall, and Mikael Levin's series Untitled. Image and Remembrance provides a thoughtful site for personal reflection and commemoration as well as a context for reconsidering the processes of art making and the cultural significance of artistic images.
Image and remembrance : representation and the Holocaust
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The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. At the same time, artists have struggled to find a language to describe and retell a legacy often considered "unimaginable." Contrary to those who insist that the Holocaust defies representation, Image and Remembrance demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration. Including essays on representations of the Holocaust in film, architecture, painting, photography, memorials, and monuments, this thought-provoking volume considers ways in which visual artists have given form to the experience of the Holocaust and addresses the role that imagination plays in shaping historical memory. Among works discussed are Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin, Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, Morris Louis's series of paintings Charred Journal, photographer Shimon Attie's Writing on the Wall, and Mikael Levin's series Untitled. Image and Remembrance provides a thoughtful site for personal reflection and commemoration as well as a context for reconsidering the processes of art making and the cultural significance of artistic images.
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December 2002, Bloomington and Indianapolis
December 2002, Bloomington and Indianapolis
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Providing hard data for trends that many perceive only vaguely and some deny altogether, "Designing for diversity" reveals a profession rife with gender and racial discrimination and examines the aspects of architectural practice that hinder or support the full participation of women and persons of color. Drawing on interviews and surveys of hundreds of architects,(...)
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Providing hard data for trends that many perceive only vaguely and some deny altogether, "Designing for diversity" reveals a profession rife with gender and racial discrimination and examines the aspects of architectural practice that hinder or support the full participation of women and persons of color. Drawing on interviews and surveys of hundreds of architects,(...)
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Architectural Theory
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April 2002, Urbana and Chicago
April 2002, Urbana and Chicago
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Designing for diversity : gender, race. and ethnicity in the architectural profession
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Providing hard data for trends that many perceive only vaguely and some deny altogether, "Designing for diversity" reveals a profession rife with gender and racial discrimination and examines the aspects of architectural practice that hinder or support the full participation of women and persons of color. Drawing on interviews and surveys of hundreds of architects, Kathryn H. Anthony outlines some of the forms of discrimination that recur in architecture, such as being confined to certain kinds of positions, typically interior design for women, government work for African Americans, and computer-aided design for Asian-American architects. Anthony discusses the profession's attitude toward flexible schedules and part-time contracts and identifies strategies that have helped underrepresented individuals advance in the profession. Given the traditional mismatch between diverse consumers and predominantly white male producers of the built environment, plus the shifting population balance toward communities of color, Anthony contends that the architectural profession staves off true diversity at its own peril. Through her book, practicing architects, managers of firms, and educators will learn how to create conditions more welcoming to a diversity of users as well as designers of the built environment.
Designing for diversity : gender, race. and ethnicity in the architectural profession
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Providing hard data for trends that many perceive only vaguely and some deny altogether, "Designing for diversity" reveals a profession rife with gender and racial discrimination and examines the aspects of architectural practice that hinder or support the full participation of women and persons of color. Drawing on interviews and surveys of hundreds of architects, Kathryn H. Anthony outlines some of the forms of discrimination that recur in architecture, such as being confined to certain kinds of positions, typically interior design for women, government work for African Americans, and computer-aided design for Asian-American architects. Anthony discusses the profession's attitude toward flexible schedules and part-time contracts and identifies strategies that have helped underrepresented individuals advance in the profession. Given the traditional mismatch between diverse consumers and predominantly white male producers of the built environment, plus the shifting population balance toward communities of color, Anthony contends that the architectural profession staves off true diversity at its own peril. Through her book, practicing architects, managers of firms, and educators will learn how to create conditions more welcoming to a diversity of users as well as designers of the built environment.
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April 2002, Urbana and Chicago
April 2002, Urbana and Chicago
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Alors que le système touristique recouvre aujourd’hui la planète et s’étend du domicile jusqu’à la destination, il est permis de se demander si le voyage peut encore dépasser le tourisme. Le tourisme est une des industries ayant connu l’essor le plus important ces dernières décennies. Pratiquée par une infime partie de la population mondiale, cette activité n’est pas(...)
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Alors que le système touristique recouvre aujourd’hui la planète et s’étend du domicile jusqu’à la destination, il est permis de se demander si le voyage peut encore dépasser le tourisme. Le tourisme est une des industries ayant connu l’essor le plus important ces dernières décennies. Pratiquée par une infime partie de la population mondiale, cette activité n’est pas(...)
