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Montréal ambiances
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Montréal est aimée passionnément par des millions de personnes. Elle a sa beauté particulière qui la distingue des autres grandes villes du monde. Elle n’a jamais cessé de se transformer et de s’embellir au fil des ans. Dans cet ouvrage, Georges-Hébert Germain brosse un portrait saisissant de cette fascinante métropole. À l’aide de sa plume précise et colorée, il exprime(...)
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Montréal est aimée passionnément par des millions de personnes. Elle a sa beauté particulière qui la distingue des autres grandes villes du monde. Elle n’a jamais cessé de se transformer et de s’embellir au fil des ans. Dans cet ouvrage, Georges-Hébert Germain brosse un portrait saisissant de cette fascinante métropole. À l’aide de sa plume précise et colorée, il exprime(...)
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Architecture de Montréal
Architecture de Montréal
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September 2006, Québec
September 2006, Québec
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Montréal ambiances
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Montréal est aimée passionnément par des millions de personnes. Elle a sa beauté particulière qui la distingue des autres grandes villes du monde. Elle n’a jamais cessé de se transformer et de s’embellir au fil des ans. Dans cet ouvrage, Georges-Hébert Germain brosse un portrait saisissant de cette fascinante métropole. À l’aide de sa plume précise et colorée, il exprime avec un remarquable pouvoir évocateur le charme et la séduction de Montréal. Les photos de Linda Turgeon et les légendes de Rose Élise Cialdella présentent les multiples facettes de cette grande cité. Son histoire, son architecture, sa vie culturelle et sa dimension humaine y sont illustrées. Venez goûter les ambiances toutes particulières qui imprègnent cette ville. Vous serez captivés par la richesse visuelle disséminée un peu partout à Montréal. Vous sentirez presque les parfums qui flottent sur les parcs et croirez entendre la rumeur de cette métropole grouillante d’une population cosmopolite. Principale ville de l’Amérique française, Montréal présente un visage culturel et historique façonné par les tourments et les fantasmes d’un peuple assiégé mais revendicateur. Cet ouvrage rappelle que Montréal est un écrin où se retrouvent des joyaux et des trésors méconnus parfois de ses propres habitants. Découvrez-les ici et laissez-vous enjôler par cette ville amoureusement étendue sur son île.
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Montréal est aimée passionnément par des millions de personnes. Elle a sa beauté particulière qui la distingue des autres grandes villes du monde. Elle n’a jamais cessé de se transformer et de s’embellir au fil des ans. Dans cet ouvrage, Georges-Hébert Germain brosse un portrait saisissant de cette fascinante métropole. À l’aide de sa plume précise et colorée, il exprime avec un remarquable pouvoir évocateur le charme et la séduction de Montréal. Les photos de Linda Turgeon et les légendes de Rose Élise Cialdella présentent les multiples facettes de cette grande cité. Son histoire, son architecture, sa vie culturelle et sa dimension humaine y sont illustrées. Venez goûter les ambiances toutes particulières qui imprègnent cette ville. Vous serez captivés par la richesse visuelle disséminée un peu partout à Montréal. Vous sentirez presque les parfums qui flottent sur les parcs et croirez entendre la rumeur de cette métropole grouillante d’une population cosmopolite. Principale ville de l’Amérique française, Montréal présente un visage culturel et historique façonné par les tourments et les fantasmes d’un peuple assiégé mais revendicateur. Cet ouvrage rappelle que Montréal est un écrin où se retrouvent des joyaux et des trésors méconnus parfois de ses propres habitants. Découvrez-les ici et laissez-vous enjôler par cette ville amoureusement étendue sur son île.
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September 2006, Québec
September 2006, Québec
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Architecture de Montréal
Architecture de Montréal
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Montreal moods
Montreal moods
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Millions of people love Montreal with a passion. It has a beauty of its own that sets it apart from the other great cities of the world. Over the years, Montreal has never ceased to change or grow in beauty. In this volume, Georges-Hébert Germain paints an arresting portrait of this fascinating metropolis. In this precise, colourful writing style, he describes, with(...)
