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War diaries : design after the destruction of art and architecture /
"In this timely volume, Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Stanicic have assembled a roster of contributors who can speak to the effects of war and sectarian strife on the built environment in various war-torn areas. The essayists discuss creative strategies for rebuilding and restablizing damaged si...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this timely volume, Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Stanicic have assembled a roster of contributors who can speak to the effects of war and sectarian strife on the built environment in various war-torn areas. The essayists discuss creative strategies for rebuilding and restablizing damaged sites, often within the context of continuing animosities; the establishment of design coalitions to work with local communities on reconstruction; the designing of emergency settlements; the development of new and customized strategies for rebuilding diverse parts of the savaged world; the teaching of culturally sensitive design practices to architects and urbanists going to such sites; and many other topics. Dainese and Stanicic describe the intentional, targeted attacks on art and infrastructure--often by sophisticated long-range weaponry meant to destroy not only physical structures but also political unity and cultural memory--as "the weaponization of art and architecture." And though there are some works on wartime destruction of specific citites and landscapes, the editors contend that there is a dearth of publications on design after conflict, which this volume aims to address"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813948034 0813948037 |