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Inert Cities

Christoph Lindner

2014256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2014
first published
  • 2014I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781780769738
  • 2014I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781780769721
  • 2014I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780857736123

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.

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