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Millions of people love Montreal with a passion. It has a beauty of its own that sets it apart from the other great cities of the world. Over the years, Montreal has never ceased to change or grow in beauty. In this volume, Georges-Hébert Germain paints an arresting portrait of this fascinating metropolis. In this precise, colourful writing style, he describes, with(...)
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Architecture de Montréal
Architecture de Montréal
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September 2006, Québec
September 2006, Québec
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Montreal moods
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Millions of people love Montreal with a passion. It has a beauty of its own that sets it apart from the other great cities of the world. Over the years, Montreal has never ceased to change or grow in beauty. In this volume, Georges-Hébert Germain paints an arresting portrait of this fascinating metropolis. In this precise, colourful writing style, he describes, with remarkable evocatory power, the charm and seductiveness of Montreal. Linda Turgeon's photographs and Rose Élise Cialdella's captions portray the multiple facets-history, architecture, cultural life and human dimension-of this great city. Experience the special moods that permeate it. You will be captivated by the visual treasure trove scattered throughout Montreal. You will almost smell the scents wafting through the city's parks. You will imagine you can hear the hubbub of this teeming metropolis and its cosmopolitan population. The cultural and historical face of Montréal, the principal city of French America, has been shaped by the torment and fantasies of a people besieged but outspoken in their demands. This volume is a reminder that Montreal is a setting for gems occasionaly unbeknownst to even its own inhabitants. Discover them here and let yourself be bewitched by this city lovingly stretched out on its island.
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Millions of people love Montreal with a passion. It has a beauty of its own that sets it apart from the other great cities of the world. Over the years, Montreal has never ceased to change or grow in beauty. In this volume, Georges-Hébert Germain paints an arresting portrait of this fascinating metropolis. In this precise, colourful writing style, he describes, with remarkable evocatory power, the charm and seductiveness of Montreal. Linda Turgeon's photographs and Rose Élise Cialdella's captions portray the multiple facets-history, architecture, cultural life and human dimension-of this great city. Experience the special moods that permeate it. You will be captivated by the visual treasure trove scattered throughout Montreal. You will almost smell the scents wafting through the city's parks. You will imagine you can hear the hubbub of this teeming metropolis and its cosmopolitan population. The cultural and historical face of Montréal, the principal city of French America, has been shaped by the torment and fantasies of a people besieged but outspoken in their demands. This volume is a reminder that Montreal is a setting for gems occasionaly unbeknownst to even its own inhabitants. Discover them here and let yourself be bewitched by this city lovingly stretched out on its island.
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September 2006, Québec
September 2006, Québec
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Architecture de Montréal
Architecture de Montréal
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five(...)
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five(...)
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Sustainable urbanism and beyond: rethinking cities for the future
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five billion. This puts enormous pressures on transportation systems, housing stock, and infrastructure such as energy, waste, and water, which directly influences the emissions of greenhouse gases. As the long emergency awaits us, urgent questions remain: How will our cities survive? How can we combat and reconcile urban growth with sustainable use of resources for future generations to thrive? Where and how urbanism comes into the picture and what “sustainable” urban forms can do in light of these events are some of the issues Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond explores. With more than sixty essays, including contributions by Andrés Duany, Saskia Sassen, Peter Newman, Douglas Farr, Henry Cisneros, Peter Hall, Sharon Zukin, Peter Eisenman, and others, this book is a unique perspective on architecture, urban planning, environmental and urban design, exploring ways for raising quality of life and the standard of living in a new modern era by creating better and more viable places to live.
Sustainable urbanism and beyond: rethinking cities for the future
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The city in the twenty-first century faces major challenges, including social and economic stratification, wasteful consumption of resources, transportation congestion, and environmental degradation. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and major metropolitan areas, and in the next two decades the number of city dwellers is estimated to reach five billion. This puts enormous pressures on transportation systems, housing stock, and infrastructure such as energy, waste, and water, which directly influences the emissions of greenhouse gases. As the long emergency awaits us, urgent questions remain: How will our cities survive? How can we combat and reconcile urban growth with sustainable use of resources for future generations to thrive? Where and how urbanism comes into the picture and what “sustainable” urban forms can do in light of these events are some of the issues Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond explores. With more than sixty essays, including contributions by Andrés Duany, Saskia Sassen, Peter Newman, Douglas Farr, Henry Cisneros, Peter Hall, Sharon Zukin, Peter Eisenman, and others, this book is a unique perspective on architecture, urban planning, environmental and urban design, exploring ways for raising quality of life and the standard of living in a new modern era by creating better and more viable places to live.
