Altering Practices
Feminist Politics and Poetics of Space
Published on 7. May 2007
328 pages
978-1-134-32532-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays addresses and defines the state of contemporary theories and practices of space: it is concerned with the growing importance of technology and communications, the effects of globalization and the change of social demands. Within the current urban and geopolitical contexts, it addresses the emergence of new social and political theories that raise questions of identity and difference in modern society. The book reiterates feminist concerns with space from the critical stance of the new millennium.
With contributions from the leading theorists and thinkers from around the world representing the fields of architecture, art, philosophy and gender studies, this book has a truly international and interdisciplinary reach.
With contributions from the leading theorists and thinkers from around the world representing the fields of architecture, art, philosophy and gender studies, this book has a truly international and interdisciplinary reach.
Reviews / Votes
'Engaging and informative for anyone interested in the topics of feminist architecture, the social production space, and the processes of place-making.' - Cities'An interdisciplinary discourse on an important topic, the book will encourage readers to move beyond their scope of interest and delve into the perspective of others.' - Cities
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
20 Line drawings, black and white; 80 Halftones, black and white
File size
19,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-32532-0 (9781134325320)
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04/2007
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02/2007
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Person
Doina Petrescu is lecturer in architecture at the University of Sheffield. She has written, lectured and practised individually and collectively on issues of gender, technology, (geo)politics and poetics of space. She is co-editor of Architecture and Participation (London: Routledge, 2005).
Content
Foreword: From Alterities and Beyond 1. Altering Practices 2. Taking Place and Altering it 3. Evaluating Matrix: Notes from Inside the Collective 4. An Invisible Privilege 5. How to Take Place (But Only for So Long) 6. Building While Being In It: Notes on Drawing 'Otherhow' 7. Stray Sods: Eight Dispositions on 'The Feminine', Space and Writing 8. Micro-Strategies of Resistance 9. Altering Events in Architecture 10. Urban Curating: A Critical Practice Towards Greater 'Connectedness' 11. Open Kitchen or 'Cookery Architecture' 12. Stages in the Construction of the Cite des Femmes in Dakar 13. Building Clouds, Drifting Walls 14. Urban Traces: Civic Performance Art and Memory in Public Space 15. Sex and Space: Space / Gender / Economy 16. Refiguring Dis/Embodiments 17. Stabat Mater: On Standing in for Matter 18. The Unbearable Being of Lightness 19. Learning and Building in the Feminine
