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"Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture" begins with a brief overview of Rowland’s early life and career. Author Michael G. Smith goes on to analyze Rowland’s achievements in building design and as a leader of Detroit’s architectural community throughout both World Wars and the Great Depression. The interdependence of architecture(...)
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"Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture" begins with a brief overview of Rowland’s early life and career. Author Michael G. Smith goes on to analyze Rowland’s achievements in building design and as a leader of Detroit’s architectural community throughout both World Wars and the Great Depression. The interdependence of architecture(...)
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Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the rise of modern American architecture
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"Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture" begins with a brief overview of Rowland’s early life and career. Author Michael G. Smith goes on to analyze Rowland’s achievements in building design and as a leader of Detroit’s architectural community throughout both World Wars and the Great Depression. The interdependence of architecture with the city’s fluctuating economic prosperity and population growth is explored, illuminating the conditions for good architecture and the arts in general. The author identifies the influence of Jay Hambidge’s "dynamic symmetry" in Rowland’s work and how it allowed him to employ color as a modern replacement for traditional ornamentation, leading to the revolutionary design of the Union Trust (Guardian) Building, for which he receives nearly unanimous praise in national media. This book is concerned primarily with Rowland’s influence on Detroit architecture, but spans beyond his work in Michigan to include the designer’s broad reach from New York to Miami. A comprehensive appendix includes extensive lists of Rowland’s publications, locations he had designed, and jobs taken on by his firm during his tenure. This book represents new research and insights not previously discussed in either scholarly or general audience texts and will be of interest to casual readers of Detroit history, as well as architecture historians.
Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the rise of modern American architecture
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"Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture" begins with a brief overview of Rowland’s early life and career. Author Michael G. Smith goes on to analyze Rowland’s achievements in building design and as a leader of Detroit’s architectural community throughout both World Wars and the Great Depression. The interdependence of architecture with the city’s fluctuating economic prosperity and population growth is explored, illuminating the conditions for good architecture and the arts in general. The author identifies the influence of Jay Hambidge’s "dynamic symmetry" in Rowland’s work and how it allowed him to employ color as a modern replacement for traditional ornamentation, leading to the revolutionary design of the Union Trust (Guardian) Building, for which he receives nearly unanimous praise in national media. This book is concerned primarily with Rowland’s influence on Detroit architecture, but spans beyond his work in Michigan to include the designer’s broad reach from New York to Miami. A comprehensive appendix includes extensive lists of Rowland’s publications, locations he had designed, and jobs taken on by his firm during his tenure. This book represents new research and insights not previously discussed in either scholarly or general audience texts and will be of interest to casual readers of Detroit history, as well as architecture historians.
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avril 2017
avril 2017
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world's most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a(...)
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world's most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a(...)
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février 2017
février 2017
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SakKijâjuk : Art and craft From Nunatsiavut
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world's most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a diverse range of Arctic and Subarctic flora and fauna, from which they have produced a stunningly diverse range of work. Artists from the territory have traditionally used stone and woods for carving; fur, hide, and sealskin for wearable art; and saltwater seagrass for basketry, as well as wool, metal, cloth, beads, and paper. In recent decades, they have produced work in a variety of contemporary art media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video, and ceramics, while also working with traditional materials in new and unexpected ways. ''SakKijâjuk: Art and craft from Nunatsiavut'' is the first major publication on the art of the Labrador Inuit. Designed to accompany a major touring exhibition organized by The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery of St. John's, the book will feature more than 80 reproductions of work by 45 different artists, profiles of the featured artists, and a major essay on the art of Nunatsiavut by Heather Igloliorte.
SakKijâjuk : Art and craft From Nunatsiavut
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world's most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a diverse range of Arctic and Subarctic flora and fauna, from which they have produced a stunningly diverse range of work. Artists from the territory have traditionally used stone and woods for carving; fur, hide, and sealskin for wearable art; and saltwater seagrass for basketry, as well as wool, metal, cloth, beads, and paper. In recent decades, they have produced work in a variety of contemporary art media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video, and ceramics, while also working with traditional materials in new and unexpected ways. ''SakKijâjuk: Art and craft from Nunatsiavut'' is the first major publication on the art of the Labrador Inuit. Designed to accompany a major touring exhibition organized by The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery of St. John's, the book will feature more than 80 reproductions of work by 45 different artists, profiles of the featured artists, and a major essay on the art of Nunatsiavut by Heather Igloliorte.