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April 2012
April 2012
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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How did a First World urban population come to imagine itself as part of a global anti-colonial movement? This book tackles this and other paradoxes created by the surprising power and influence of Third World decolonization on political activism in 1960s Montreal. In a brilliant history of a turbulent time and place, Mills pulls back the curtain on the decade's(...)
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How did a First World urban population come to imagine itself as part of a global anti-colonial movement? This book tackles this and other paradoxes created by the surprising power and influence of Third World decolonization on political activism in 1960s Montreal. In a brilliant history of a turbulent time and place, Mills pulls back the curtain on the decade's(...)
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The empire within: postcolonial thought and political activism in Sixties Montréal
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How did a First World urban population come to imagine itself as part of a global anti-colonial movement? This book tackles this and other paradoxes created by the surprising power and influence of Third World decolonization on political activism in 1960s Montreal. In a brilliant history of a turbulent time and place, Mills pulls back the curtain on the decade's activists and intellectuals, showing their engagement both with each other and with people from around the world. He demonstrates how activists of different backgrounds and with different political aims drew on ideas of decolonization to rethink the meanings attached to the politics of sex, race, and class and to imagine themselves as part of a broad transnational movement of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist resistance. The temporary unity forged around ideas of decolonization came undone in the 1970s, however, as many were forced to come to terms with the contradictions and ambiguities of applying ideas of decolonization in Quebec. From linguistic debates to labour unions, and from the political activities of citizens in the city's poorest neighbourhoods to its Caribbean intellectuals, this publication is a political tour of Montreal that reconsiders the meaning and legacy of the city's dissident traditions. It is also a fascinating chapter in the history of postcolonial thought.
The empire within: postcolonial thought and political activism in Sixties Montréal
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How did a First World urban population come to imagine itself as part of a global anti-colonial movement? This book tackles this and other paradoxes created by the surprising power and influence of Third World decolonization on political activism in 1960s Montreal. In a brilliant history of a turbulent time and place, Mills pulls back the curtain on the decade's activists and intellectuals, showing their engagement both with each other and with people from around the world. He demonstrates how activists of different backgrounds and with different political aims drew on ideas of decolonization to rethink the meanings attached to the politics of sex, race, and class and to imagine themselves as part of a broad transnational movement of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist resistance. The temporary unity forged around ideas of decolonization came undone in the 1970s, however, as many were forced to come to terms with the contradictions and ambiguities of applying ideas of decolonization in Quebec. From linguistic debates to labour unions, and from the political activities of citizens in the city's poorest neighbourhoods to its Caribbean intellectuals, this publication is a political tour of Montreal that reconsiders the meaning and legacy of the city's dissident traditions. It is also a fascinating chapter in the history of postcolonial thought.
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August 2010
August 2010
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Architecture de Montréal
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All citizens
All citizens
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In 2006, two artists fled the high cost of living in Vancouver and moved to a place where they knew absolutely nobody, Bruno, Saskatchewan, population 500. They set up a storefront building in which they housed their own unique brand of café / art shop / community centre / music venue called All Citizens from 2007-2011. McCarroll kept a blog called Going Rural of her(...)
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In 2006, two artists fled the high cost of living in Vancouver and moved to a place where they knew absolutely nobody, Bruno, Saskatchewan, population 500. They set up a storefront building in which they housed their own unique brand of café / art shop / community centre / music venue called All Citizens from 2007-2011. McCarroll kept a blog called Going Rural of her(...)
