Inert Cities
Subtitle: Globalization, Mobility and Suspension in Visual Culture
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781780769738
Subjects: Cultural studies; Housing and urban planning; Architecture; Cities and towns; Arts, philosophy
Description: We usually associate contemporary urban life with movement and speed. But what about those instances when the forms of mobility associated with globalized cities - the flow of capital, people, labour and information - freeze, or decelerate? How can we assess the value of interruption in a city? What does valuing stillness mean in regards to the forward march of globalization? When does inertia presage decay - and when does it promise immanence and rebirth?Bringing together original contributions by international specialists from the fields of architecture, photography, film, sociology and cult.