Binational urbanism : on the road to paradise / Bernd Upmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Upmeyer, Bernd, author.

Contributor:

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Trancityxvaliz, [2015]

Summary:

Never before was the mobility of individuals higher than today. People work and live not only in different places, but often even between different countries. 'Binational urbanism' examines the way of living of people who start a second life in a second city in a second nation-state, without saying goodbye to their first city. They live in constant transit between two homes, between two countries. As a global phenomenon binational urbanists come from all strata of society, including the working class, and the highly educated and cosmopolitan creative classes. Through their continuous change of location binational urbanists seem to be living in a state that is characterized by a constant longing, or a constant homesickness, for the other city. The author interviewed people of Turkish origin living in Germany, who commute regularly between cities in Germany and Turkey and live, whether deliberately and consciously chosen or not, this innovative urban way of life. Only at first sight do they appear as rooted residents in their host country Germany, yet in actual fact they are extremely mobile and utilise the best of both cultures in tandem.0Binational urbanism has the potential to become one of the most interesting forms of life in the twenty-first century. Accordingly, this book creates a theory of binational urbanism that is developed from these interviews.

Notes:

"Trancityxvaliz is a co-operation between two independent publishers"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9789492095060

9492095068

OCLC:

904541675

Publisher Number:

99967146491