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All citizens
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In 2006, two artists fled the high cost of living in Vancouver and moved to a place where they knew absolutely nobody, Bruno, Saskatchewan, population 500. They set up a storefront building in which they housed their own unique brand of café / art shop / community centre / music venue called All Citizens from 2007-2011. McCarroll kept a blog called Going Rural of her travels and experiences moving and setting up shop. This blog (text and photographs) forms a significant chapter of the All Citizens art book and serves as an introduction to Saara Liinamaa’s essay on rural interventions. The documentation (in text, interviews, and photographs) of the artistic practice of three local senior women formed McCarroll’s MFA thesis project in the Documentary Media Program at Ryerson and constitutes another significant chapter. Cartoonist David Collier visits one of these women in Bruno and provides a comic essay in his own style. Also contributing is artist Jason McLean. But the heart of the All Citizens project was the store itself, a meeting place, shop, cultural centre, music venue and all things in between. It was the ultimate culmination of a DIY aesthetic forged onto a rural landscape. Includes Bonus CD: Daniel, Fred, and Julie: Live at All Citizens.
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In 2006, two artists fled the high cost of living in Vancouver and moved to a place where they knew absolutely nobody, Bruno, Saskatchewan, population 500. They set up a storefront building in which they housed their own unique brand of café / art shop / community centre / music venue called All Citizens from 2007-2011. McCarroll kept a blog called Going Rural of her travels and experiences moving and setting up shop. This blog (text and photographs) forms a significant chapter of the All Citizens art book and serves as an introduction to Saara Liinamaa’s essay on rural interventions. The documentation (in text, interviews, and photographs) of the artistic practice of three local senior women formed McCarroll’s MFA thesis project in the Documentary Media Program at Ryerson and constitutes another significant chapter. Cartoonist David Collier visits one of these women in Bruno and provides a comic essay in his own style. Also contributing is artist Jason McLean. But the heart of the All Citizens project was the store itself, a meeting place, shop, cultural centre, music venue and all things in between. It was the ultimate culmination of a DIY aesthetic forged onto a rural landscape. Includes Bonus CD: Daniel, Fred, and Julie: Live at All Citizens.
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November 2012
November 2012
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Canadian art
Canadian art
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Lorsque le 4 août 1914, la Grande-Bretagne déclare la guerre à l'Allemagne, le Canada se trouve également de facto en état de guerre. Contrairement au reste de l'Europe, l'Empire britannique ne peut compter sur une mobilisation générale lui permettant d'engager au front une armée nombreuse, et s'en remet au volontariat, d'abord en Grande-Bretagne, puis rapidement dans ses(...)
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Lorsque le 4 août 1914, la Grande-Bretagne déclare la guerre à l'Allemagne, le Canada se trouve également de facto en état de guerre. Contrairement au reste de l'Europe, l'Empire britannique ne peut compter sur une mobilisation générale lui permettant d'engager au front une armée nombreuse, et s'en remet au volontariat, d'abord en Grande-Bretagne, puis rapidement dans ses(...)
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Social Studies (Québec)
Social Studies (Québec)
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March 2015
March 2015
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Le Québec dans la grande guerre : engagements, refus, héritages
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Lorsque le 4 août 1914, la Grande-Bretagne déclare la guerre à l'Allemagne, le Canada se trouve également de facto en état de guerre. Contrairement au reste de l'Europe, l'Empire britannique ne peut compter sur une mobilisation générale lui permettant d'engager au front une armée nombreuse, et s'en remet au volontariat, d'abord en Grande-Bretagne, puis rapidement dans ses dominions. Le 20 octobre, un regroupement d'hommes politiques, de religieux et d'hommes d'affaires canadiens français obtient du gouvernement la création d'un bataillon canadien français. Dès 1916, le recrutement volontaire s'essouffle alors que les pertes au front exigent des enrôlements toujours plus importants. En août 1917, une loi sur le service militaire obligatoire est adoptée, avivant un peu plus les tensions entre les différentes communautés dans le pays. Sous la forte influence d'un pacifisme chrétien, l'élite canadienne française affirme son opposition à la conscription, rapidement rejointe par l'ensemble de la population. Des manifestations à Montréal puis à Québec dégénèrent et vont marquer durablement la mémoire québécoise en éclipsant l'engagement des Canadiens Français. Les conséquences de la Grande Guerre sur la société québécoise sont profondes et durables. Pacifisme et indépendantisme sont deux héritages qui alimentent un antimilitarisme associé historiquement au fait britannique depuis la Conquête.
