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Evil paradises : dreamworlds of neoliberalism / edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk.
Evil paradises : dreamworlds of neoliberalism / edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk.
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xvi, 336 pages ; 21 cm
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xvi, 336 pages ; 21 cm
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- Timothy Mitchell -- Marina Forti -- Mike Davis -- Anthony Fontenot and Ajmal Maiwandi -- Anne-Marie Broudehoux -- Laura Ruggeri -- Patrick Bond -- Dennis Rodgers -- Judit Bodnár -- Forrest Hylton -- Emir Sader -- Marco d'Eramo -- Rebecca Schoenkopf -- Jon Wiener -- Don Mitchell -- Joe Day -- Sara Lipton -- China Miéville -- Daniel Bertrand Monk.,
- Davis, Mike, 1946-2022.,
- Monk, Daniel Bertrand, 1960-
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- Capitalism History.,
- Neoliberalism History.,
- Social problems History.,
- Economic history 1990-,
- Social history 1970-,
- Néo-libéralisme Histoire.,
- Problèmes sociaux Histoire.,
- Histoire économique 1990-,
- Histoire sociale 1970-,
- Capitalism.,
- Economic history.,
- Neoliberalism.,
- Social history.,
- Social problems.,
- Kapitalismus,
- Neoliberalismus,
- Soziologie,
- Aufsatzsammlung.,
- History.
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New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
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Evil paradises : dreamworlds of neoliberalism / edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk.
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xvi, 336 pages ; 21 cm
Evil paradises : dreamworlds of neoliberalism / edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk.
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xvi, 336 pages ; 21 cm
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New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
Author:
- Timothy Mitchell -- Marina Forti -- Mike Davis -- Anthony Fontenot and Ajmal Maiwandi -- Anne-Marie Broudehoux -- Laura Ruggeri -- Patrick Bond -- Dennis Rodgers -- Judit Bodnár -- Forrest Hylton -- Emir Sader -- Marco d'Eramo -- Rebecca Schoenkopf -- Jon Wiener -- Don Mitchell -- Joe Day -- Sara Lipton -- China Miéville -- Daniel Bertrand Monk.,
- Davis, Mike, 1946-2022.,
- Monk, Daniel Bertrand, 1960-
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- Capitalism History.,
- Neoliberalism History.,
- Social problems History.,
- Economic history 1990-,
- Social history 1970-,
- Néo-libéralisme Histoire.,
- Problèmes sociaux Histoire.,
- Histoire économique 1990-,
- Histoire sociale 1970-,
- Capitalism.,
- Economic history.,
- Neoliberalism.,
- Social history.,
- Social problems.,
- Kapitalismus,
- Neoliberalismus,
- Soziologie,
- Aufsatzsammlung.,
- History.
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xxvi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xxvi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Criticism and interpretation.,
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.,
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Critique et interprétation.,
- More, Thomas, Sir, saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.,
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950,
- Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint),
- American fiction History and criticism.,
- Utopias in literature.,
- Comparative literature American and Russian.,
- Comparative literature Russian and American.,
- Russian fiction History and criticism.,
- Modernism (Literature) United States.,
- Modernism (Literature) Great Britain.,
- Modernism (Literature) Russia.,
- Space and time in literature.,
- Nationalism in literature.,
- Communities in literature.,
- Roman américain Histoire et critique.,
- Utopies dans la littérature.,
- Littérature comparée Américaine et russe.,
- Littérature comparée Russe et américaine.,
- Roman russe Histoire et critique.,
- Modernisme (Littérature) États-Unis.,
- Modernisme (Littérature) Grande-Bretagne.,
- Modernisme (Littérature) Russie.,
- Espace et temps dans la littérature.,
- Nationalisme dans la littérature.,
- Communauté dans la littérature.,
- utopian literature.,
- American fiction,
- Modernism (Literature),
- Russian fiction,
- Literatur,
- Utopie,
- Letterkunde.,
- Utopieën.,
- Modernisme (cultuur),
- Great Britain,
- Russia,
- United States,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
- Utopian fiction.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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Imaginary communities : utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity / Phillip E. Wegner.
