Rites of way [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and poetics of public space / / Mark Kingwell and Patrick Turmel, editors

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/216
• Soggetto topico: Public spaces; Public spaces - Political aspects; Public spaces - Social aspects
• Altri autori: KingwellMark <1963-> TurmelPatrick <1976->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Rites of Way, Paths of Desire; PART I; PART II; PART III; PART IV; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent and multidimensional concept that too often escapes scrutiny. The essays in Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space open up multiple dimensions of the concept from architectural, political, philosophical, and technological points of view. There is some historical
• Titolo autorizzato: Rites of way
• ISBN: 1-282-53448-3; 9786612534485; 1-55458-167-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785050303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II