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La vraie vie est ici : voyager encore ?
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Alors que le système touristique recouvre aujourd’hui la planète et s’étend du domicile jusqu’à la destination, il est permis de se demander si le voyage peut encore dépasser le tourisme. Le tourisme est une des industries ayant connu l’essor le plus important ces dernières décennies. Pratiquée par une infime partie de la population mondiale, cette activité n’est pas sans effets délétères sur les populations, les paysages, les territoires, même dans ses incarnations les plus « vertes » et « responsables ». Est-ce à dire qu’il faudrait dans ces conditions aller jusqu’à cesser de voyager? C’est à cette vaste réflexion que nous convie Rodolphe Christin dans ce court et percutant essai. Dans la foulée des différents écrits qu’il a publiés sur ce thème au fil des ans, et pour faire suite à la critique implacable du tourisme qu’il livrait dans son « Manuel de l’antitourisme » (Écosociété, 2017), l’auteur poursuit ici sa réflexion en abordant la question du voyage en lui-même et de ses possibilités dans le monde d’aujourd’hui. Une manière de répondre par la bande à l’opposition voyage/tourisme qui revient inévitablement dans les débats que soulèvent ces thèmes.
La vraie vie est ici : voyager encore ?
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Alors que le système touristique recouvre aujourd’hui la planète et s’étend du domicile jusqu’à la destination, il est permis de se demander si le voyage peut encore dépasser le tourisme. Le tourisme est une des industries ayant connu l’essor le plus important ces dernières décennies. Pratiquée par une infime partie de la population mondiale, cette activité n’est pas sans effets délétères sur les populations, les paysages, les territoires, même dans ses incarnations les plus « vertes » et « responsables ». Est-ce à dire qu’il faudrait dans ces conditions aller jusqu’à cesser de voyager? C’est à cette vaste réflexion que nous convie Rodolphe Christin dans ce court et percutant essai. Dans la foulée des différents écrits qu’il a publiés sur ce thème au fil des ans, et pour faire suite à la critique implacable du tourisme qu’il livrait dans son « Manuel de l’antitourisme » (Écosociété, 2017), l’auteur poursuit ici sa réflexion en abordant la question du voyage en lui-même et de ses possibilités dans le monde d’aujourd’hui. Une manière de répondre par la bande à l’opposition voyage/tourisme qui revient inévitablement dans les débats que soulèvent ces thèmes.
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March 2020
March 2020
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Le capital dans la cité
Le capital dans la cité
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Parce qu’il s’est immiscé dans les moindres recoins des sociétés contemporaines, le capitalisme a bouleversé le visage des villes telles que nous les connaissons. La concentration de la population mondiale dans des agglomérations désormais gérées comme des entreprises fait de la construction de l’espace urbain un observatoire privilégié tant des logiques managériales et(...)
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Parce qu’il s’est immiscé dans les moindres recoins des sociétés contemporaines, le capitalisme a bouleversé le visage des villes telles que nous les connaissons. La concentration de la population mondiale dans des agglomérations désormais gérées comme des entreprises fait de la construction de l’espace urbain un observatoire privilégié tant des logiques managériales et(...)
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Le capital dans la cité
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Parce qu’il s’est immiscé dans les moindres recoins des sociétés contemporaines, le capitalisme a bouleversé le visage des villes telles que nous les connaissons. La concentration de la population mondiale dans des agglomérations désormais gérées comme des entreprises fait de la construction de l’espace urbain un observatoire privilégié tant des logiques managériales et financières que de la production des inégalités sociales et spatiales. De l’adaptation au changement climatique à la Smart City en passant par le zonage logistique et l’économie de plateformes, cette encyclopédie critique propose une cartographie inédite de la ville contemporaine, qui invite concevoir l’espace comme un rapport social et donc comme un lieu de lutte. Présentant de riches enquêtes empiriques menées aux quatre coins du globe, ses entrées exposent de manière thématique les principaux enjeux auxquels sont confrontées des populations marginalisées à la fois d’un point de vue matériel et dans les processus de décisions qui affectent leur vie quotidienne. La démarche suivie, qui associe à ce réquisitoire implacable l’esquisse systématique de voies alternatives, argumente de manière actuelle et accessible en faveur de la défense renouvelée d’un « droit à la ville ».