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xxvi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Imaginary communities : utopia, the nation, and the spatial histories of modernity / Phillip E. Wegner.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Criticism and interpretation.,
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.,
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Critique et interprétation.,
- More, Thomas, Sir, saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.,
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950,
- Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint),
- American fiction History and criticism.,
- Utopias in literature.,
- Comparative literature American and Russian.,
- Comparative literature Russian and American.,
- Russian fiction History and criticism.,
- Modernism (Literature) United States.,
- Modernism (Literature) Great Britain.,
- Modernism (Literature) Russia.,
- Space and time in literature.,
- Nationalism in literature.,
- Communities in literature.,
- Roman américain Histoire et critique.,
- Utopies dans la littérature.,
- Littérature comparée Américaine et russe.,
- Littérature comparée Russe et américaine.,
- Roman russe Histoire et critique.,
- Modernisme (Littérature) États-Unis.,
- Modernisme (Littérature) Grande-Bretagne.,
- Modernisme (Littérature) Russie.,
- Espace et temps dans la littérature.,
- Nationalisme dans la littérature.,
- Communauté dans la littérature.,
- utopian literature.,
- American fiction,
- Modernism (Literature),
- Russian fiction,
- Literatur,
- Utopie,
- Letterkunde.,
- Utopieën.,
- Modernisme (cultuur),
- Great Britain,
- Russia,
- United States,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
- Utopian fiction.
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This book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works,(...)
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This book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works,(...)
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May 2016
May 2016
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Unfinished: thoughts left visible
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This book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works, across centuries and media, is that each one displays some aspect of being unfinished. Essays and case studies by major contemporary scholars address this key concept from the perspective of both the creator and the viewer, probing the impact that this long artistic trajectory—which can be traced back to the first century—has had on modern and contemporary art. The book explores the degrees to which instances of incompleteness were accidental or intentional, experimental or conceptual. Also included are illuminating interviews with contemporary artists, including Tuymans, Celmins, and Marden, and parallel considerations of the unfinished in literature and film. The result is a multidisciplinary approach and thought-provoking analysis that provide valuable insight into the making, meaning, and critical reception of the unfinished in art.
Unfinished: thoughts left visible
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This book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works, across centuries and media, is that each one displays some aspect of being unfinished. Essays and case studies by major contemporary scholars address this key concept from the perspective of both the creator and the viewer, probing the impact that this long artistic trajectory—which can be traced back to the first century—has had on modern and contemporary art. The book explores the degrees to which instances of incompleteness were accidental or intentional, experimental or conceptual. Also included are illuminating interviews with contemporary artists, including Tuymans, Celmins, and Marden, and parallel considerations of the unfinished in literature and film. The result is a multidisciplinary approach and thought-provoking analysis that provide valuable insight into the making, meaning, and critical reception of the unfinished in art.
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May 2016
May 2016
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Feminist scholars from around the world on key debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, and family to media, technology, and medicine. This book is written by prominent feminist scholars from around the world. It is engaging and accessible, distilling the highest level of knowledge into fascinating but concise entries. ''This is not a feminism textbook''(...)
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Feminist scholars from around the world on key debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, and family to media, technology, and medicine. This book is written by prominent feminist scholars from around the world. It is engaging and accessible, distilling the highest level of knowledge into fascinating but concise entries. ''This is not a feminism textbook''(...)
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This is not a feminism textbook
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Feminist scholars from around the world on key debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, and family to media, technology, and medicine. This book is written by prominent feminist scholars from around the world. It is engaging and accessible, distilling the highest level of knowledge into fascinating but concise entries. ''This is not a feminism textbook'' offers a clear, straightforward overview of key feminist debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, work and family to media, technology, and medicine. This book is a must-read for everyone who is curious about the sex/gender distinction, and the relation between gender and other aspects of identity; and it tackles plenty more questions along the way. Are smart homes really smart? Will technology save the world? What does class have to do with feminism? And what does ''intersectionality'' actually mean? The work of feminism to help create a more just and equal society is not yet done. This book provides a roadmap to inspire each and every reader to continue exploring, thinking about, discussing, and ''doing'' feminism.
