Urban Changes after 1989
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CfP: Urban Networks Conference in Tallin
Call for Papers: “Urban Networks”, The Second Conference on Baltic Urban History Tallinn, 9-10 October 2015. Intensity and interaction of various networks seem to be one of the essential characteristics of urbanity. In regard to the analysis of urban history, the … Continue reading
Global Divestment Day and Urban Sustainability
February 14 is the Global Divestment Day – an initiative which a blog about urban changes can’t avoid to point out. During the Global Divestment Day people across six continents demand that governments, universities, financial and religious institutions stop investing in the industries that are destroying … Continue reading
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Tagged Global Divestment Day, Urban Resilience, Urban Sustainability
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Crowdfunding for the roadmovie “Sarajevo Rewind”
We are glad to forward a crowdfunding call for the roadmovie “Sarajevo Rewind 2014-1914”.
Memorie di pietra
I totalitarismi del Novecento sono stati quasi integralmente liquidati. Restano tracce architettoniche vistose e magniloquenti, portatrici non solo di storia ma di cultura, spettacolo, mentalità. In questa chiave i contributi qui raccolti affrontano il problema della monumentalità totalitaria e delle … Continue reading
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Tagged Memorials, Monuments, Totalitarianisms, Urban Memory
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Informal economy
“The Informal Post-Socialist Economy. Embedded Practices and livelihoods”, edited by Jeremy Morris, Abel Polese, Routledge, 2013 (p. 188), has just been published. Quoting the cover: “From smugglers to entrepreneurs, blue-collar workers and taxi drivers, this book deals with the multitude of characters … Continue reading
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Tagged illicit practices, Informal Economy, Polese, post-socialist, Routledge
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Viaggi, migrazioni, turismo in Albania
Segnaliamo l’uscita dell’ultimo libro di Francesco Vietti: “Hotel Albania. Viaggi, migrazioni, turismo”, Roma, Carocci, 2012. Dalla quarta di copertina: “Navi cariche di albanesi solcano il mare. Tuttavia, a distanza di vent’anni, la direzione del loro viaggio è inversa. Se nel … Continue reading
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Tagged Albania, migrations, tourism
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Writing the city. Urban and street art
We would like to inform that the book Writing the city. Graffitismo, immaginario urbano e street art edited by Roberto Mastroianni has just been published. Urban writing is here analyzed from different viewpoints. Philosophical and semiotic approaches, art-historical and art-critical, as well as … Continue reading
Tourism and urban changes
Seminar on “Tourism and urban changes”, Turin, 17 June 2013, Dipartimento Culture, Politica e Società. Here you find the program.
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Memorie della Berlino post-socialista
Vi segnaliamo che è appena uscito il volume Spazi di memoria nella Berlino post-socialista di Liza Candidi T.C. (Mimesis, Milano, 2012, p. 348). A quasi un quarto di secolo dalla caduta del Muro l’eredità della Repubblica Democratica Tedesca pone problemi … Continue reading
Changing urban landscapes. The new book
We are very glad to inform you that the book Changing Urban Landscapes. Eastern European and Post-Soviet Cities since 1989 edited by Marco Buttino (Viella, Roma, 2012, p. 216) has just been published. The vast territory from Asia to Eastern Europe that … Continue reading
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