This book looks globally at the relationship between night and society in contemporary cities. It identifies that while theories of 'planetary urbanisation' have traced the spatial spread of urban forms, the temporal expansion of urban capitalism has been less well traced. It explores a series of practices associated with the night-time city: the maintenance and repair of infrastructure; the aesthetics of the urban night; nightlife and night-time economy; the home at night; and the ecologies of the urban night. Taking these forward the book will explores the spaces and moments of the…mehr
This book looks globally at the relationship between night and society in contemporary cities. It identifies that while theories of 'planetary urbanisation' have traced the spatial spread of urban forms, the temporal expansion of urban capitalism has been less well traced. It explores a series of practices associated with the night-time city: the maintenance and repair of infrastructure; the aesthetics of the urban night; nightlife and night-time economy; the home at night; and the ecologies of the urban night. Taking these forward the book will explores the spaces and moments of the night-time city which push at the limit of what we call the urban, and will call for a revitalised and enhanced 'nightology' to study these limits.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Shaw is a lecturer in geography at Newcastle University, UK. He received his PhD from Durham University in 2012, and he subsequently worked at Durham until 2015, before joining Newcastle. With his research interests in the urban night, he has explored the production of night-time city life in the UK, changing street-lighting technologies and most recently the Nuit Debout protest movement in Paris. His work has also been published in several academic journals. His personal webpage is www.rob-shaw.net, and he can be found on Twitter as @WhatIsRobShaw.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1 Changing spaces, changing times: urban futures How is the world urban? Contemporary urban theory Urban machines: environment, society and the self Night and the limits of the city Chapter 2 Fragmenting frontier: night, time and the city Night in pre-industrial societies Electrification Production at night Night as frontier People who go bump in the night: the nocturnals Fragmentation and affects of incessancy on the edge of the city Chapter 3 Nocturnal ecologies and infrastructures Artificial lighting as a condition of nocturnal possibility Light pollution, carbon use and the ecological impacts of the night-time city Changes to urban lighting and global challenges Beyond lighting: infrastructural frontiers at night Living with darkness: infrastructure and the possibilities of urban expansion Chapter 4 Nightlife and night-time economy Booze, bingeing and beer: the night-time economy in the UK Creating nightlife: the emergence of the British night-time economy Being nocturnal: night-time subjectivities Global nocturnal leisure Contact zones of nightlife Chapter 5 Aesthetics of the night-time city Illuminations and conviviality: developing a night-time aesthetics Walking, exploration, graffiti: a counter-aesthetics of the night? Cities at night and place marketing The aesthetics of the night and what it means to be urban Chapter 6 The domestic night Shaping the domestic night: from comfort to control Home, subjectivity and night Home: at the edge of urban and beyond Chapter 7 Towards nightology and the temporal limits to urbanism Planetary urbanization: many cities, many planets Three narratives of the urban-world-night relationship Towards nightology Index
Introduction Chapter 1 Changing spaces, changing times: urban futures How is the world urban? Contemporary urban theory Urban machines: environment, society and the self Night and the limits of the city Chapter 2 Fragmenting frontier: night, time and the city Night in pre-industrial societies Electrification Production at night Night as frontier People who go bump in the night: the nocturnals Fragmentation and affects of incessancy on the edge of the city Chapter 3 Nocturnal ecologies and infrastructures Artificial lighting as a condition of nocturnal possibility Light pollution, carbon use and the ecological impacts of the night-time city Changes to urban lighting and global challenges Beyond lighting: infrastructural frontiers at night Living with darkness: infrastructure and the possibilities of urban expansion Chapter 4 Nightlife and night-time economy Booze, bingeing and beer: the night-time economy in the UK Creating nightlife: the emergence of the British night-time economy Being nocturnal: night-time subjectivities Global nocturnal leisure Contact zones of nightlife Chapter 5 Aesthetics of the night-time city Illuminations and conviviality: developing a night-time aesthetics Walking, exploration, graffiti: a counter-aesthetics of the night? Cities at night and place marketing The aesthetics of the night and what it means to be urban Chapter 6 The domestic night Shaping the domestic night: from comfort to control Home, subjectivity and night Home: at the edge of urban and beyond Chapter 7 Towards nightology and the temporal limits to urbanism Planetary urbanization: many cities, many planets Three narratives of the urban-world-night relationship Towards nightology Index
Chapter 2 Fragmenting frontier: night, time and the city
Night in pre-industrial societies
Electrification
Production at night
Night as frontier
People who go bump in the night: the nocturnals
Fragmentation and affects of incessancy on the edge of the city
Chapter 3 Nocturnal ecologies and infrastructures
Artificial lighting as a condition of nocturnal possibility
Light pollution, carbon use and the ecological impacts of the night-time city
Changes to urban lighting and global challenges
Beyond lighting: infrastructural frontiers at night
Living with darkness: infrastructure and the possibilities of urban expansion
Chapter 4 Nightlife and night-time economy
Booze, bingeing and beer: the night-time economy in the UK
Creating nightlife: the emergence of the British night-time economy
Being nocturnal: night-time subjectivities
Global nocturnal leisure
Contact zones of nightlife
Chapter 5 Aesthetics of the night-time city
Illuminations and conviviality: developing a night-time aesthetics
Walking, exploration, graffiti: a counter-aesthetics of the night?
Cities at night and place marketing
The aesthetics of the night and what it means to be urban
Chapter 6 The domestic night
Shaping the domestic night: from comfort to control
Home, subjectivity and night
Home: at the edge of urban and beyond
Chapter 7 Towards nightology and the temporal limits to urbanism
Planetary urbanization: many cities, many planets
Three narratives of the urban-world-night relationship
Towards nightology
Index
Rezensionen
"Shaw's book explores the way humans interface with the darkness that night brings while making the argument that the night should be, in and of itself, an object of research. The book takes the reader on a journey over time and space through the urban night. Throughout the book issues of race, gender, and sexuality are addressed. While the author notes there are "some gaps", this book provides a fairly comprehensive survey of geographical and social theories and research about the human experience at night. Further chapters in the book introduce such concepts as light pollution, nocturnal ecologies, the night-time economy, and the domestic night. The range of topics covered outlines just how much the night has an effect on both humans and ecological systems within the urban environment. -Robert Shaw, The Nocturnal City (London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 126, ISBN: 9781138676404
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