Le Québec dans la grande guerre : engagements, refus, héritages
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Lorsque le 4 août 1914, la Grande-Bretagne déclare la guerre à l'Allemagne, le Canada se trouve également de facto en état de guerre. Contrairement au reste de l'Europe, l'Empire britannique ne peut compter sur une mobilisation générale lui permettant d'engager au front une armée nombreuse, et s'en remet au volontariat, d'abord en Grande-Bretagne, puis rapidement dans ses dominions. Le 20 octobre, un regroupement d'hommes politiques, de religieux et d'hommes d'affaires canadiens français obtient du gouvernement la création d'un bataillon canadien français. Dès 1916, le recrutement volontaire s'essouffle alors que les pertes au front exigent des enrôlements toujours plus importants. En août 1917, une loi sur le service militaire obligatoire est adoptée, avivant un peu plus les tensions entre les différentes communautés dans le pays. Sous la forte influence d'un pacifisme chrétien, l'élite canadienne française affirme son opposition à la conscription, rapidement rejointe par l'ensemble de la population. Des manifestations à Montréal puis à Québec dégénèrent et vont marquer durablement la mémoire québécoise en éclipsant l'engagement des Canadiens Français. Les conséquences de la Grande Guerre sur la société québécoise sont profondes et durables. Pacifisme et indépendantisme sont deux héritages qui alimentent un antimilitarisme associé historiquement au fait britannique depuis la Conquête.
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March 2015
March 2015
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Social Studies (Québec)
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Traité sur la ville
Traité sur la ville
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Force est de constater que la ville, en tant que cadre physique et forme sociale particulière, s'est imposée un peu partout dans le monde : plus de 3 milliards d'individus résident à l'heure actuelle dans une ville, soit plus de 50 % de la population mondiale. Dès lors, le monde urbain généralisé se trouve au coeur de nombreux débats et controverses : fragmentation(...)
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Force est de constater que la ville, en tant que cadre physique et forme sociale particulière, s'est imposée un peu partout dans le monde : plus de 3 milliards d'individus résident à l'heure actuelle dans une ville, soit plus de 50 % de la population mondiale. Dès lors, le monde urbain généralisé se trouve au coeur de nombreux débats et controverses : fragmentation(...)
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Traité sur la ville
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Force est de constater que la ville, en tant que cadre physique et forme sociale particulière, s'est imposée un peu partout dans le monde : plus de 3 milliards d'individus résident à l'heure actuelle dans une ville, soit plus de 50 % de la population mondiale. Dès lors, le monde urbain généralisé se trouve au coeur de nombreux débats et controverses : fragmentation sociale et territoriale, gouvernance des ensembles urbains, intégration des diverses populations, construction des identités personnelles et collectives, aménagement d'une ville durable... Tous ces points sont d'autant plus cruciaux à analyser qu'ils dépassent le cadre spécifique de la ville : au moment où notre planète bascule dans l'urbain, il est devenu urgent de s'interroger sur les conséquences de cette nouvelle condition humaine, qui peut à bien des égards être comparée à une condition urbaine. L'esprit de ce traité réside dans la précision avec laquelle chaque auteur présente une dimension incontournable de l'objet " ville ", les problématiques relevant de disciplines aussi variées que la géographie, la philosophie, l'architecture, l'urbanisme, l'aménagement, l'histoire, les sciences politiques, la sociologie ou la psychosociologie. Pour la première fois, un même ouvrage englobe de façon synthétique toutes ces approches pour comprendre la ville dans son épaisseur historique, matérielle, culturelle, sociale, politique et économique.
