Politics of public space
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical,(...)
Politics of public space
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical, cultural, and geographical specificity of privatized and repoliticized public space in order to raise the possibility of a different politics of public space and a reimagined public sphere.
Urban Theory
Perspecta 43: Taboo
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The contributors, asked simply "What is Taboo?", respond with a range of examples. These include an examination of the relatively unknown work of the Italian architect Rinaldo Semino; photographs documenting the unseen, peripheral spaces of American life; a series of marginalia illustrating certain typographic don'ts in all their absurdity; a study of memorials erected to(...)
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September 2010
Perspecta 43: Taboo
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The contributors, asked simply "What is Taboo?", respond with a range of examples. These include an examination of the relatively unknown work of the Italian architect Rinaldo Semino; photographs documenting the unseen, peripheral spaces of American life; a series of marginalia illustrating certain typographic don'ts in all their absurdity; a study of memorials erected to Maoist insurgents killed by police and paramilitary forces in India; and a critique, by redaction and reconstruction, of Rem Koolhaas's essay "Typical Plan."
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This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book, which features essays by Alexander Alberro, Serge Guilbaut, and others, addresses various issues raised by(...)
Stan Douglas: Abbott and Cordova, 7 August 1971
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This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book, which features essays by Alexander Alberro, Serge Guilbaut, and others, addresses various issues raised by Douglas' work, including the suppression and assimilation of the counterculture. It also includes other works from Douglas' Crowds and Riots series.
Photography monographs
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Connaissez-vous le code alpha international ? Aussi nommé Alphabet phonétique de l’Otan, il est utilisé au sein de nombreuses professions en lien avec l’aviation ou les services de secours comme les pompiers, la police ou encore la Croix Rouge. Ce langage est officiel puisque chaque lettre de l’alphabet correspond à un seul et même mot dans le monde entier. Voici donc un(...)
Alpha
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Connaissez-vous le code alpha international ? Aussi nommé Alphabet phonétique de l’Otan, il est utilisé au sein de nombreuses professions en lien avec l’aviation ou les services de secours comme les pompiers, la police ou encore la Croix Rouge. Ce langage est officiel puisque chaque lettre de l’alphabet correspond à un seul et même mot dans le monde entier. Voici donc un abécédaire international qui donne la possibilité de se familiariser et de s’amuser avec un langage codé.
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John Bull's other homes : state housing and British policy in Ireland, 1883-1922 / Murray Fraser.
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xv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1996.
John Bull's other homes : state housing and British policy in Ireland, 1883-1922 / Murray Fraser.
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Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1996.
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251 pages ; 22 cm
London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979.
Urban deprivation and government initiative / Paul Lawless.
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251 pages ; 22 cm
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London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979.
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HOTHOUSE 2: Evidence.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Disintegrator, 2026.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Disintegrator, 2026.
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This book brings together writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation, and welcoming spaces for all residents. But cities must be managed well if they are to remain(...)
Making cities work : prospect and policies for urban America
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This book brings together writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation, and welcoming spaces for all residents. But cities must be managed well if they are to remain attractive places to work, relax, and raise a family; otherwise residents, firms, and workers will leave and the social and economic advantages of city living will be lost.
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Housing and social change in Europe and the USA / Michael Ball, Michael Harloe and Maartje Martens.
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vii, 222 pages ; 22 cm
London : Routledge, 1990, ©1988.
Housing and social change in Europe and the USA / Michael Ball, Michael Harloe and Maartje Martens.
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vii, 222 pages ; 22 cm
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London : Routledge, 1990, ©1988.
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255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Paris : Presses de l'Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées, 2006.
La transformation des villes et les politiques urbaines : 1945-2005 / Jean-Paul Lacaze.
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255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Paris : Presses de l'Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées, 2006.