Sensing cities :
Degen, Monica Montse
Sensing cities : regenerating public life in Barcelona and Manchester by Monica Montserrat Degen - London: Routledge/ T & F, 2008. - xiv,: 225 p. - Routledge studies in human geography. .
Formerly CIP.
Collection subset: Social Welfare
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction: sensing cities -- Urban redevelopment, the senses and public life -- Researching the senses -- Overview of the book -- Public life in late modernity -- Space as social process -- Sensing publicness -- A new urban aesthetic -- Commercial privatisation and fortification of urban space -- Sensing the city -- Towards a "socially embedded aesthetics" -- The city of senses -- Place gestures -- Methodological discussion: rhythmanalysis -- Sensuous powers -- Flows of power -- Control through pleasure -- Domination and resistance -- Sensuous planning ideologies -- Castlefield and El Raval -- A sensuous history -- Castlefield: from industrial revolution to inner city cool -- El Raval: from "Barrio Chino" to cultural quarter -- Planning regeneration -- The spatialization of regeneration -- Formalising public life in Castlefield -- Diluting public life in El Raval -- Perceptions from "down below" -- Castlefield: exclusive public spaces -- El Raval: invisible public spaces -- Castlefield: promoting selective histories -- El Raval: disrupting social life -- Living in regenerated worlds -- Rhythms of everyday life -- Sensuous mappings -- Castlefield's "taste wars" -- El Raval's "place wars" -- Conclusion: regenerating public life? -- Bibliography.
This book identifies an important aspect in the analysis of urban change in the late twentieth century by highlighting the significance of the senses in the constitution of urban life.
9780415397995
Urban renewal--Barcelona--Spain
Urban renewal--Barcelona;--Spain
Sociology, Urban--Barcelona;--Spain
Urban renewal--Manchester--England
Sociology, Urban--Manchester--England
307.76094672 / DEG-S
Sensing cities : regenerating public life in Barcelona and Manchester by Monica Montserrat Degen - London: Routledge/ T & F, 2008. - xiv,: 225 p. - Routledge studies in human geography. .
Formerly CIP.
Collection subset: Social Welfare
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction: sensing cities -- Urban redevelopment, the senses and public life -- Researching the senses -- Overview of the book -- Public life in late modernity -- Space as social process -- Sensing publicness -- A new urban aesthetic -- Commercial privatisation and fortification of urban space -- Sensing the city -- Towards a "socially embedded aesthetics" -- The city of senses -- Place gestures -- Methodological discussion: rhythmanalysis -- Sensuous powers -- Flows of power -- Control through pleasure -- Domination and resistance -- Sensuous planning ideologies -- Castlefield and El Raval -- A sensuous history -- Castlefield: from industrial revolution to inner city cool -- El Raval: from "Barrio Chino" to cultural quarter -- Planning regeneration -- The spatialization of regeneration -- Formalising public life in Castlefield -- Diluting public life in El Raval -- Perceptions from "down below" -- Castlefield: exclusive public spaces -- El Raval: invisible public spaces -- Castlefield: promoting selective histories -- El Raval: disrupting social life -- Living in regenerated worlds -- Rhythms of everyday life -- Sensuous mappings -- Castlefield's "taste wars" -- El Raval's "place wars" -- Conclusion: regenerating public life? -- Bibliography.
This book identifies an important aspect in the analysis of urban change in the late twentieth century by highlighting the significance of the senses in the constitution of urban life.
9780415397995
Urban renewal--Barcelona--Spain
Urban renewal--Barcelona;--Spain
Sociology, Urban--Barcelona;--Spain
Urban renewal--Manchester--England
Sociology, Urban--Manchester--England
307.76094672 / DEG-S