Urban Humanities: New Practices for Reimagining the City (Urban and Industrial Environments) - Tapa blanda

Cuff, Dana; Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia; Presner, Todd; Zubiaurre, Maite; Crisman, Jonathan Jae-An

 
9780262538220: Urban Humanities: New Practices for Reimagining the City (Urban and Industrial Environments)
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ISBN 10: 0262538229 ISBN 13: 9780262538220
Editorial: The MIT Press, 2020

Sinopsis

Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies.

Urban humanities is an emerging field at the intersection of the humanities, urban planning, and design. It offers a new approach not only for understanding cities in a global context but for intervening in them, interpreting their histories, engaging with them in the present, and speculating about their futures. This book introduces both the theory and practice of urban humanities, tracing the evolution of the concept, presenting methods and practices with a wide range of research applications, describing changes in teaching and curricula, and offering case studies of urban humanities practices in the field.

Urban humanities views the city through a lens of spatial justice, and its inquiries are centered on the microsettings of everyday life. The book's case studies report on real-world projects in mega-cities in the Pacific Rim—Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles—with several projects described in detail, including playful spaces for children in car-oriented Mexico City, a commons in a Tokyo neighborhood, and a rolling story-telling box to promote “literary justice” in Los Angeles.

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Acerca del autor

Dana Cuff is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, where she is also Director and Founder of cityLAB. She is a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Provost for Academic Planning at UCLA. She is the coauthor of Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation over Public Space (MIT Press) and other books. She is a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Todd Presner is Ross Professor of Germanic Languages, Chair of the Digital Humanities Program, and Associate Dean of Digital Innovation at UCLA, where is is also a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Maite Zubiaurre is Professor and Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Humanities Division, at UCLA and a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Jonathan Crisman is Assistant Professor in Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona and a leader of the Urban Humanities Initiative, a UCLA program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Editorial
The MIT Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0262538229
ISBN 13 
9780262538220
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
336
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