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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524861103321

Autore

Albright Kathryn Clarke

Titolo

Exploring the Architecture of Place in America’s Farmers Markets / Kathryn Clarke Albright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cincinnati, Ohio : , : University of Cincinnati Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-947602-66-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

ARC000000ARC010000ARC018000

Disciplina

720.1/03

Soggetti

ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design

ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning

ARCHITECTURE / General

Architecture and society - United States

Farmers' markets - United States

Marketplaces - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Food with a face -- Heritage building markets -- Open-air pavilion markets -- Pop-up canopy markets -- A way of life and living.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book draws attention to the simple but elusive architectural space of public and farmers markets. It discusses three seminal types of markets--heritage building, open-air pavilion, and pop-up canopy-- demonstrating the characteristics of each type using a mixture of narrative and illustration. The narrative combines historically informed architectural observation with interview material drawn from conversations the author has had over the years with market managers, vendors, and shoppers. The illustrations include an appealing variety of photos, diagrams, and drawings that enabled the author to view each market through an architectural lens based on eight scales of measure--the hand, the container, the person, the stall, a grouping of stalls, the street, the block, and the market's situation within the neighborhood. Some of the architectural elements discussed include walls that layer, openings that frame, roofs that encompass, and niches



that embrace. While each of the case studies illustrates shared characteristics of one of the architectural typologies, each farmers market is distinct in the specific ways it reflects the local culture and environment. Ultimately, in viewing markets through these three types and eight scales of measure we are able to better appreciate how farmers markets foster social interaction and community engagement"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255241003321

Autore

Stuit Hanneke

Titolo

Ubuntu Strategies : Constructing Spaces of Belonging in Contemporary South African Culture / / by Hanneke Stuit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137580092

1137580097

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

306.0968

Soggetti

Ethnology - Africa

Culture

Culture - Study and teaching

African literature

Race

Philosophy, Modern

African Culture

Cultural Studies

African Literature

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Philosophical Traditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction Ubuntu Unchained: A Travelling Concept -- 1 Ubuntu and



Common Humanity in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- 2 Ubuntu in Transit: From Divisive Pasts to Open Futures -- 3 Facing Others: Towards an Ethics of Ubuntu -- 4 “The Ubuntu Strategy”:The Commodification and Affective Politics of Ubuntu -- Afterword: Ubuntu Security.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the ways in which ubuntu is continuously shaped and reshaped in different media in contemporary South African culture, such as literature, photography, cartoon art, journalistic fiction, and commercial television. It also studies ubuntu’s recent global dissemination and commodification, and critically assesses various approaches to ubuntu from different disciplines. From these various uses, ubuntu emerges as a powerful tool for thinking through problems of social in- and exclusion, and provides a nuanced perspective on what it means to strive for social harmony and communal unity. Ubuntu Strategies attends to the cultural production of ubuntu and argues that it is not just about being part of a common humanity, but also involves strategic decisions that balance self and other, particular and universal, local and global, difference and sameness, as well as violence and safety. The literary and cultural theoretical approach offered in Ubuntu Strategies thus provides a new perspective that addresses the role of representation in ubuntu, both supplementing and challenging legal and political inquiries of the concept. .