This is not a feminism textbook
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Feminist scholars from around the world on key debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, and family to media, technology, and medicine. This book is written by prominent feminist scholars from around the world. It is engaging and accessible, distilling the highest level of knowledge into fascinating but concise entries. ''This is not a feminism textbook'' offers a clear, straightforward overview of key feminist debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, work and family to media, technology, and medicine. This book is a must-read for everyone who is curious about the sex/gender distinction, and the relation between gender and other aspects of identity; and it tackles plenty more questions along the way. Are smart homes really smart? Will technology save the world? What does class have to do with feminism? And what does ''intersectionality'' actually mean? The work of feminism to help create a more just and equal society is not yet done. This book provides a roadmap to inspire each and every reader to continue exploring, thinking about, discussing, and ''doing'' feminism.
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November 2023
November 2023
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Gender Theory in Architecture
Gender Theory in Architecture
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This volume explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the 21st century through the work of those involved with the medium today. The book reflects on notions of obsolescence, media preservation and nostalgia, and challenges these by showing the endurance and versatility of this familiar piece of technology. From floppy filmmakers to floppy painters and beyond:(...)
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This volume explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the 21st century through the work of those involved with the medium today. The book reflects on notions of obsolescence, media preservation and nostalgia, and challenges these by showing the endurance and versatility of this familiar piece of technology. From floppy filmmakers to floppy painters and beyond:(...)
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Archive, library and the digital
Archive, library and the digital
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November 2022
November 2022
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Floppy disk fever: The curious afterlives of a flexible medium
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This volume explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the 21st century through the work of those involved with the medium today. The book reflects on notions of obsolescence, media preservation and nostalgia, and challenges these by showing the endurance and versatility of this familiar piece of technology. From floppy filmmakers to floppy painters and beyond: what drives people to continue working with the medium that is typically deemed obsolete? What challenges and affordances does it provide? And what does the future hold in store for the familiar black square? By looking at the current presence of past technology we can assess our present-day situation and speculate on the future developments of our media landscape. After all, the technology of the past is also part of our future. This volume features interviews with key players in the contemporary floppy-disk world, including not only artists and filmmakers using floppy disks in their practice but also businessmen, archivists and museum proprietors working to preserve the medium.
Floppy disk fever: The curious afterlives of a flexible medium
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This volume explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the 21st century through the work of those involved with the medium today. The book reflects on notions of obsolescence, media preservation and nostalgia, and challenges these by showing the endurance and versatility of this familiar piece of technology. From floppy filmmakers to floppy painters and beyond: what drives people to continue working with the medium that is typically deemed obsolete? What challenges and affordances does it provide? And what does the future hold in store for the familiar black square? By looking at the current presence of past technology we can assess our present-day situation and speculate on the future developments of our media landscape. After all, the technology of the past is also part of our future. This volume features interviews with key players in the contemporary floppy-disk world, including not only artists and filmmakers using floppy disks in their practice but also businessmen, archivists and museum proprietors working to preserve the medium.
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November 2022
November 2022
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Archive, library and the digital
Archive, library and the digital
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What is the first thing to learn in art school? "Art can be anything." The second thing? "Learn to draw." With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance between technical advice and sage concepts. "Art can be anything" is illustrated by a drawing of Duchamp’s famous urinal; a(...)
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What is the first thing to learn in art school? "Art can be anything." The second thing? "Learn to draw." With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance between technical advice and sage concepts. "Art can be anything" is illustrated by a drawing of Duchamp’s famous urinal; a(...)
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101 things to learn in art school
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What is the first thing to learn in art school? "Art can be anything." The second thing? "Learn to draw." With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance between technical advice and sage concepts. "Art can be anything" is illustrated by a drawing of Duchamp’s famous urinal; a description of chiaroscuro art is illuminated by an image "after Caravaggio"; a lesson on time and media is accompanied by a view of a Jenny Holzer projection. The book offers advice about the issues artists confront across all artistic media, but this is no simple handbook to making art. It is a guide to understanding art as a description of the world we live in, and it is a guide to using art as a medium for thought. And so this book belongs on the reading list of art students, art teachers, and artists, but it also belongs in the library of everyone who cares about art as a way of understanding life.
101 things to learn in art school
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What is the first thing to learn in art school? "Art can be anything." The second thing? "Learn to draw." With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance between technical advice and sage concepts. "Art can be anything" is illustrated by a drawing of Duchamp’s famous urinal; a description of chiaroscuro art is illuminated by an image "after Caravaggio"; a lesson on time and media is accompanied by a view of a Jenny Holzer projection. The book offers advice about the issues artists confront across all artistic media, but this is no simple handbook to making art. It is a guide to understanding art as a description of the world we live in, and it is a guide to using art as a medium for thought. And so this book belongs on the reading list of art students, art teachers, and artists, but it also belongs in the library of everyone who cares about art as a way of understanding life.
