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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825618603321

Autore

McKim Joel <1975->

Titolo

Architecture, media, and memory : facing complexity in post-9/11 New York / / Joel McKim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, , 2018

ISBN

1-350-03764-8

1-350-03765-6

1-350-03763-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 pages)

Disciplina

720.9747/1

Soggetti

Memorials - New York (State) - New York

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Social aspects - New York (State) - New York

Collective memory and city planning - New York (State) - New York

New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter One: Mourning and Protest: The Spontaneous Memorials at Union Square -- Chapter Two: Absence and Plenitude: The National September 11 Memorial and Museum -- Chapter Three: Creative Recall: Digital Design, Architecture and the Challenge of Memory -- Chapter Four: Algorithmic Remembrance: The Interaction Designs of Local Projects -- Chapter Five: False Targets and Social Media: Confronting Conspiracy Theories -- Chapter Six: Landfills and Lifescapes: The Transformation of New York's Fresh Kills.

Sommario/riassunto

"Architecture, Media and Memory examines the wide range of urban sites impacted by September 11 and its aftermath - from the spontaneous memorials that emerged in Union Square in the hours after the attacks, to the reconstruction at Ground Zero, to vast ongoing landscape urbanism projects beyond. Yet this is not simply a book about post-9/11 architecture. It instead presents 9/11 as a



multifaceted case study to explore a discourse on memory and its representation in the built environment. It argues that the reconstruction of New York must be considered in relation to larger issues of urban development, ongoing global conflicts, the rise of digital media, and the culture, philosophy and aesthetics of memory. It shows how understanding architecture in New York post-9/11 requires bringing memory into contact with a complex array of political, economic and social forces. Demonstrating an ability to explain complex philosophical ideas in language that will be accessible to students and researchers alike in architecture, urban studies, cultural studies and memory studies, this book serves as a thought-provoking account of the intertwining of contemporary architecture, media and memory."--Bloomsbury Publishing.