Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins : Creating Exotic Iceland / / by Kristín Loftsdóttir |
Autore | Kristín Loftsdóttir <1968-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 pages) |
Disciplina | 338.5/42094912 |
Collana | Routledge research in race and ethnicity |
Soggetto topico |
Financial crises - Iceland
Identity politics - Iceland |
ISBN |
1-351-01825-6
1-351-01826-4 1-351-01824-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Before the crash -- The trickster in the North : in the world of colonizers and colonized -- The colonial exhibition in Tivoli : racism and colonial others -- The desire to become modern : forging of Icelandic subject -- The big bite : the economic miracle in Iceland -- Warehouse of cultural scenarios : creating the new Icelandic character -- Probably the best in the world? : engaging with Iceland's colonial past -- After the crash -- The fall from the top of the world : the economic crash in 2008 -- Even mcdonalds has left us : the hierarchies of nations -- The iceberg drifting in the sea : creating a sense of national identity during times of crisis -- The exceptional island in a world of crisis : reimaging iceland as exceptional -- All's well that ends well : the aftermath of the crash -- List of references -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831861103321 |
Kristín Loftsdóttir <1968-> | ||
Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scarcity in excess : the built environment and the economic crisis in Iceland / / Arna Mathiesen and Giambattista Zaccariotto |
Autore | Mathiesen Arna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Actar Publishers, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Disciplina | 307.1216 |
Soggetto topico |
City planning - Economic aspects
Financial crises - Iceland |
ISBN | 1-945150-53-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Urban Transformations - before the crash -- The Expansion -- Going for Growth -- The Upscaling -- Spatial Inequality in Reykjavík -- Scarce or Abundant Resources? -- The Groundbreaking Tour (Skóflustungutúrinn) -- Big Plans: The Dream of Reykjavík 2007 -- Into the Firmament -- 2. Agents of Change - after the crash -- Traces (Spor) -- Top down / Bottom up - Changing Practices -- A Hole in a Hill -- Run for your Life -- Dyndilyndi -- The Sociopolitical Role of the Architect -- Local Agents of Change - grassroots practitioners on the fringe -- The New City -- 3. Urban Systems - current status -- Geology -- Water -- Planning -- Economy -- Housing -- Food -- Communication -- 4. Scenarios - into the future -- Urban Design and Ecology -- Research by Design -- Briefs: Water, Food, Mobility and Dwelling Student workshops -- Helgafellsland - on the fertile soil -- Úlfarsárdalur - on the tundra -- Hafnarfjarðarhöfn - on the landfill -- Vellir - on the lava -- Conclusions -- The Authors -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgements. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794555503321 |
Mathiesen Arna | ||
New York, NY : , : Actar Publishers, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scarcity in excess : the built environment and the economic crisis in Iceland / / Arna Mathiesen and Giambattista Zaccariotto |
Autore | Mathiesen Arna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Actar Publishers, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Disciplina | 307.1216 |
Soggetto topico |
City planning - Economic aspects
Financial crises - Iceland |
ISBN | 1-945150-53-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Urban Transformations - before the crash -- The Expansion -- Going for Growth -- The Upscaling -- Spatial Inequality in Reykjavík -- Scarce or Abundant Resources? -- The Groundbreaking Tour (Skóflustungutúrinn) -- Big Plans: The Dream of Reykjavík 2007 -- Into the Firmament -- 2. Agents of Change - after the crash -- Traces (Spor) -- Top down / Bottom up - Changing Practices -- A Hole in a Hill -- Run for your Life -- Dyndilyndi -- The Sociopolitical Role of the Architect -- Local Agents of Change - grassroots practitioners on the fringe -- The New City -- 3. Urban Systems - current status -- Geology -- Water -- Planning -- Economy -- Housing -- Food -- Communication -- 4. Scenarios - into the future -- Urban Design and Ecology -- Research by Design -- Briefs: Water, Food, Mobility and Dwelling Student workshops -- Helgafellsland - on the fertile soil -- Úlfarsárdalur - on the tundra -- Hafnarfjarðarhöfn - on the landfill -- Vellir - on the lava -- Conclusions -- The Authors -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgements. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806103303321 |
Mathiesen Arna | ||
New York, NY : , : Actar Publishers, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Útrásarvíkingar! : The Literature of the Icelandic Financial Crisis (2008–2014) / / Alaric Hall |
Autore | Hall Alaric |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | punctum books |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Icelandic literature
Financial crises Economic history Bank failures Financial crises - Iceland Bank failures - Iceland Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Icelandic literature - 21st century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404145203321 |
Hall Alaric | ||
punctum books | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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