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October 2011
October 2011
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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Tokyo vertigo: extreme-city
Tokyo vertigo: extreme-city
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From the narrow alleyways of the Golden Gai to the flashing ads and jumbotrons of the Shibuya street crossings to the skyscrapers of Shinjuku and the cartoon billboards of the Akiba, Tokyo is an intensely visual and mesmerizing city. In Tokyo Vertigo, Stephen Barber focuses upon filmic, photographic, and media cultures as well as its urban history of destruction and(...)
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From the narrow alleyways of the Golden Gai to the flashing ads and jumbotrons of the Shibuya street crossings to the skyscrapers of Shinjuku and the cartoon billboards of the Akiba, Tokyo is an intensely visual and mesmerizing city. In Tokyo Vertigo, Stephen Barber focuses upon filmic, photographic, and media cultures as well as its urban history of destruction and(...)
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Tokyo vertigo: extreme-city
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From the narrow alleyways of the Golden Gai to the flashing ads and jumbotrons of the Shibuya street crossings to the skyscrapers of Shinjuku and the cartoon billboards of the Akiba, Tokyo is an intensely visual and mesmerizing city. In Tokyo Vertigo, Stephen Barber focuses upon filmic, photographic, and media cultures as well as its urban history of destruction and reconfiguration. Dividing his analysis into three parts, Barber first interrogates the disparate urban zones of Tokyo, from the districts of Shinjuku and Shibuya to the desolate peripheries where the megalopolis falls apart. He then examines Tokyo's sexual and media cultures, through which the city's compulsive fascinations and obsessions exert their power. Finally, he looks at the ways in which European culture collides with Tokyo's urban formations, often generating unprecedented hybrid images and texts. An anti-guidebook that intimately reveals the visual culture of this city in constant flux, Tokyo Vertigo includes original photographs by Romain Slocombe and a range of photographic art-works from the 1950s to the 2010s that exemplify the intensity and spectacle of the city.
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From the narrow alleyways of the Golden Gai to the flashing ads and jumbotrons of the Shibuya street crossings to the skyscrapers of Shinjuku and the cartoon billboards of the Akiba, Tokyo is an intensely visual and mesmerizing city. In Tokyo Vertigo, Stephen Barber focuses upon filmic, photographic, and media cultures as well as its urban history of destruction and reconfiguration. Dividing his analysis into three parts, Barber first interrogates the disparate urban zones of Tokyo, from the districts of Shinjuku and Shibuya to the desolate peripheries where the megalopolis falls apart. He then examines Tokyo's sexual and media cultures, through which the city's compulsive fascinations and obsessions exert their power. Finally, he looks at the ways in which European culture collides with Tokyo's urban formations, often generating unprecedented hybrid images and texts. An anti-guidebook that intimately reveals the visual culture of this city in constant flux, Tokyo Vertigo includes original photographs by Romain Slocombe and a range of photographic art-works from the 1950s to the 2010s that exemplify the intensity and spectacle of the city.
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September 2011
September 2011
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the party's political programme. Focusing on the urban "soundscape" of Düsseldorf, the author makes a persuasive case for investigating such sound(...)
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Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the party's political programme. Focusing on the urban "soundscape" of Düsseldorf, the author makes a persuasive case for investigating such sound(...)
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Nazi soundscapes : sound, technology and urban space in Germany, 1933-1945
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Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the party's political programme. Focusing on the urban "soundscape" of Düsseldorf, the author makes a persuasive case for investigating such sound events and technological devices in their specific contexts of production and reception. Nazi Soundscapes identifies strategies for controlling space and reworking identity patterns, but also the ongoing difficulties in manipulating mediated sounds and the spaces of listening reception, whether in the home, workplace, the cinema, public rituals or with wartime siren systems. The study revises visualist notions of social control, and reveals the disciplinary functions of listening (as eavesdropping) as well as the sonic dimensions to exclusion and violence during Nazism. An essential title for everyone interested in the links between German political culture, audiovisual media and urban history,Nazi Soundscapes provides a fascinating analysis of the cultural significance of sound between the 1920s and early 1940s.
