Cities Full of Symbols
A Theory of Urban Space and Culture
Published on 11. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-90-8728-125-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism of the ship washed ashore by the tsunami in Banda Aceh, and the design of the symbol of the city of Cape Town derived from a remnant of Dutch colonial architecture, or the mass pilgrimage to Elvis's Graceland in Memphis. Cities Full of Symbols develops urban symbolic ecology and hypercity approaches into a new perspective on social cohesion. Approaches of architects, anthropologists, sociologists, social geographers and historians converge to make this a book for anyone interested in urban life, policymaking and city branding.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Illustrations
91 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-8728-125-0 (9789087281250)
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Peter Nas is a cultural anthropologist and professor emeritus at Leiden University's Institute of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and president of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.|Peter Nas is a cultural anthropologist and professor emeritus at Leiden University's Institute of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and president of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
Content
Cities full of Symbols : A Theory of Urban Space and Culture - 2[-]Contents - 6[-]1. Introduction Variety of Symbols - 8[-]2. Emotion in the Symbolic Spectrum of Colombo, Sri Lanka - 28[-]3. Squares, Water and Historic Buildings The Transforming Power of City Marketing on Urban Symbolism in Ghent, Belgium - 56[-]4. Urban Symbolism in Yogyakarta In Search of the Lost Symbol - 86[-]5. The Changing Image of Gda'nsk, Poland From Regained Homeland to Multicultural City - 108[-]6. Obelisk and Axis Urban Symbolism of Buenos Aires - 128[-]7. A Touch of Tragedy Pre- and Post-Tsunami Symbolism in Banda Aceh, Indonesia - 154[-]8. Imagining Modernity Memory, Space and Symbolism of The Hague - 174[-]9. Urban Symbolism and the New Urbanism of Indonesia - 188[-]10. Kudus and Blitar A Tale of Two Javanese Iconic Cities - 198[-]11. Jakarta through Poetry - 218[-]12.History in Bronze Competing Memories and Symbolic Representation in Albuquerque,New Mexico - 242[-]13.The Resilient City New York after 9/11 and the New WTC Designs - 260[-]14.Conclusion Feeling at Home in the City and the Codification of Urban Symbolism Research - 284[-]Contributors - 294[-]Index - 298