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février 2017
février 2017
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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.
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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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avril 2012
avril 2012
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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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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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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septembre 2009
septembre 2009
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
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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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août 2010
août 2010
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Architecture de Montréal
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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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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novembre 2012
novembre 2012
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Art canadien
Art canadien
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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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Sociologie (Québec)
Sociologie (Québec)
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mars 2015
mars 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.
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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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mars 2015
mars 2015
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Sociologie (Québec)
Sociologie (Québec)
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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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avril 2015
avril 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.
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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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avril 2015
avril 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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Architecture autochtone
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Les cités-jardins, inspirées du modèle anglais, voient le jour en France au début du XXe siècle. Implantées loin des nuisances des agglomérations industrielles et pour la population ouvrière, ces villes nouvelles avant l'heure ont la particularité d'associer habitat individuel et collectif, équipements (sociaux, culturels, scolaires...) et végétation (jardins privatifs,(...)
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Les cités-jardins, inspirées du modèle anglais, voient le jour en France au début du XXe siècle. Implantées loin des nuisances des agglomérations industrielles et pour la population ouvrière, ces villes nouvelles avant l'heure ont la particularité d'associer habitat individuel et collectif, équipements (sociaux, culturels, scolaires...) et végétation (jardins privatifs,(...)
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Jardins
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janvier 2007, Paris
janvier 2007, Paris
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Les cités-jardins de la banlieu du nord-est parisien
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Les cités-jardins, inspirées du modèle anglais, voient le jour en France au début du XXe siècle. Implantées loin des nuisances des agglomérations industrielles et pour la population ouvrière, ces villes nouvelles avant l'heure ont la particularité d'associer habitat individuel et collectif, équipements (sociaux, culturels, scolaires...) et végétation (jardins privatifs, potagers, aménagement paysager des espaces publics). De Pantin à Stains en passant par Le Pré-Saint-Gervais ou Les Lilas, une vingtaine de ces ensembles, essentiellement situés dans la banlieue nord-est de Paris, sont présentés dans ce livre. Les cités-jardins ont donné lieu à des recherches sur les modes de construction les plus avancés - préfabrication, béton armé - en vue de bâtir vite et moins cher. Elles ont été parfois de véritables laboratoires urbains et architecturaux où s'est aussi élaborée une réflexion, progressiste pour l'époque, sur le logement social. Arborant des styles variés, du pittoresque au moderne, jouant sur des matériaux très différents, de la brique au béton, elles révèlent des qualités architecturales souvent remarquables. Aujourd'hui, alors que la croissance des zones périurbaines suscite des interrogations, la cité-jardin réapparaît dans la production contemporaine; par la mixité qu'elle induit et par l'intégration qu'elle permet des préoccupations liées au développement durable, elle devrait en effet constituer une source d'inspiration pour la conception de nouveaux quartiers d'habitat dense.
Les cités-jardins de la banlieu du nord-est parisien
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Les cités-jardins, inspirées du modèle anglais, voient le jour en France au début du XXe siècle. Implantées loin des nuisances des agglomérations industrielles et pour la population ouvrière, ces villes nouvelles avant l'heure ont la particularité d'associer habitat individuel et collectif, équipements (sociaux, culturels, scolaires...) et végétation (jardins privatifs, potagers, aménagement paysager des espaces publics). De Pantin à Stains en passant par Le Pré-Saint-Gervais ou Les Lilas, une vingtaine de ces ensembles, essentiellement situés dans la banlieue nord-est de Paris, sont présentés dans ce livre. Les cités-jardins ont donné lieu à des recherches sur les modes de construction les plus avancés - préfabrication, béton armé - en vue de bâtir vite et moins cher. Elles ont été parfois de véritables laboratoires urbains et architecturaux où s'est aussi élaborée une réflexion, progressiste pour l'époque, sur le logement social. Arborant des styles variés, du pittoresque au moderne, jouant sur des matériaux très différents, de la brique au béton, elles révèlent des qualités architecturales souvent remarquables. Aujourd'hui, alors que la croissance des zones périurbaines suscite des interrogations, la cité-jardin réapparaît dans la production contemporaine; par la mixité qu'elle induit et par l'intégration qu'elle permet des préoccupations liées au développement durable, elle devrait en effet constituer une source d'inspiration pour la conception de nouveaux quartiers d'habitat dense.
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janvier 2007, Paris
janvier 2007, Paris
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Jardins
Jardins