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Force est de constater que la ville, en tant que cadre physique et forme sociale particulière, s'est imposée un peu partout dans le monde : plus de 3 milliards d'individus résident à l'heure actuelle dans une ville, soit plus de 50 % de la population mondiale. Dès lors, le monde urbain généralisé se trouve au coeur de nombreux débats et controverses : fragmentation sociale et territoriale, gouvernance des ensembles urbains, intégration des diverses populations, construction des identités personnelles et collectives, aménagement d'une ville durable... Tous ces points sont d'autant plus cruciaux à analyser qu'ils dépassent le cadre spécifique de la ville : au moment où notre planète bascule dans l'urbain, il est devenu urgent de s'interroger sur les conséquences de cette nouvelle condition humaine, qui peut à bien des égards être comparée à une condition urbaine. L'esprit de ce traité réside dans la précision avec laquelle chaque auteur présente une dimension incontournable de l'objet " ville ", les problématiques relevant de disciplines aussi variées que la géographie, la philosophie, l'architecture, l'urbanisme, l'aménagement, l'histoire, les sciences politiques, la sociologie ou la psychosociologie. Pour la première fois, un même ouvrage englobe de façon synthétique toutes ces approches pour comprendre la ville dans son épaisseur historique, matérielle, culturelle, sociale, politique et économique.
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September 2009
September 2009
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account—part microhistory, part memoir—Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of inhabitants of two vibrant, culturally mixed Shanghai alleyways from the Republican, Maoist, and post-Mao eras. Exploring three dimensions of private life—territories,(...)
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In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account—part microhistory, part memoir—Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of inhabitants of two vibrant, culturally mixed Shanghai alleyways from the Republican, Maoist, and post-Mao eras. Exploring three dimensions of private life—territories,(...)
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April 2015
April 2015
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Shanghai homes: palimpsests of private life
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In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account—part microhistory, part memoir—Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of inhabitants of two vibrant, culturally mixed Shanghai alleyways from the Republican, Maoist, and post-Mao eras. Exploring three dimensions of private life—territories, artifacts, and gossip—Li re-creates the sounds, smells, look, and feel of home over a tumultuous century. First built by British and Japanese companies in 1915 and 1927, the two homes at the center of this narrative were located in an industrial part of the former "International Settlement." Before their recent demolition, they were nestled in Shanghai's labyrinthine alleyways, which housed more than half of the city's population from the Sino-Japanese War to the Cultural Revolution. Through interviews with her own family members as well as their neighbors, classmates, and co-workers, Li weaves a complex social tapestry reflecting the lived experiences of ordinary people struggling to absorb and adapt to major historical change. These voices include workers, intellectuals, Communists, Nationalists, foreigners, compradors, wives, concubines, and children who all fought for a foothold and haven in this city, witnessing spectacles so full of farce and pathos they could only be whispered as secret histories.
Shanghai homes: palimpsests of private life
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In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account—part microhistory, part memoir—Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of inhabitants of two vibrant, culturally mixed Shanghai alleyways from the Republican, Maoist, and post-Mao eras. Exploring three dimensions of private life—territories, artifacts, and gossip—Li re-creates the sounds, smells, look, and feel of home over a tumultuous century. First built by British and Japanese companies in 1915 and 1927, the two homes at the center of this narrative were located in an industrial part of the former "International Settlement." Before their recent demolition, they were nestled in Shanghai's labyrinthine alleyways, which housed more than half of the city's population from the Sino-Japanese War to the Cultural Revolution. Through interviews with her own family members as well as their neighbors, classmates, and co-workers, Li weaves a complex social tapestry reflecting the lived experiences of ordinary people struggling to absorb and adapt to major historical change. These voices include workers, intellectuals, Communists, Nationalists, foreigners, compradors, wives, concubines, and children who all fought for a foothold and haven in this city, witnessing spectacles so full of farce and pathos they could only be whispered as secret histories.
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April 2015
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In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty-nine large houses and forty-two poles, is the only known model village in North America carved by nineteenth-century Indigenous residents of the(...)
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In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty-nine large houses and forty-two poles, is the only known model village in North America carved by nineteenth-century Indigenous residents of the(...)
