Engaged urbanism : cities & methodologies / edited by Ben Campkin & Ger Duijzings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campkin, Ben, editor.

Duijzings, Gerlachlus, 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

ix, 290 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Engaged urbanism : cities and methodologies

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

Engaged Urbanism' showcases the exciting ways in which urbanists are responding to this question and working towards fairer cities. Its authors offer succinct, candid and carefully illustrated commentaries on the trials and successes of risk-taking research, revealing how they collaborate across fields of expertise, inventing or adapting methods to suit bespoke situations. Featuring novel uses and combinations of practice-from activism, architectural design and undercover journalism, to film, sculpture, performance and photography- in a diversity of cities such as Beirut, Johannesburg, Kisumu, London and Rio de Janeiro, 'Engaged Urbanism' demonstrates how some of the greatest challenges for present and future populations are being rigorously and creatively addressed.

Contents:

I Frames

1 Cities methodologies matter: comparative urbanism and global urban theory / Jennifer Robinson Robinson, Jennifer 23

2 Methods, metaphors and the interdisciplinary terrain of urban research / Matthew Gandy Gandy, Matthew 29

II Site-Specific Collaborations

3 Site-Writing / Jane Rendell Rendell, Jane, Adriana Keramida Keramida, Adriana, Povilas Marozas Marozas, Povilas, Mrinal Rammohan Rammohan, Mrinal 35

4 Towards an architecture of engagement: researching contested urbanism and informalities / Camillo Boano Boano, Camillo, Caroline Newton Newton, Caroline, Giorgio Talocci Talocci, Giorgio 45

5 'Worlding' the studio: methodological experiments and the art of being Social / Suzanne Hall Hall, Suzanne, Julier Davis Davis, Julier 53

III Performance and Participation

6 From 'heroin' to heroines / David Roberts Roberts, David, Anne Louise Buckley Buckley, Anne Louise, Briony Campbell Campbell, Briony, Chantel Forrester Forrester, Chantel, Elam Forrester Forrester, Elam, Jahcheyse Forrester Forrester, Jahcheyse, Lorna Forrester Forrester, Lorna, Rosie Fowler Fowler, Rosie, Taina Galis Galis, Taina, Steve Hart Hart, Steve, Therese Henningsen Henningsen, Therese, Lasse Johansson Johansson, Lasse, Gillian McIver McIver, Gillian, Lewis Osbourne Osbourne, Lewis, Eric Phillip Phillip, Eric, Adam Rosenthal Rosenthal, Adam, Georgia Sangster Sangster, Georgia, Ruth-Marie Tunkara Tunkara, Ruth-Marie, Smart Urhiofe Urhiofe, Smart, Julie Vandemark Vandemark, Julie, Julia Vandemark Vandemark, Julia, Cathy Ward Ward, Cathy, Andrea Luka Zimmerman Zimmerman, Andrea Luka 59

7 Four palimpsests on the erasure of the Heygate Estate / Felipe Lanuza Rilling Rilling, Felipe Lanuza 69

8 Hacking London's demolition decisions: a new collaboration to scrutinise the technical justifications for retrofit, refurbishment and demolition / Kafe Crawford Crawford, Kafe, Sarah Bell Bell, Sarah, Felicity Davies Davies, Felicity, Charlotte Johnson Johnson, Charlotte, Sunyoung Joo Joo, Sunyoung, Sharon Hayward Hayward, Sharon, Richard Lee Lee, Richard 77

9 Authoring the neighbourhood in Wikipedia / Rebecca Ross Ross, Rebecca, Chi Nguyen Nguyen, Chi 83

10 The secret security guard: being a G4S employee during the London Olympic Games 2012 / Henrietta Williams Williams, Henrietta 87

11 Hide and seek: the dubious nature of plant life in high-security spaces / Max Colson Colson, Max 97

IV Situating Images and Imaginaries

12 The ups and downs of visualising contemporary Mumbai / Andrew Harris Harris, Andrew 109

13 Creating systematic records through time: the destruction and reconstruction of heritage areas affected by earthquakes in Chile / Bernadette Devilat Devilat, Bernadette 117

14 Paint. Buff. Shoot. Repeat: re-photographing graffiti in London / Sabina Andron Andron, Sabina 125

15 Critical urban learning through participatory photography / Alexandre Apsan Frediani Frediani, Alexandre Apsan, Laura Hirst Hirst, Laura 131

16 Assisted self-portraits and GUESTures: excerpts from a discussion on photography and participation / Margareta Kern Kern, Margareta, Anthony Luvera Luvera, Anthony 139

17 Picturing place: the agency of images in urban change / Ben Campkin Campkin, Ben, Mariana Mogilevich Mogilevich, Mariana, Rebecta Ross Ross, Rebecta 147

18 'Seeing is believing': the social life of urban decay and rebirth / Wes Aelbrecht Aelbrecht, Wes 155

19 'We thought we were making the car but it was the other way around': historical pathways and the ecology of the street network in industrial and post-industrial Detroit / Sophia Psarra Psarra, Sophia 163

V Embodied Cartographies

20 Lebensraum | living Space / Ger Duijzings Duijzings, Ger, Rastko Novakovic Novakovic, Rastko 173

21 Abdication and arrival: using an open-ended, collaborator-led ethnography to explore constructions of newly encountered cities / Andrew Stevenson Stevenson, Andrew 181

22 Learning to walk: on curating a walking-methodologies programme / ThienVinh Nguyen Nguyen, ThienVinh 187

23 I hear sounds inside my head / Joanna Rajkowska Rajkowska, Joanna 199

24 Charting smellscapes / Madalina Diaconu Diaconu, Madalina 205

25 Contra Band / Leah Lovett Lovett, Leah 211

VI Fabric and Fabrication

26 The twin sisters are 'about to' swap houses; displacement and the bordering practice of matching / Mohamad Hafeda Hafeda, Mohamad 217

27 City shapes and urban metaphor / John Aiken Aiken, John 225

28 (In)visible bodies; migrants in the city of gold / Johan Thom Thom, Johan 231

29 Negotiating space: the artist as creator and enabler of spaces for working, thinking and meeting / Kieren Reed Reed, Kieren 237

30 25 demolished houses / Mircea Nicolae Nicolae, Mircea 249

31 The bridge of sighs / Simson, volley 255

32 Materials. Stories / Hilary-Powell 259

33 Buildings on fire: towards a new approach to urban memory / Stamatis Zografos Zografos, Stamatis, Edwina Attlee Attlee, Edwina, Eva Bachmann Bachmann, Eva, Eleanor Dare Dare, Eleanor, Robin Morrison Morrison, Robin, Sotirios Varsamis Varsamis, Sotirios, Eleni Zacharia Zacharia, Eleni 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784534592

1784534595

OCLC:

952373210