Broschiertes Buch

Urban Assemblages

How Actor-Network Theory Changes Urban Studies

Herausgeber: Farías, Ignacio; Bender, Thomas

Beschreibung

This book proposes-and its various chapters offer demonstrations-importing into urban studies a body of theories, concepts, and perspectives developed in the field of science and technology studies (STS) and, more specifically, Actor-Network Theory (ANT).

Autor

Thomas Bender is University Professor and Professor of History at New York University. He is a historian of the United States. His books include Toward an Urban Vision, The Unfinished City and he has coedited Urban Imaginaries. He also writes on urban design and development issues for various publications, including The New York Times and the Harvard Design Magazine Ignacio Faras holds a PhD in European Anthropology of the Humboldt University of Berlin, is Senior Research Fellow of the Social Science Research Center Berlin and Associate Researcher at the Diego Portales University in Santiago de Chile. His main research topics include social and cultural theory, cultural urban studies, economic sociology and anthropology of tourism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415692052
• ISBN-10: 0415692059
• Artikelnr.: 34224292