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Exploring urban imaginary – how can this be achieved? An excerpt from a conversation with Daniel Tödt about the imaginary of the city and his research on rap music in Marseille.
Click through the webpage. To what extent does Craigslist® produce urbanity in the sense of the concept of social space?
“I am primarily concerned with how capitalism creates a physical landscape of roads, houses, factories, schools, shops, and so forth in its own image and what the contradictions are that arise out of such a process of producing space.” (Harvey 1985: xv) BOURDIEU, PIERRE (1998): Ortseffekte. In: Kirchberg, Volker/ Göschel, Albrecht (Hg.): Kultur in der Stadt. Stadtsozi
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How research on a tram in Rio de Janeiro contributes to the understanding of urbanity.
What characterises imaginary of urbanity? A collection of representations of urbanity – expanded by the website’s users.
An attempt to visually summarise some aspects of the concept of urbanism as a social space. This graphic recording was created after discussions with Yuca Meubrink about her research on housing programs in New York City and London.
Click through the webpage. To what extent does Instagram® produce urbanity in the sense of assemblage?
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Why did you choose the assemblage approach for your research? In conversation with Laura Kemmer about assemblage and her research on the Bonde tram in Rio de Janeiro.
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How has the internet changed rap music in Marseilles? And how has the internet changed how we perceive cities? An excerpt from a conversation with Daniel Tödt about the imaginary of urbanism and his research on rap music in Marseille.
When invited to an event like a demonstration via Facebook®, the direct impact of digital practices on urban space is clear: People know where they can gather and may also do this. But even the way photos and pictures are dealt with on the internet has an impact on non-digital urban space. For example, online platforms of photo communities or image search engines such as Pinterest® can
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To what extent does the concept of the imaginary help us understand urbanity? An excerpt from a conversation with Daniel Tödt about the imaginary of the city and his research on rap music in Marseille.
An attempt to visually summarise some aspects of urban assemblage research. This graphic recording was created during a lecture by Laura Kemmer and Alexa Färber on research with the assemblage approach in the summer of 2016.
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How did the hip-hop group IAM shape imaginary Marseilles? An excerpt from a conversation with Daniel Tödt about the imaginary of the city and his research on rap music in Marseille.
Click through the webpage. To what extent does “Twitter” produce urbanity in the sense of urban assemblage?
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This website brings together very different materials such as bibliographies, wiki articles, explanatory films, interview extracts as sound documents, directly linked websites and much more. These materials invite you to get acquainted with urban cultural studies and the reflection of (one’s own) digital practices and the contribution they make to the production of urbanism. By clickin
In cultural studies, concepts serve to look at phenomena of everyday (urban) life from a certain perspective. This is an attempt to understand the particular dynamics and quality of these phenomena. These concepts do not comprehensively explain the urban world but provide systematic ways of thinking to interpret the real world in an argumentative way. Often not only one concept, but the
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Laura Kammer holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Hamburg and completed her Master’s degree in International Relations in Berlin in 2013. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis (PhD) in the field of urban studies at the TU Berlin on “Bonding: The emergence of new collectives around an absent tram in Rio de Janeiro”.
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“A kiosk is a point of sale of food and drinks for short-term needs, which are then consumed outside the kiosk” – states the trade licensing office, but kiosks are much more than this. They offer opportunities to participate in urban culture in very different ways. People browse through magazines, watch life on the street or socialise. Kiosks are meeting places, places for
This webpage is intended as a contribution to cultural urban studies and focuses on the connection between theoretical concepts of urbanity and everyday digital practices. The prime concern is on cultural studies to reflect on the uses of digital services as a contribution to the production of everyday-urbanity. Just like a kiosk that offers daily necessities “in passing” for the rea
An attempt to visually bring together three different ways of thinking about urban culture – based on the essay “Stadtkultur” (“Urban Culture”) by Rolf Lindner.
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How does critical urban research investigate urbanism? In conversation with Yuca Meubrink about her research on housing programs in New York City and London.
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How the “poor doors” phenomenon stimulates research on today’s planning practices.
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Click through the webpage. To what extent does the “City Data Forum” produce urbanity in the sense of the concept of social space?
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How a hip-hop group influences thinking about Marseilles.
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From the phenomenon of “poor doors” to research on planning practices. An excerpt from a conversation with Yuca Meubrink about her research on housing programs in New York City and London.
What characterises the imaginary of urbanity? A collection of representations of urbanity – expanded by the website’s users.
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Why does the assemblage concept perspective especially suit urban research? In conversation with Laura Kemmer about assemblage and her research on the Bonde tram in Rio de Janeiro.
“Although urban communities of a different nature may occur within the matrix of one society, often one pattern is so dominant that it becomes the sole source of urban imagery within a cultural tradition.” (Hannerz 1980: 307) AMIN, ASH/ THRIFT, NIGEL (2002): Cities. Reimagining the Urban. Oxford. BERKING, HELMUTH/ LÖW, MARTINA (2008): Die Eigenlogik der Städte. Neue
What characterises imaginary urbanity? A collection of representations of urbanity – expanded by the website’s users.
Click through the webpage. To what extent does “metcouncilonhousing.org” produce urbanity in the sense of the concept of social space?
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What is social space and how can you research this concept? An excerpt from a conversation with Yuca Meubrink about her research on housing programs in New York City and London.
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What potential does the assemblage perspective hold for thinking about urban conflicts? In conversation with Laura Kemmer about assemblage and her research on the Bonde tram in Rio de Janeiro.
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Have digitisation and the internet changed struggles for housing in New York and London? An excerpt from a conversation with Yuca Meubrink about her research on housing programs in New York City and London.
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Can digital practices be analysed using the assemblage approach? In conversation with Laura Kemmer about assemblage and her research on the Bonde tram in Rio de Janeiro.
Click your way through the webpages. To what extent does efoto® produce urbanism in the sense of the imaginary?
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