Becoming places [ urbanism/architecture/identity/power
Deals with the practices and politics of place and identity formation - the slippery ways in which who we are becomes wrapped up with where we are. Drawing on the social theories of Deleuze and
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London ;New York :
Routledge ,
c2010
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Making sense of place: introduction
- 2. Place as assemblage
- 3. Silent complicities: Bourdieu, Habitus, Field
- 4. Limits of critical architecture: 'I mean to be critical, but...'
- 5. Slippery characters: Defending and creating place identitiies
- 6. Becoming prosperous: Informal urbanism in Yogyakarta
- 7. Urbanizing architecture: Rem Koolhaas and spatial segmentarity
- 8. Open court: Transparency and legitimation in the courthouse
- 9. Safety becomes danger: Drug use in public space
- 10. New orders: Monas and Merdeka Square
- 11. Urban slippage: Smooth and striated streetscapes in Bangkok