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Cities interrupted : visual culture and urban space / edited by Shirley Jordan, Christoph Lindner.

Contributor(s): Jordan, Shirley Ann [editor.] | Lindner, Christoph, 1971- [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2016Description: 272 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474224413 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Urbanization | Art -- Social aspects | Society | SocietyDDC classification: 307.7'6 Summary: 'Cities Interrupted' explores the potential of visual culture - in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture, urban design, and mixed media - to strategically interrupt processes of globalisation in contemporary urban spaces. Looking at cities such as Amsterdam, Beijing, Doha, London, New York, and Paris, it brings together original essays to reveal how the concept of 'interruption' in global cities enables new understanding of the forms of space, experience, and community that are emerging in today's rapidly transforming urban environments.
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'Cities Interrupted' explores the potential of visual culture - in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture, urban design, and mixed media - to strategically interrupt processes of globalisation in contemporary urban spaces. Looking at cities such as Amsterdam, Beijing, Doha, London, New York, and Paris, it brings together original essays to reveal how the concept of 'interruption' in global cities enables new understanding of the forms of space, experience, and community that are emerging in today's rapidly transforming urban environments.

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