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Skidegate House Models: From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond
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In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty-nine large houses and forty-two poles, is the only known model village in North America carved by nineteenth-century Indigenous residents of the village it portrayed. Based on over twenty years of collaborative research with the Skidegate Haida community, the book features vital cultural context. Robin K. Wright explores how Haida people represented their culture to the outside world at a time when they were suffering from devastating population loss due to introduced diseases and from ongoing attempts by the settler government to suppress their culture by making the potlatch illegal. While promoters of the Chicago World’s Fair used the village to celebrate the perceived “progress” of the dominant society, for Skidegate residents it provided a means to preserve their history and culture. After the exposition, many models were dispersed to the Field Museum of Natural History and other collections, but fourteen of the model houses have not yet been located. The book provides extensive archival information and photographs that contextualize the model village and might help locate the missing houses. Wright’s community-engaged research offers valuable insights into Northwest Coast art history.
Skidegate House Models: From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond
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In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia) for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Skidegate model, featuring twenty-nine large houses and forty-two poles, is the only known model village in North America carved by nineteenth-century Indigenous residents of the village it portrayed. Based on over twenty years of collaborative research with the Skidegate Haida community, the book features vital cultural context. Robin K. Wright explores how Haida people represented their culture to the outside world at a time when they were suffering from devastating population loss due to introduced diseases and from ongoing attempts by the settler government to suppress their culture by making the potlatch illegal. While promoters of the Chicago World’s Fair used the village to celebrate the perceived “progress” of the dominant society, for Skidegate residents it provided a means to preserve their history and culture. After the exposition, many models were dispersed to the Field Museum of Natural History and other collections, but fourteen of the model houses have not yet been located. The book provides extensive archival information and photographs that contextualize the model village and might help locate the missing houses. Wright’s community-engaged research offers valuable insights into Northwest Coast art history.
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April 2024
April 2024
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Indigenous architecture
Indigenous architecture
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This publication sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, the 360° video installation created for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Based on an idea by French philosopher and urbanist, Paul Virilio, the 360° video installation EXIT was created in 2008 by the New York-based studio of artists and(...)
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This publication sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, the 360° video installation created for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Based on an idea by French philosopher and urbanist, Paul Virilio, the 360° video installation EXIT was created in 2008 by the New York-based studio of artists and(...)
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Exit: Based on an idea by Paul Virilio
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This publication sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, the 360° video installation created for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Based on an idea by French philosopher and urbanist, Paul Virilio, the 360° video installation EXIT was created in 2008 by the New York-based studio of artists and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Composed of a series of animated maps generated by data, this immersive installation investigates human migrations today and their leading causes, including the impact of climate change. Through six scenarios - Population Shifts: Cities; Remittances: Sending Money Home; Political Refugees and Forced Migration; Rising Seas, Sinking Cities; Natural Disasters; and Speechless and Deforestation - it provides the rare opportunity to understand visually the complex relationships between the various economic, political and environmental factors underpinning contemporary human migrations. The work was updated entirely in 2015, reflecting the alarming evolution of the data since it was first presented in 2008. Through various texts, descriptions of the animated maps, and numerous illustrations, this book sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, and proposes to delve deeper into the very notions and questions that it raises and that are more relevant today than ever.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Exit: Based on an idea by Paul Virilio
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This publication sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, the 360° video installation created for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Based on an idea by French philosopher and urbanist, Paul Virilio, the 360° video installation EXIT was created in 2008 by the New York-based studio of artists and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the exhibition spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Composed of a series of animated maps generated by data, this immersive installation investigates human migrations today and their leading causes, including the impact of climate change. Through six scenarios - Population Shifts: Cities; Remittances: Sending Money Home; Political Refugees and Forced Migration; Rising Seas, Sinking Cities; Natural Disasters; and Speechless and Deforestation - it provides the rare opportunity to understand visually the complex relationships between the various economic, political and environmental factors underpinning contemporary human migrations. The work was updated entirely in 2015, reflecting the alarming evolution of the data since it was first presented in 2008. Through various texts, descriptions of the animated maps, and numerous illustrations, this book sheds light on the reflections that led to the creation of EXIT, and proposes to delve deeper into the very notions and questions that it raises and that are more relevant today than ever.
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November 2019
November 2019
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
