LEADER 04130nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910464139903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89690-7 010 $a0-8122-0494-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204940 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064718 035 $a(OCoLC)794700627 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642718 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606763 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11363426 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606763 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582463 035 $a(PQKB)10318141 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441966 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8301 035 $a(DE-B1597)449384 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938552 035 $a(OCoLC)979881023 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204940 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441966 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642718 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420940 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064718 100 $a20100817d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUrban tomographies$b[electronic resource] /$fMartin H. Krieger 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (149 p.) 225 1 $aThe city in the 21st century 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4304-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [107]-122) and index. 327 $aCities, streetscapes, and the second industrial revolution -- Choreographies of work -- System and network, node and link -- Storefront houses of worship -- The urban aural sensorium -- Finding out where we are. 330 $aTomography is a method of exploring a phenomenon through a large number of examples or perspectives. In medical tomography, such as a CAT scan, two-dimensional slices or images of a three-dimensional organ are used to envision the organ itself. Urban tomography applies the same approach to the study of city life. To appreciate different aspects of a community, from infrastructure to work to worship, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans the myriad sights and sounds of contemporary Los Angeles. He examines these slices of life in Urban Tomographies.The book begins by introducing tomographic methods and the principles behind them, which are taken from phenomenological philosophy. It draws from the examples of Lee Friedlander and Walker Evans, as well as Denis Diderot, Charles Marville, and Eugène Atget, who documented the many facets of Paris life in three crucial periods. Rather than focus on singular, extraordinary figures and events as do most documentarians, Krieger looks instead at the typical, presenting multiple specific images that call attention to people and activities usually rendered invisible by commonality. He took tens of thousands of photographs of industrial sites, markets, electrical distributing stations, and storefront churches throughout Los Angeles. He also recorded the city's ambient sounds, from the calls of a tamale vendor to the buzz of a workshop saw. Krieger considers these samples from the urban sensorium in this innovative volume, resulting in a thoughtful illumination of the interplay of people with and within the built environment. With numerous maps and photographs, as well as Krieger's unique insights, Urban Tomographies provides an unusually representative and rounded view of the city. 410 0$aCity in the twenty-first century book series. 606 $aSociology, Urban$zFrance$zParis 606 $aSociology, Urban$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aCity and town life$zFrance$zParis 606 $aCity and town life$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSociology, Urban 615 0$aSociology, Urban 615 0$aCity and town life 615 0$aCity and town life 676 $a307.760944/361 700 $aKrieger$b Martin H$0125017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464139903321 996 $aUrban tomographies$92463779 997 $aUNINA