Le capital dans la cité
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Parce qu’il s’est immiscé dans les moindres recoins des sociétés contemporaines, le capitalisme a bouleversé le visage des villes telles que nous les connaissons. La concentration de la population mondiale dans des agglomérations désormais gérées comme des entreprises fait de la construction de l’espace urbain un observatoire privilégié tant des logiques managériales et financières que de la production des inégalités sociales et spatiales. De l’adaptation au changement climatique à la Smart City en passant par le zonage logistique et l’économie de plateformes, cette encyclopédie critique propose une cartographie inédite de la ville contemporaine, qui invite concevoir l’espace comme un rapport social et donc comme un lieu de lutte. Présentant de riches enquêtes empiriques menées aux quatre coins du globe, ses entrées exposent de manière thématique les principaux enjeux auxquels sont confrontées des populations marginalisées à la fois d’un point de vue matériel et dans les processus de décisions qui affectent leur vie quotidienne. La démarche suivie, qui associe à ce réquisitoire implacable l’esquisse systématique de voies alternatives, argumente de manière actuelle et accessible en faveur de la défense renouvelée d’un « droit à la ville ».
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books
books
Publication:
November 2020
November 2020
Subject:
Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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books
books
Title:
Des mots qui font la ville
Des mots qui font la ville
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La ville est notre horizon commun. En France, par exemple, quatre-vingts pour cent de la population vivent ou travaillent dans un territoire urbain. Mais, plus essentiel encore, la ville concentre les enjeux sociaux, économiques, politiques... ainsi que les interactions et les interventions volontaires d'une multiplicité d'acteurs qui la transforment à un rythme soutenu,(...)
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La ville est notre horizon commun. En France, par exemple, quatre-vingts pour cent de la population vivent ou travaillent dans un territoire urbain. Mais, plus essentiel encore, la ville concentre les enjeux sociaux, économiques, politiques... ainsi que les interactions et les interventions volontaires d'une multiplicité d'acteurs qui la transforment à un rythme soutenu,(...)
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Des mots qui font la ville
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$43.95
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La ville est notre horizon commun. En France, par exemple, quatre-vingts pour cent de la population vivent ou travaillent dans un territoire urbain. Mais, plus essentiel encore, la ville concentre les enjeux sociaux, économiques, politiques... ainsi que les interactions et les interventions volontaires d'une multiplicité d'acteurs qui la transforment à un rythme soutenu, et avec elle la société dans son ensemble. Au point que les mots qui désignent la ville sous les rapports les plus divers, ne servent pas seulement à parler d'elle, ils la modifient - ils la font-, jour après jour, en informant notre pensée. Dans ce livre, Catherine Bernié-Boissard s'attache à définir quelques-uns des mots les plus employés pour commenter le fait urbain, à retracer leur histoire, à en restituer la pluralité de sens, à mettre au jour les intentions qui ont présidé à leur création ou à leur utilisation à de nouvelles fins. Au fil des trente articles qui composent l'ouvrage le lecteur découvrira sans aucun doute nombre de perspectives nouvelles sur un objet si familier que nous avons souvent peine à l'appréhender dans toute son ampleur et toute sa complexité.
Des mots qui font la ville
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Price:
$43.95
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Summary:
La ville est notre horizon commun. En France, par exemple, quatre-vingts pour cent de la population vivent ou travaillent dans un territoire urbain. Mais, plus essentiel encore, la ville concentre les enjeux sociaux, économiques, politiques... ainsi que les interactions et les interventions volontaires d'une multiplicité d'acteurs qui la transforment à un rythme soutenu, et avec elle la société dans son ensemble. Au point que les mots qui désignent la ville sous les rapports les plus divers, ne servent pas seulement à parler d'elle, ils la modifient - ils la font-, jour après jour, en informant notre pensée. Dans ce livre, Catherine Bernié-Boissard s'attache à définir quelques-uns des mots les plus employés pour commenter le fait urbain, à retracer leur histoire, à en restituer la pluralité de sens, à mettre au jour les intentions qui ont présidé à leur création ou à leur utilisation à de nouvelles fins. Au fil des trente articles qui composent l'ouvrage le lecteur découvrira sans aucun doute nombre de perspectives nouvelles sur un objet si familier que nous avons souvent peine à l'appréhender dans toute son ampleur et toute sa complexité.
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books
books
Publication:
April 2008, Paris
April 2008, Paris
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
