Urban Assemblages
How Actor-Network Theory Changes Urban Studies
This book takes it as a given that the city is made of multiple partially localized assemblages built of heterogeneous networks, spaces, and practices. The past century of urban studies has focused on various aspects-space, culture, politics, economy-but these too often address each domain and the city itself as a bounded and cohesive entity. The multiple and overlapping enactments that constitute urban life require a commensurate method of analysis that encompasses the human and non-human aspects of cities-from nature to socio-technical networks, to hybrid collectivities, physical artefacts and historical legacies, and the virtual or imagine…
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Weitere Autoren: Bender, Thomas (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-135-20274-3
- EAN: 9781135202743
- Produktnummer: 13994293
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 13'492 KB
- Abbildungen: 18 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 13 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den 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 MagazineIgnacio 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
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