Becoming places : urbanism/architecture/identity/power /

This book is about 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 Bourdieu, the book analyzes the sense of place as socio-spatial assemblage and as embodied habitus...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dovey, Kim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Subjects:
Architecture and society.
Space (Architecture)
Architecture et société.
Espace (Architecture)
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture and society
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part Part I: Ideas
  • chapter 1 Making Sense of Place: Introduction
  • chapter 2 Place as Assemblage
  • chapter 3 Silent Complicities: Bourdieu, Habitus, Field
  • chapter 4 Limits of Critical Architecture: 'I Mean to be Critical, But.'
  • part Part II: Places
  • chapter 5 Slippery Characters: Defending and Creating Place Identities
  • chapter 6 Becoming Prosperous: Informal Urbanism in Yogyakarta
  • chapter 7 Urbanizing Architecture: Rem Koolhaas and Spatial Segmentarity
  • chapter 8 Open Court: Transparency and Legitimation in the Courthouse
  • chapter 9 Safety Becomes Danger: Drug Use in Public Space
  • chapter 10 New Orders: Monas and Merdeka Square
  • chapter 11 Urban Slippage: Smooth and Striated Streetscapes in Bangkok.

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