Engaging Comparative Urbanism
Art Spaces in Beijing and Berlin
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2020
182 pages
978-1-5292-0708-8 (ISBN)
Description
Julie Ren investigates the motivations and practices of making art spaces in Beijing and Berlin to engage with comparative urbanism as a framework for doing research, beyond its significance as a critical intervention.
Across vastly different contexts, where universal theories of modernity or development seem increasingly misplaced, she innovatively explores the ways that art spaces employ creative capital to sustain themselves in a competitive urban landscape.
She shows how these art spaces are embedded within a politics of aspiration and demonstrates that aspiration is an important lens through which to understand the nature of, and possibilities for, urban change.
Across vastly different contexts, where universal theories of modernity or development seem increasingly misplaced, she innovatively explores the ways that art spaces employ creative capital to sustain themselves in a competitive urban landscape.
She shows how these art spaces are embedded within a politics of aspiration and demonstrates that aspiration is an important lens through which to understand the nature of, and possibilities for, urban change.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
28 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white; 28 Illustrations, black and white
File size
7,94 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-0708-8 (9781529207088)
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12/2020
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€105.60
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Person
Julie Ren is Senior Scientist of Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Zurich.
Content
Elsewheres
Operationalizing Comparative Urbanism
Envisioning Art Spaces
Making Do
Expressions
The Capacity to Aspire
Operationalizing Comparative Urbanism
Envisioning Art Spaces
Making Do
Expressions
The Capacity to Aspire
