While illustrated by Buffalo in particular, this book examines a broader phenomenon: the identity of those cities that were built and blossomed during the late 19th and early 20th century and are now in different stages of decline and disintegration. Bringing together a range of scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, art and architecture, this volume looks at both the literal city image and urban representation generated by photographs, video, historical and contemporary narratives, and grass-root initiatives. It investigates the notion of agency of media in the city and, in return, what the city's agency is.…mehr
While illustrated by Buffalo in particular, this book examines a broader phenomenon: the identity of those cities that were built and blossomed during the late 19th and early 20th century and are now in different stages of decline and disintegration. Bringing together a range of scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, art and architecture, this volume looks at both the literal city image and urban representation generated by photographs, video, historical and contemporary narratives, and grass-root initiatives. It investigates the notion of agency of media in the city and, in return, what the city's agency is.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr Miriam Paeslack is Assistant Professor of Arts Managerment at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, USA.
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Contents: Preface; Prologue Andreas Huyssen; Introduction: ineffably urban Miriam Paeslack; Part I After-Urban: The world according to rubble Jeff Byles; The Fargo house Dennis Maher; American pyromania Jean-Michel Reed; Peripheral spaces Julian Montague; Excavations: Last House Carl Lee. Part II Retro-Urban: Imagining the managed city: representing Buffalo in transformation 1804-1929 Peter Bacon Hales; Portraits of the ineffable city: Milton Rogovin's serial photography Michael Frisch and Miriam Paeslack; The grain of the image Hadas A. Steiner; Thoughts on A Gregory Halpern. Part III Future-Urban: Buffalo: a place in search of a brand Mimi Zeiger; Nature resurged: Buffalo's new pastoral Aaron Bartley; Urban decodings from the inside out Dorothea Braemer; The Tough stuff from the Buff film and video tour Julie Perini and David Gracon; Mapping refugee urbanism. Visual languages of sensing play and immigration policy Jordan Geiger; Afterword Mark Goldman; Index.
Contents: Preface; Prologue Andreas Huyssen; Introduction: ineffably urban Miriam Paeslack; Part I After-Urban: The world according to rubble Jeff Byles; The Fargo house Dennis Maher; American pyromania Jean-Michel Reed; Peripheral spaces Julian Montague; Excavations: Last House Carl Lee. Part II Retro-Urban: Imagining the managed city: representing Buffalo in transformation 1804-1929 Peter Bacon Hales; Portraits of the ineffable city: Milton Rogovin's serial photography Michael Frisch and Miriam Paeslack; The grain of the image Hadas A. Steiner; Thoughts on A Gregory Halpern. Part III Future-Urban: Buffalo: a place in search of a brand Mimi Zeiger; Nature resurged: Buffalo's new pastoral Aaron Bartley; Urban decodings from the inside out Dorothea Braemer; The Tough stuff from the Buff film and video tour Julie Perini and David Gracon; Mapping refugee urbanism. Visual languages of sensing play and immigration policy Jordan Geiger; Afterword Mark Goldman; Index.
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