Nazi soundscapes : sound, technology and urban space in Germany, 1933-1945
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Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the party's political programme. Focusing on the urban "soundscape" of Düsseldorf, the author makes a persuasive case for investigating such sound events and technological devices in their specific contexts of production and reception. Nazi Soundscapes identifies strategies for controlling space and reworking identity patterns, but also the ongoing difficulties in manipulating mediated sounds and the spaces of listening reception, whether in the home, workplace, the cinema, public rituals or with wartime siren systems. The study revises visualist notions of social control, and reveals the disciplinary functions of listening (as eavesdropping) as well as the sonic dimensions to exclusion and violence during Nazism. An essential title for everyone interested in the links between German political culture, audiovisual media and urban history,Nazi Soundscapes provides a fascinating analysis of the cultural significance of sound between the 1920s and early 1940s.
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September 2012
September 2012
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and cognition in the second half of the twentieth century. Contending that our forms of attention, observation, and truth are contingent and contested, Orit Halpern historicizes the ways that we are trained, and train ourselves, to observe and analyze the(...)
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Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and cognition in the second half of the twentieth century. Contending that our forms of attention, observation, and truth are contingent and contested, Orit Halpern historicizes the ways that we are trained, and train ourselves, to observe and analyze the(...)
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Beautiful data: a history of vision and reason since 1945
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Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and cognition in the second half of the twentieth century. Contending that our forms of attention, observation, and truth are contingent and contested, Orit Halpern historicizes the ways that we are trained, and train ourselves, to observe and analyze the world. Tracing the postwar impact of cybernetics and the communication sciences on the social and human sciences, design, arts, and urban planning, she finds a radical shift in attitudes toward recording and displaying information. These changed attitudes produced what she calls communicative objectivity: new forms of observation, rationality, and economy based on the management and analysis of data. Halpern complicates assumptions about the value of data and visualization, arguing that changes in how we manage and train perception, and define reason and intelligence, are also transformations in governmentality. She also challenges the paradoxical belief that we are experiencing a crisis of attention caused by digital media, a crisis that can be resolved only through intensified media consumption.
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Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and cognition in the second half of the twentieth century. Contending that our forms of attention, observation, and truth are contingent and contested, Orit Halpern historicizes the ways that we are trained, and train ourselves, to observe and analyze the world. Tracing the postwar impact of cybernetics and the communication sciences on the social and human sciences, design, arts, and urban planning, she finds a radical shift in attitudes toward recording and displaying information. These changed attitudes produced what she calls communicative objectivity: new forms of observation, rationality, and economy based on the management and analysis of data. Halpern complicates assumptions about the value of data and visualization, arguing that changes in how we manage and train perception, and define reason and intelligence, are also transformations in governmentality. She also challenges the paradoxical belief that we are experiencing a crisis of attention caused by digital media, a crisis that can be resolved only through intensified media consumption.
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August 2014
August 2014
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Cairo of the Mamluks : a history of the architecture and its culture / Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
Cairo of the Mamluks : a history of the architecture and its culture / Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
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xix, 359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm
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xix, 359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm
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- Mamelucken,
- Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo.,
- Architecture, Mameluke Egypt Cairo.,
- Mosques Egypt Cairo.,
- Tombs Egypt Cairo.,
- Architecture islamique Égypte Le Caire.,
- Architecture mamelouk Égypte Le Caire.,
- Architecture, Mameluke.,
- Islamic architecture.,
- Mosques.,
- Tombs.,
- Architektur,
- Kairo Architektur Geschichte 1250-1517.,
- Egypt Cairo.,
- Kairo
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London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Cairo of the Mamluks : a history of the architecture and its culture / Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
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London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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- Mamelucken,
- Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo.,
- Architecture, Mameluke Egypt Cairo.,
- Mosques Egypt Cairo.,
- Tombs Egypt Cairo.,
- Architecture islamique Égypte Le Caire.,
- Architecture mamelouk Égypte Le Caire.,
- Architecture, Mameluke.,
- Islamic architecture.,
- Mosques.,
- Tombs.,
- Architektur,
- Kairo Architektur Geschichte 1250-1517.,
- Egypt Cairo.,
- Kairo
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